Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-04-25

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 25
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
50 head
22 vs last sale 28 10 vs year ago 40 · +25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
115 vs last sale 302 48 vs year ago 235 · 20.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 4.00 to 5.00 higher with slaughter heifers 4.00 higher with good value on heavier high quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers today but Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher. Cows had instances of higher/lower with a good offering of cows today and bulls were 4.00 to 5.00 lower All classes of feeder calves were trending lower with a light test today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $145.90/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$145.90
26 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$794
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
27.15
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550147.5681224
Medium and Large 2468126.005902thin
One grade step is worth $21.56/cwt here — about $223 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 sale26 hd
145.90
IN average5 barns · 307 hd
173.05
−27.15
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
BullsLow1,565112.671,76315
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,42394.221,34143
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04478.7382217
CowsLean 85-90%High95052.004941thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,270148.001,8801thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,518125.001,8984thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,329178.922,37828
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,199168.772,02412
HeifersSelectAverage1,168119.651,3982thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,299183.622,38516
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,418173.252,45721
SteersSelectAverage1,155124.741,4414thin

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 1920107.00/cwt107.00–107.009842
BullsMedium and Large 3655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
BullsMedium and Large 295098.00/cwt98.00–98.009312
BullsMedium and Large 1700130.00/cwt130.00–130.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy562163.00/cwt163.00–163.009163
HeifersMedium and Large 1825130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0732
SteersMedium and Large 1663170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1273
SteersMedium and Large 2540151.00/cwt151.00–151.008151
SteersMedium and Large 2645154.00/cwt154.00–154.009931
SteersMedium and Large 1395186.00/cwt186.00–186.007351
SteersMedium and Large 1550175.00/cwt175.00–175.009631
HeifersMedium and Large 2468126.00/cwt126.00–126.005902
BullsMedium and Large 2790106.00/cwt106.00–106.008372
HeifersMedium and Large 1348149.20/cwt149.00–150.005195
HeifersMedium and Large 1581146.17/cwt137.00–150.0084914
SteersMedium and Large 1873151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3183
SteersMedium and Large 1475152.65/cwt149.00–156.007256
Bulls1,34594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2641
Bulls1,923124.13/cwt118.00–129.002,3876
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed83591.13/cwt90.00–92.007612
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,443100.74/cwt96.50–110.001,45415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41390.72/cwt85.00–95.501,28228
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01969.44/cwt65.00–72.007084
HeifersSelect1,168119.65/cwt115.00–125.001,3982
HeifersChoice and Prime1,199168.77/cwt165.00–175.502,02412
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,518125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8984
Dairy HeifersPrime1,270148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,8801
SteersPrime1,299183.62/cwt179.75–184.502,38516
HeifersPrime1,329178.92/cwt178.75–179.502,37828
Bulls1,324106.41/cwt97.00–112.001,4098
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09179.86/cwt75.50–84.0087111
CowsLean 85-90%95052.00/cwt52.00–52.004941
SteersSelect1,155124.74/cwt110.00–135.001,4414
SteersChoice and Prime1,418173.25/cwt167.00–176.502,45721

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.