Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-12-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 20
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
22 vs last sale 58 9 vs year ago 27 · +33.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
166 head
43 vs last sale 209 24 vs year ago 190 · 12.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 1 · +700.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 lower and slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with less packer inquiry this week. No data on Holstein slaughter steers last week so no comparison today. Cows were 2.00 to 6.00 higher with bulls instances of higher/lower. Feeder steers were 3.00 lower and feeder heifers trending lower with feeder bulls trending higher and a lighter offering of feeders this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $131.94/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$131.94
16 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$339
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$66.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.24
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1596136.0781115thin
Medium and Large 267570.004731thin
One grade step is worth $66.07/cwt here — about $339 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 sale16 hd
131.94
IN average5 barns · 105 hd
105.70
+26.24
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
BullsLow1,61183.981,35310
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55379.321,23124
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27561.697877thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22934.764275thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,343123.001,6524thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,170115.001,3461thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,477152.502,25211
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,273144.291,83712
HeifersChoiceLow1,251127.241,5925thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,241111.641,3857thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,509103.001,5544thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,287150.001,93115
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,326147.701,95932
SteersChoiceAverage1,393123.501,7202thin
SteersStandardAverage1,19395.871,14410

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsMedium and Large 1805120.00/cwt120.00–120.009662
BullsMedium and Large 1333151.00/cwt151.00–151.005033
BullsMedium and Large 1467146.00/cwt146.00–146.006823
BullsMedium and Large 267570.00/cwt70.00–70.004731
BullsMedium and Large 1705130.00/cwt130.00–130.009177
HeifersMedium and Large 1641132.00/cwt132.00–132.008467
HeifersMedium and Large 1820130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0662
HeifersMedium and Large 1850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0202
HeifersMedium and Large 1978125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2233
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-325874.00/cwt74.00–74.001912
SteersMedium and Large 1767135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0353
SteersMedium and Large 1495121.00/cwt121.00–121.005991
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,06878.62/cwt70.00–83.008405
Bred CowsMedium and Large 31,10767.00/cwt67.00–67.007423
Bulls1,53567.89/cwt60.00–71.501,0423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28864.05/cwt58.00–67.008255
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50772.01/cwt68.00–77.001,08512
HeifersStandardHeavy Weight1,97095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,8721
Bulls1,54785.43/cwt75.50–94.001,3225
Bulls1,885104.48/cwt104.00–105.001,9692
HeifersChoice1,510115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7371
HeifersStandard1,55599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,5391
Dairy SteersChoice1,170115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3461
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,343123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,6524
SteersChoice1,393123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,7202
SteersChoice and Prime1,326147.70/cwt142.00–149.501,95932
CowsLean 85-90%1,62025.00/cwt25.00–25.004051
SteersStandard1,19395.87/cwt95.00–100.001,14410
SteersPrime1,287150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,93115
HeifersChoice and Prime1,273144.29/cwt140.00–146.001,83712
HeifersPrime1,477152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,25211
HeifersChoice1,186130.30/cwt127.00–135.001,5454
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24355.80/cwt54.50–57.006942
CowsLean 85-90%1,10041.00/cwt41.00–41.004511
HeifersSelect1,241111.64/cwt100.00–119.001,3857
HeifersStandard1,255109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3682
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59886.62/cwt80.00–94.001,38412
CowsLean 85-90%1,14235.94/cwt33.50–39.004103

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.