Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-03-21

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 21
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
13 vs last sale 25 31 vs year ago 43 · 72.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
197 head
65 vs last sale 132 56 vs year ago 141 · +39.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers had instances of higher/ lower with higher quality steers and heifers trending lower with lower packer inquiry today. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower with a good offering of cows and bulls with instances of higher/lower. All classes of feeder calves were trending higher with a light test this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.50/cwt on 8 head.
Average price
$150.50
8 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$459
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.91
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655154.171,0106thin
Medium and Large 2395139.505512thin
One grade step is worth $14.67/cwt here — about $459 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 sale8 hd
150.50
IN average6 barns · 652 hd
169.41
−18.91
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
BullsAverage1,580106.321,6809thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51090.771,37043
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,93586.501,6741thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01540.224086thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,200168.472,0229thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeHigh1,246164.252,04759
HeifersStandardAverage1,428109.501,5642thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,421169.722,41237
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,306163.542,13622
SteersChoiceAverage1,238136.921,6952thin

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 1Fancy400216.00/cwt216.00–216.008641
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy688168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1562
BullsMedium and Large 1590166.00/cwt166.00–166.009791
HeifersMedium and Large 1620155.00/cwt155.00–155.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 1700138.00/cwt138.00–138.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 1900137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2331
HeifersMedium and Large 2530116.00/cwt116.00–116.006151
HeifersMedium and Large 1570165.00/cwt165.00–165.009413
HeifersMedium and Large 2260163.00/cwt163.00–163.004241
Bulls1,580107.41/cwt96.00–110.001,6977
Bulls2,035117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,3811
Bulls1,12588.00/cwt88.00–88.009901
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41484.43/cwt78.50–87.501,19415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56194.16/cwt88.50–100.001,47028
CowsLean 85-90%88834.13/cwt30.00–39.003033
SteersChoice1,238136.92/cwt135.00–138.501,6952
SteersChoice and Prime1,306163.54/cwt158.00–164.752,13622
SteersPrime1,421169.72/cwt167.75–172.502,41237
CowsLean 85-90%1,14246.31/cwt45.00–48.005293
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,93586.50/cwt86.50–86.501,6741
HeifersChoice and Prime1,220166.75/cwt166.75–166.752,03418
HeifersStandard1,428109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,5642
HeifersChoice and Prime1,258163.15/cwt156.00–165.752,05241
HeifersPrime1,200168.47/cwt167.75–169.502,0229

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.