Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-04-11

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
92 head
50 vs last sale 42 63 vs year ago 29 · +217.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
175 head
42 vs last sale 217 126 vs year ago 301 · 41.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with higher packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were also trending higher today. There was a good offering of cows with active bidding and trending higher with bulls unevenly steady. All classes of feeder calves were in high demand and trending higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $153.40/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$153.40
47 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$38.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.18
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535159.1085240
Medium and Large 2641120.867747thin
One grade step is worth $38.24/cwt here — about $77 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 sale47 hd
153.40
IN average5 barns · 157 hd
162.59
−9.18
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
BullsHigh1,630108.091,76110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42592.531,31841
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13367.7276710
CowsLean 85-90%Average89535.003132thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375136.001,8701thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,375135.001,8564thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,335125.791,6796thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,295117.001,5151thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,293172.502,23025
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,258161.272,0296thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,178151.531,7855thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,320173.252,28715
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,293164.962,13330
SteersChoiceAverage1,320150.731,9904thin
SteersSelectAverage1,185123.501,4632thin

Every lot, as filed

51 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
HeifersMedium and Large 2235146.00/cwt146.00–146.003432
HeifersMedium and Large 1504126.00/cwt126.00–126.006355
BullsMedium and Large 2860109.00/cwt109.00–109.009372
BullsMedium and Large 1679131.93/cwt130.00–138.008964
BullsMedium and Large 1845115.00/cwt115.00–115.009721
BullsMedium and Large 2370134.00/cwt134.00–134.004962
HeifersMedium and Large 1417149.00/cwt149.00–149.006217
HeifersMedium and Large 2745101.50/cwt101.50–101.507561
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy573149.00/cwt149.00–149.008542
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500175.00/cwt175.00–175.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 1620132.50/cwt132.50–132.508221
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy460187.00/cwt187.00–187.008604
HeifersMedium and Large 1339173.00/cwt173.00–173.005864
HeifersMedium and Large 1900120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1775125.00/cwt125.00–125.009693
HeifersMedium and Large 1470136.31/cwt135.00–137.006413
HeifersMedium and Large 1267161.00/cwt161.00–161.004303
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy518217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,1246
SteersMedium and Large 1650175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1382
BullsMedium and Large 1603132.00/cwt132.00–132.007965
BullsMedium and Large 2800109.50/cwt109.50–109.508762
BullsMedium and Large 1450166.00/cwt166.00–166.007472
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy445192.00/cwt192.00–192.008543
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy593181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,0764
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy454187.00/cwt187.00–187.008494
SteersChoice1,320150.73/cwt150.00–151.501,9904
CowsLean 85-90%90040.00/cwt40.00–40.003601
HeifersChoice1,178151.53/cwt147.50–155.001,7855
HeifersPrime1,293172.50/cwt170.00–176.502,23025
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35685.75/cwt81.50–89.501,16314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45996.89/cwt90.00–110.001,41426
Dairy SteersChoice1,295117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,5151
Dairy SteersPrime1,375135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8564
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,335125.79/cwt120.00–127.001,6796
HeifersChoice and Prime1,258161.27/cwt159.50–168.502,0296
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,375136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8701
SteersChoice and Prime1,293164.96/cwt159.00–169.502,13330
SteersSelect1,185123.50/cwt116.00–130.001,4632
SteersPrime1,320173.25/cwt170.00–176.502,28715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18872.32/cwt68.00–79.008596
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1101
CowsLean 85-90%89030.00/cwt30.00–30.002671
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05160.83/cwt59.00–64.006394
Bulls2,265119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,6951
Bulls1,559106.88/cwt97.50–113.001,6669
BullsMedium and Large 2425141.00/cwt141.00–141.005991
BullsMedium and Large 1442174.00/cwt174.00–174.007693
BullsMedium and Large 11,025104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,0661
BullsMedium and Large 1325174.00/cwt173.00–180.005667
BullsMedium and Large 1567151.80/cwt149.50–154.008614
BullsMedium and Large 1760114.00/cwt114.00–114.008662

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.