Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-05-30

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 30
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
23 vs last sale 41 14 vs year ago 32 · 43.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
189 head
29 vs last sale 218 100 vs year ago 289 · 34.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers 3.00 higher on high quality steers and heifers with active buyer participation. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows had instances of higher/lower with a good offering of high dressing breaker cows with good value on them and bulls 4.00 lower this week. There was a light test on all classes of feeders today that were trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.89/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$131.89
9 head · 947 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,249
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
46.09
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1947131.891,2499thin
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 sale9 hd
131.89
IN average3 barns · 225 hd
177.98
−46.09
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
BullsAverage1,725120.822,0849thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,460106.161,55029
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,04884.338845thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15056.226472thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,254183.972,30741
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,209174.462,10947
HeifersStandardAverage1,375130.001,7881thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,460184.852,69937
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,386175.942,43914

Every lot, as filed

19 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 1555161.00/cwt161.00–161.008941
BullsMedium and Large 1700151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0571
HeifersMedium and Large 1715135.00/cwt135.00–135.009651
HeifersMedium and Large 1924121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1184
HeifersMedium and Large 11,028142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4604
SteersMedium and Large 1990139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,3761
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added969155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5025
SteersMedium and Large 11,100125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3751
Bulls1,478109.97/cwt100.00–117.501,6253
Bulls1,848126.24/cwt119.00–133.502,3336
CowsBoner 80-85%1,04884.33/cwt73.00–91.008845
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,481110.32/cwt103.50–120.001,63420
HeifersChoice and Prime1,209174.46/cwt171.00–177.502,10947
SteersChoice and Prime1,386175.94/cwt175.00–178.502,43914
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41496.91/cwt90.00–101.501,3709
CowsLean 85-90%1,15056.22/cwt50.00–63.006472
SteersPrime1,460184.85/cwt184.50–185.002,69937
HeifersPrime1,254183.97/cwt183.00–185.002,30741
HeifersStandard1,375130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7881

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.