Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-01-17

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 17
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
15 vs last sale 48 12 vs year ago 45 · 26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
281 head
197 vs last sale 478 67 vs year ago 214 · +31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher. Cows were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with bulls instances of higher/lower. Feeder steers were 9.00 higher with feeder heifers and bulls had a higher undertone today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.45/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$140.45
17 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$476
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.92
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552140.8577816thin
Medium and Large 2225134.003021thin
One grade step is worth $6.85/cwt here — about $476 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 sale17 hd
140.45
IN average4 barns · 387 hd
150.37
−9.92
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
BullsAverage1,90498.671,8787thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37384.311,15818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18362.6874117
CowsLean 85-90%High90342.033804thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,537130.001,9983thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,254157.041,96950
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,330147.661,96420
HeifersChoiceAverage1,045139.751,4602thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,404159.522,24079
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,386147.762,04812
SteersChoiceAverage1,186135.241,6046thin
SteersStandardAverage1,610130.002,0931thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1Fancy517150.00/cwt150.00–150.007767
BullsMedium and Large 2540120.00/cwt120.00–120.006481
BullsMedium and Large 1340167.00/cwt167.00–167.005681
BullsMedium and Large 1828127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy570145.00/cwt145.00–145.008272
HeifersMedium and Large 1338135.86/cwt131.00–140.504592
HeifersMedium and Large 2225134.00/cwt134.00–134.003021
HeifersMedium and Large 11,110129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,4371
HeifersMedium and Large 11,020106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0811
SteersMedium and Large 1496155.00/cwt155.00–155.007694
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy523145.18/cwt145.00–145.507598
HeifersMedium and Large 1353147.50/cwt147.50–147.505212
SteersMedium and Large 1520160.00/cwt160.00–160.008321
Bulls1,78591.00/cwt85.00–95.001,6244
Bulls2,062108.89/cwt100.00–115.002,2453
CowsLean 85-90%90342.03/cwt40.00–44.003804
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17556.25/cwt52.50–60.506616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18766.18/cwt62.00–70.5078611
HeifersChoice and Prime1,330147.66/cwt144.50–150.001,96420
SteersPrime1,404159.52/cwt155.00–162.502,24079
Dairy SteersPrime1,537130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9983
HeifersChoice1,045139.75/cwt139.50–140.001,4602
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40686.42/cwt80.00–95.001,21514
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25876.92/cwt74.00–79.509684
HeifersPrime1,254157.04/cwt153.00–161.501,96950
SteersStandard1,610130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,0931
SteersChoice and Prime1,386147.76/cwt144.50–150.002,04812
SteersChoice1,186135.24/cwt130.00–140.001,6046

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.