Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-04-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 18
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
64 vs last sale 92 37 vs year ago 65 · 56.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
302 head
127 vs last sale 175 204 vs year ago 98 · +208.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 to 5.00 higher with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher with better packer inquiry and active bidding on higher quality steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were significantly higher today. A good offering of cows today that were 3.00 to 7.00 higher with active buyer participation along with bulls 5.00 to 9.00 higher. All classes of feeder calves were trending lower with a light test this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $168.59/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$168.59
18 head · 593 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,000
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.63
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593168.591,00018thin
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 sale18 hd
168.59
IN average2 barns · 89 hd
165.96
+2.63
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
BullocksAverage1,470121.001,7791thin
BullsAverage1,707117.932,01319
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,26497.651,23466
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,03875.7678627
CowsLean 85-90%High72047.483423thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,235118.001,4571thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,425145.662,0763thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,287174.152,24120
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,276169.052,15728
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250146.251,8284thin
HeifersSelectAverage865122.001,0552thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,413178.712,52558
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,379168.212,32022
SteersChoiceAverage1,394150.552,0996thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1Fancy588193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1355
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy739160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1828
BullsMedium and Large 1364157.91/cwt150.00–170.005755
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450171.00/cwt171.00–171.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 1850130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy438171.00/cwt171.00–171.007492
SteersMedium and Large 2840116.00/cwt116.00–116.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 1718155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1133
Dairy HeifersLarge 273599.00/cwt99.00–99.007281
SteersMedium and Large 1615131.00/cwt131.00–131.008061
Bulls1,578112.11/cwt98.50–120.001,76910
Bulls1,969128.58/cwt123.00–135.002,5328
Bulls90591.00/cwt91.00–91.008241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09355.19/cwt55.00–55.506032
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18088.99/cwt80.00–94.501,05028
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,326104.03/cwt95.00–114.001,37938
SteersChoice1,340151.46/cwt147.00–154.002,0305
HeifersPrime1,287174.15/cwt173.00–177.252,24120
Dairy HeifersChoice1,235118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,4571
Dairy SteersPrime1,425145.66/cwt141.00–154.502,0763
Bullocks1,470121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,7791
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,665146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,4311
HeifersChoice1,218140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,7052
HeifersSelect995128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2741
HeifersChoice1,490156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3241
CowsLean 85-90%76350.72/cwt50.50–51.003872
SteersChoice and Prime1,379168.21/cwt166.50–172.502,32022
SteersPrime1,413178.71/cwt173.50–180.002,52558
CowsLean 85-90%63541.00/cwt41.00–41.002601
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed735116.00/cwt116.00–116.008531
HeifersChoice and Prime1,276169.05/cwt161.00–172.002,15728
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16677.51/cwt68.50–84.0090417
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed75177.17/cwt71.00–82.005808
HeifersChoice1,075149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,6021

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.