Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-05-02

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 2
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
68 head
18 vs last sale 50 29 vs year ago 39 · +74.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
216 head
29 vs last sale 187 93 vs year ago 123 · +75.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower with lower packer interest this week. No Holstein slaughter steers last week but were trending higher today. Cows were 2.00 to 7.00 lower with a lighter offering today and bulls had instances of higher/lower. Feeder steers had a light test today with instances of higher/lower and feeder heifers were mostly steady and feeder bulls too few last week but today they were trending higher with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $170.27/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$170.27
47 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$906
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.70
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552174.4296339
Medium and Large 2433150.056508thin
One grade step is worth $24.37/cwt here — about $313 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
170.27
IN average5 barns · 174 hd
181.97
−11.70
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
BullsLow1,790105.441,88812
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,26891.921,16616
CowsBoner 80-85%Average91770.8865013
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,486141.502,10314
HeifersPrimeAverage1,279178.062,27724
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,191169.952,02546
HeifersChoiceAverage1,212157.001,9023thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,420179.782,55322
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,428173.332,47538
SteersChoiceAverage1,260159.552,0102thin
SteersSelectAverage1,895140.002,6531thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1Fancy370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007402
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009985
BullsMedium and Large 1851122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,0385
BullsMedium and Large 1693160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1095
BullsMedium and Large 2418149.18/cwt148.00–150.006245
BullsMedium and Large 1238197.50/cwt197.50–197.504702
HeifersMedium and Large 1480171.00/cwt171.00–171.008211
HeifersMedium and Large 1284186.00/cwt186.00–186.005284
HeifersMedium and Large 1538146.37/cwt136.00–153.007875
SteersMedium and Large 1880130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 1688176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,2113
BullsMedium and Large 1632169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0684
BullsMedium and Large 2295179.00/cwt179.00–179.005281
HeifersMedium and Large 1592143.00/cwt143.00–143.008473
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy563172.00/cwt172.00–172.009682
HeifersMedium and Large 1765130.00/cwt130.00–130.009951
HeifersMedium and Large 1870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0441
BullsMedium and Large 1585169.00/cwt169.00–169.009894
BullsMedium and Large 2755123.00/cwt123.00–123.009291
BullsMedium and Large 1377183.14/cwt180.00–190.006903
BullsMedium and Large 2325152.50/cwt152.50–152.504961
BullsMedium and Large 1423193.00/cwt193.00–193.008162
BullsMedium and Large 1482180.00/cwt180.00–180.008687
Bulls1,05890.00/cwt90.00–90.009523
Bulls1,814108.85/cwt101.50–115.001,9755
Bulls2,298123.67/cwt120.00–126.002,8423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25397.92/cwt92.50–105.001,22710
BullsHeavy Weight2,34580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,8761
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed78579.80/cwt76.00–83.006266
SteersChoice and Prime1,428173.33/cwt168.50–176.002,47538
SteersChoice1,260159.55/cwt158.00–161.002,0102
HeifersPrime1,279178.06/cwt177.00–178.752,27724
SteersPrime1,420179.78/cwt178.50–180.002,55322
HeifersChoice1,265153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,9351
HeifersChoice and Prime1,180170.15/cwt165.00–175.502,00845
Dairy SteersPrime1,486141.50/cwt141.50–141.502,10314
SteersSelectHeavy Weight1,895140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,6531
CowsBoner 80-85%97056.30/cwt55.00–60.005464
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11272.47/cwt70.00–75.508063
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,20383.31/cwt79.50–87.001,0025
HeifersChoice1,185159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,8842
HeifersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,700161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,7371

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.