Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-03-14

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 14
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
3 vs last sale 28 5 vs year ago 30 · 16.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
25 vs last sale 157 73 vs year ago 205 · 35.6%
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 6.00 higher on the high quality steers and slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with active bidding on the higher quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows had instances of higher/lower with a good prices on high dressing breaker cows and bulls were 1.00 lower today. Feeder heifers were slightly higher and feeder bulls sharply higher with no feeder steers this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.67/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$144.67
18 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$519
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$13.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
17.37
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580146.1984716thin
Medium and Large 2248132.503282thin
One grade step is worth $13.69/cwt here — about $519 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 sale18 hd
144.67
IN average4 barns · 344 hd
162.04
−17.37
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
BullocksAverage1,510137.002,0691thin
BullsAverage1,879116.722,1935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43992.851,33727
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,31168.8990311
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,46537.005421thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,327168.902,24120
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,199159.741,9159thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,215138.481,6832thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,228115.731,4213thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,340173.702,32840
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,303159.982,0852thin
SteersSelectAverage1,205116.501,4042thin

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)1,300$1,3251thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1575170.00/cwt170.00–170.009782
BullsMedium and Large 1525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007881
BullsMedium and Large 1860110.00/cwt110.00–110.009461
BullsMedium and Large 1395190.00/cwt190.00–190.007511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy487165.00/cwt165.00–165.008043
HeifersMedium and Large 1378173.00/cwt173.00–173.006542
Dairy HeifersLarge 298390.48/cwt89.00–92.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1880121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0652
HeifersMedium and Large 1672130.00/cwt130.00–130.008745
HeifersMedium and Large 1445155.00/cwt155.00–155.006903
HeifersMedium and Large 2240140.00/cwt140.00–140.003361
HeifersMedium and Large 1600141.00/cwt141.00–141.008461
HeifersMedium and Large 2255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,3001,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Bulls1,935105.50/cwt105.50–105.502,0411
Bulls1,865119.52/cwt115.00–125.002,2294
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34974.44/cwt70.00–78.501,0047
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24459.19/cwt54.00–64.007364
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47695.90/cwt88.00–106.001,41520
CowsLean 85-90%1,46537.00/cwt37.00–37.005421
SteersSelect1,230130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5991
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,180103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,2151
SteersChoice and Prime1,303159.98/cwt155.00–164.502,0852
Bullocks1,510137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,0691
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33584.13/cwt81.00–86.501,1237
HeifersPrime1,327168.90/cwt168.50–173.002,24120
HeifersSelect1,228115.73/cwt110.00–120.001,4213
HeifersChoice1,215138.48/cwt137.00–140.001,6832
HeifersChoice and Prime1,199159.74/cwt152.50–163.501,9159
SteersPrime1,340173.70/cwt168.25–176.502,32840

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.