Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-07-11

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 11
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
42 vs last sale 17 17 vs year ago 42 · +40.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
286 head
6 vs last sale 280 5 vs year ago 281 · +1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No coverage last week due to Holiday but slaughter steers were trending higher and slaughter heifers were trending higher/lower with better packer demand this week and a good offering of steers and heifers. A good offering of Holstein slaughter today that were trending higher. Cows were trending higher with higher prices on high dressing breaker cows and bulls instances of higher/lower also with higher prices on high dressing bulls. All classes of feeder calves were trending higher with good groups of fancy and value added feeders and good buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.16/cwt on 26 head.
Average price
$172.16
26 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,089
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$327
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$54.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.02
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1632174.241,10125
Medium and Large 2645120.007741thin
One grade step is worth $54.24/cwt here — about $327 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
172.16
IN average4 barns · 203 hd
168.14
+4.02
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
BullsAverage1,683118.441,99411
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51496.701,46442
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23671.0887911
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08031.003351thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,495117.001,7491thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,453140.692,04415
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,375129.241,7773thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,320128.031,6907thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,40095.001,3301thin
Dairy SteersStandardAverage1,39487.231,2164thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,259185.212,33258
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,055173.001,8258thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,118157.611,7623thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,053136.701,44012
SteersPrimeAverage1,340187.252,50961
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,236176.062,17623
SteersChoiceAverage1,180164.481,9412thin
SteersSelectAverage1,113125.071,39210
SteersStandardAverage1,370107.571,4742thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1Fancy412216.38/cwt207.00–221.008916
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy574191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0964
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy515197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0151
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy730170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy579191.56/cwt179.00–195.001,1099
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy629208.84/cwt208.00–210.001,3147
SteersMedium and Large 1942156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4708
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy475204.00/cwt204.00–204.009692
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy422208.63/cwt208.00–210.008803
HeifersMedium and Large 11,095120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3141
SteersMedium and Large 1673160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0772
HeifersMedium and Large 2645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
SteersMedium and Large 1600161.00/cwt161.00–161.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 1600149.00/cwt149.00–149.008941
HeifersMedium and Large 1735155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1391
HeifersMedium and Large 11,040120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,2481
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added785171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3423
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added560177.00/cwt177.00–177.009913
HeifersMedium and Large 1412169.00/cwt169.00–169.006963
Bulls1,534109.04/cwt105.00–115.501,6735
Bulls1,808126.27/cwt120.00–135.002,2836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21565.12/cwt56.00–71.007916
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26178.24/cwt75.00–80.009875
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550101.11/cwt93.00–119.001,56728
CowsLean 85-90%1,08031.00/cwt31.00–31.003351
SteersPrime1,340187.25/cwt184.50–194.002,50961
SteersSelect1,112137.56/cwt128.00–144.001,5305
Dairy HeifersChoice1,495117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7491
Dairy SteersChoice1,375129.24/cwt110.00–137.001,7773
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,320128.03/cwt122.00–129.001,6907
Dairy SteersPrime1,453140.69/cwt134.00–164.002,04415
Dairy SteersSelect1,40095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3301
Dairy SteersStandard1,39487.23/cwt85.00–95.001,2164
HeifersSelect1,006140.91/cwt140.00–148.001,4188
SteersStandard1,370107.57/cwt106.00–109.001,4742
SteersChoice1,180164.48/cwt164.00–165.001,9412
SteersChoice and Prime1,236176.06/cwt169.00–179.002,17623
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,013126.03/cwt105.00–146.001,2773
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,114112.58/cwt110.00–120.001,2545
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,13575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,6011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38988.86/cwt83.00–91.001,23413
HeifersSelect1,550135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,0931
HeifersChoice and Prime1,055173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,8258
HeifersPrime1,259185.21/cwt181.00–190.002,33258
HeifersChoice1,118157.61/cwt155.00–160.751,7623

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.