Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-03-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 7
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
24 vs last sale 4 18 vs year ago 10 · +180.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
157 head
7 vs last sale 150 50 vs year ago 207 · 24.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher with good prices on high quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were 6.00 higher on breaker high dressing cows with active buyer participation and other cows treading mostly steady and bulls had instances of higher/lower with good demand on higher dressing bulls. Feeder steers and bulls mostly steady and feeder heifers trending higher with a light test this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.55/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$161.55
11 head · 801 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,295
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
4.56
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1801161.551,29511thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
161.55
IN average5 barns · 198 hd
166.10
−4.56
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
BullsAverage1,691107.491,8189thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41593.351,32027
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,46086.001,2561thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,14268.387815thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,300169.782,20740
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,254158.701,99011
HeifersChoiceAverage1,475145.502,1461thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,332127.131,6933thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,261167.622,11442
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375164.362,26014

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1750122.00/cwt122.00–122.009152
BullsMedium and Large 1557157.00/cwt157.00–157.008745
BullsMedium and Large 2410125.00/cwt125.00–125.005131
BullsMedium and Large 2800111.00/cwt111.00–111.008881
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy918156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4323
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy674153.80/cwt151.00–162.001,0374
HeifersMedium and Large 1400141.00/cwt141.00–141.005641
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy760165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2545
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy911158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,4395
SteersMedium and Large 1460162.00/cwt162.00–162.007451
Bulls1,70696.55/cwt90.00–100.501,6475
Bulls1,673121.16/cwt111.00–128.002,0274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19550.00/cwt50.00–50.005981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12972.97/cwt68.00–78.008244
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32186.26/cwt82.00–89.501,1398
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45496.33/cwt90.00–110.501,40119
SteersChoice and Prime1,375164.36/cwt160.00–165.502,26014
SteersPrime1,261167.62/cwt166.00–169.752,11442
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,46086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2561
HeifersChoice1,475145.50/cwt145.50–145.502,1461
HeifersSelect1,332127.13/cwt124.00–131.001,6933
HeifersChoice and Prime1,253159.07/cwt157.00–160.001,99310
HeifersChoice and Prime1,260155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9531
HeifersPrime1,300169.78/cwt166.50–173.002,20740

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.