Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-05-23

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 23
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
27 vs last sale 68 9 vs year ago 32 · +28.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
27 vs last sale 245 71 vs year ago 289 · 24.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 6.00 higher with slaughter heifers 3.00 higher with better packer inquiry this week and active bidding. No Holstein slaughter steers last week but they were trending higher today. Cows and bulls were significantly higher with good offering of high dressing cows and bulls with active buyer participation. Feeder steers were mostly steady and feeder heifers trending higher and bulls steady and some good groups of valve added and fancy type feeders offered.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $171.53/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$171.53
17 head · 578 lb average
Value per head Derived
$991
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
0.95
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578171.5399117thin
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 sale17 hd
171.53
IN average4 barns · 236 hd
172.48
−0.95
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
BullocksAverage1,300147.501,9181thin
BullsAverage1,775120.532,13911
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417107.731,52638
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,06082.748775thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,317135.001,7786thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,000110.001,1001thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,188181.002,1504thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,079176.331,90335
HeifersChoiceLow1,033154.261,59416
HeifersSelectLow1,190120.001,4281thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,179182.532,15247
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,180176.292,08039
SteersChoiceAverage936160.001,4987thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1Fancy500203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0152
BullsMedium and Large 1550185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0182
BullsMedium and Large 1410181.00/cwt181.00–181.007423
HeifersMedium and Large 1410169.00/cwt169.00–169.006933
BullsMedium and Large 2460157.00/cwt157.00–157.007221
SteersMedium and Large 1783161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2612
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added603209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2606
SteersMedium and Large 1935110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0291
SteersMedium and Large 1840161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3521
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added690202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy693169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1715
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy534178.00/cwt178.00–178.009518
SteersMedium and Large 1465192.00/cwt192.00–192.008931
HeifersMedium and Large 1855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
Bulls1,739114.24/cwt95.00–120.001,9874
Bulls1,861130.97/cwt122.00–138.002,4376
Bulls1,40083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1621
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09778.56/cwt75.00–80.008623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,25989.57/cwt83.50–94.501,12810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,473114.21/cwt96.50–126.501,68228
SteersChoice and Prime1,180176.29/cwt170.00–178.002,08039
SteersChoice936160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4987
HeifersChoice1,034137.38/cwt130.00–140.501,4214
HeifersChoice1,033159.89/cwt150.00–164.501,65212
Dairy SteersChoice1,000110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1001
Dairy SteersPrime1,317135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,7786
Bullocks1,300147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,9181
HeifersChoice and Prime1,079176.33/cwt169.50–177.501,90335
HeifersPrime1,188181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,1504
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed900112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0081
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11066.00/cwt66.00–66.007331
HeifersSelect1,190120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4281
SteersPrime1,179182.53/cwt180.00–186.002,15247

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.