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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 15
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
24 vs last sale 51 1 vs year ago 74 · +1.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
252 head
44 vs last sale 296 77 vs year ago 329 · 23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower with good groups of steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher and bulls 6.00 to 8.00 lower with a good offering of cows and bulls. Feeder steers were trending lower with feeder heifers instances of higher/lower and feeder bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.90/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$129.90
47 head · 722 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.84
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1725130.7794845
Medium 1460115.005291thin
Medium and Large 2835106.008851thin
One grade step is worth $24.77/cwt here — about $63 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale47 hd
129.90
IN average5 barns · 341 hd
143.74
−13.84
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,64290.671,48921
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48779.071,17635
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17761.1572020
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08340.284368thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,300135.001,7551thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,455121.621,7708thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,400115.001,6101thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,324151.001,99978
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,197144.611,73127
HeifersChoiceAverage1,139131.431,4975thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,474152.522,24827
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368147.212,01423
SteersChoiceAverage1,600137.002,1921thin
SteersSelectAverage995120.001,1941thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,500$1,7251thin

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1700131.00/cwt131.00–131.009171
HeifersMedium and Large 1785121.00/cwt121.00–121.009501
HeifersMedium and Large 1235130.00/cwt130.00–130.003061
HeifersMedium and Large 11,115120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,3444
SteersMedium and Large 1925131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2121
SteersMedium and Large 1325136.00/cwt136.00–136.004421
HeifersMedium and Large 1560120.00/cwt120.00–120.006725
HeifersMedium and Large 1400139.00/cwt139.00–139.005561
HeifersMedium and Large 1815120.00/cwt120.00–120.009781
HeifersMedium 1460115.00/cwt115.00–115.005291
HeifersMedium and Large 1665126.00/cwt126.00–126.008381
SteersMedium and Large 1755128.00/cwt128.00–128.009664
SteersMedium and Large 2885110.00/cwt110.00–110.009741
SteersMedium and Large 2913101.00/cwt101.00–101.009223
SteersMedium and Large 11,150131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,5072
SteersMedium and Large 1554126.00/cwt126.00–126.006984
SteersMedium and Large 1960124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1955
Dairy SteersLarge 379574.00/cwt74.00–74.005881
SteersMedium and Large 1430156.00/cwt156.00–156.006712
HeifersMedium and Large 1935129.32/cwt126.00–130.001,20912
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy579141.38/cwt140.00–143.0081911
BullsMedium and Large 1450155.00/cwt155.00–155.006982
BullsMedium and Large 1678133.00/cwt133.00–133.009022
BullsMedium and Large 1210159.00/cwt159.00–159.003341
BullsMedium 174087.00/cwt87.00–87.006441
HeifersPrime1,324151.00/cwt150.00–152.001,99978
CowsLean 85-90%1,13443.50/cwt40.00–47.004936
CowsLean 85-90%93030.60/cwt30.00–31.002852
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59569.76/cwt69.50–70.001,1132
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42874.75/cwt70.00–78.501,06718
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed68051.00/cwt51.00–51.003471
SteersSelect995120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1941
SteersChoice1,600137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,1921
SteersChoice and Prime1,368147.21/cwt143.50–149.502,01423
HeifersChoice and Prime1,197144.61/cwt142.00–146.501,73127
SteersPrime1,474152.52/cwt150.00–154.002,24827
HeifersChoice1,139131.43/cwt129.50–135.001,4975
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,455121.62/cwt118.00–125.001,7708
Dairy SteersChoice1,400115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6101
Dairy SteersPrime1,300135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7551
Bulls1,58389.65/cwt84.50–97.001,41911
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23667.59/cwt62.50–69.508359
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17356.37/cwt51.00–61.0066110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54385.50/cwt79.00–99.001,31915
Bulls1,56376.44/cwt70.00–80.001,1954
Bulls1,803102.03/cwt100.00–104.501,8406
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5001,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7251
HeifersMedium and Large 1468147.00/cwt147.00–147.006882
HeifersMedium and Large 1318135.00/cwt135.00–135.004292
HeifersMedium and Large 2835106.00/cwt106.00–106.008851
HeifersMedium and Large 1867121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,0533

How this sale compares

Indiana weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Indiana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.