Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-08-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 1
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
24 vs last sale 5 8 vs year ago 21 · +38.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
18 vs last sale 200 23 vs year ago 241 · 9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers had instances of higher/lower with a good offering but lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were too few last week but were trending higher today. Cows were sharply lower but still good value on high dressing breaker cows and bulls 4.00 to 8.00 lower today. Feeder steers and heifers had a light offering last week but were trending higher this week no feeder bulls last week to compare to today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $202.23/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$202.23
13 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,276
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$331
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.28
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1636204.751,30312thin
Medium and Large 2565172.009721thin
One grade step is worth $32.75/cwt here — about $331 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 sale13 hd
202.23
IN average2 barns · 140 hd
182.95
+19.28
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
BullsAverage1,792132.502,3757thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,302108.751,41631
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,07379.908577thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,28069.008831thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,288131.961,7004thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,022125.941,28715
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,361149.432,0349thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,319186.962,46632
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,286177.992,28848
SteersPrimeAverage1,368189.102,58739
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,336181.612,42612

Every lot, as filed

37 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 1610173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0551
BullsMedium and Large 1595181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0771
BullsMedium and Large 11,130120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3561
BullsLarge 2770151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 1865151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3061
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy520205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0662
SteersMedium and Large 2565172.00/cwt172.00–172.009721
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added633201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2723
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added665205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added470212.00/cwt212.00–212.009962
HeifersMedium and Large 1845154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,3011
Dairy SteersLarge 2750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008701
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy553224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,2394
SteersMedium and Large 1773189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4612
SteersMedium and Large 1695182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2651
HeifersMedium and Large 1235202.00/cwt202.00–202.004751
HeifersMedium and Large 2375178.00/cwt178.00–178.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 2415180.00/cwt180.00–180.007471
SteersMedium and Large 1620193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,1971
HeifersMedium and Large 1590187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 2535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008031
Bulls1,650113.61/cwt110.00–117.001,8752
Bulls1,849140.06/cwt128.50–146.002,5905
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,15087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0012
HeifersChoice and Prime953161.45/cwt158.00–165.001,5392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,351115.95/cwt110.00–133.001,56617
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,257102.18/cwt94.00–108.001,28412
Dairy SteersPrime1,361149.43/cwt142.50–173.502,0349
SteersChoice and Prime1,336181.61/cwt178.00–183.002,42612
Dairy HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,022125.94/cwt86.00–128.501,28715
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,288131.96/cwt125.00–135.001,7004
CowsLean 85-90%1,28069.00/cwt69.00–69.008831
CowsBoner 80-85%96070.00/cwt70.00–70.006721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,09281.55/cwt79.00–85.008916
HeifersChoice and Prime1,300178.71/cwt176.00–183.002,32346
HeifersPrime1,319186.96/cwt184.50–188.502,46632
SteersPrime1,368189.10/cwt186.50–195.002,58739

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.