Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-02-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 7
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
20 vs last sale 12 22 vs year ago 10 · +220.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
266 head
154 vs last sale 112 194 vs year ago 72 · +269.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 lower with slaughter heifers 3.00 to 7.00 lower with better packer inquiry on higher quality steers and heifers and active bidding today. Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower this week. Cows were 2.00 to 7.00 higher with a good offering of cows and bulls mostly steady but good value on high dressing bulls. A light test on feeders last week but all classes of feeder were trending lower today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.57/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$135.57
14 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$990
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$258
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$49.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
14.81
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1723139.081,00513thin
Medium and Large 283090.007471thin
One grade step is worth $49.08/cwt here — about $258 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 sale14 hd
135.57
IN average3 barns · 224 hd
150.38
−14.81
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
BullsHigh1,76198.671,73814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45988.981,29843
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06662.7966919
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22535.004291thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,530117.791,8022thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,631141.872,3145thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,500126.301,89421
HeifersPrimeAverage1,286160.122,05946
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,254152.401,91215
HeifersChoiceAverage1,298129.451,6802thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,015116.751,1852thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,176113.721,3374thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,385162.292,24873
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,301150.551,9594thin
SteersStandardAverage1,135120.001,3621thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1936105.00/cwt105.00–105.009835
BullsMedium and Large 1520127.00/cwt127.00–127.006601
BullsMedium and Large 1645135.00/cwt135.00–135.008711
BullsMedium and Large 2373128.00/cwt128.00–128.004772
BullsMedium and Large 1383160.00/cwt160.00–160.006132
HeifersMedium and Large 1774138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,07210
HeifersMedium and Large 1610141.00/cwt141.00–141.008602
HeifersMedium and Large 1435141.00/cwt141.00–141.006131
HeifersMedium and Large 283090.00/cwt90.00–90.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy615146.00/cwt146.00–146.008983
SteersMedium and Large 1650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
SteersMedium and Large 1600121.00/cwt121.00–121.007263
Bulls1,925111.22/cwt106.00–114.502,1416
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44483.31/cwt77.50–85.501,20318
CowsBoner 80-85%99460.28/cwt50.00–65.5059913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22168.22/cwt67.00–69.508336
HeifersChoice and Prime1,300154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,0021
Bulls1,60070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,1201
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,530117.79/cwt116.00–120.001,8022
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,500126.30/cwt119.50–128.751,89521
Dairy SteersPrime1,631141.87/cwt133.50–144.002,3145
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed920110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0121
SteersStandard1,135120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3621
SteersPrime1,385162.29/cwt159.00–164.252,24873
SteersChoice and Prime1,301150.55/cwt147.00–152.001,9594
HeifersPrime1,286160.12/cwt158.00–163.502,05946
HeifersChoice and Prime1,251152.29/cwt147.50–157.501,90514
Bulls1,64492.01/cwt85.50–95.501,5137
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46993.07/cwt87.00–102.001,36725
HeifersSelect1,110123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,3711
HeifersStandard1,176113.72/cwt100.00–123.501,3374
HeifersChoice1,298129.45/cwt128.00–131.001,6802
CowsLean 85-90%1,22535.00/cwt35.00–35.004291

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.