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

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
4 head
25 vs last sale 29 15 vs year ago 19 · 78.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
4 vs last sale 218 43 vs year ago 171 · +25.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower with lower packer interest this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 higher with a light test. Cows were 4.00 to 8.00 higher with a good offering and active buyer participation and bulls 4.00 to 6.00 lower but good value on high dressing bulls and good packer inquiry. A light offering of feeders that were trending lower today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $178.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$178.00
2 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,037
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
3.24
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583178.001,0372thin
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 sale2 hd
178.00
IN average4 barns · 234 hd
181.24
−3.24
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
BullocksAverage1,215163.001,9801thin
BullsHigh1,618128.562,08110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,305116.051,51559
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,13290.631,0267thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,655160.002,6481thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,030110.001,1331thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,697152.722,5923thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,137185.692,11135
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,237175.952,17712
HeifersChoiceAverage1,054166.761,7584thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,035138.661,4365thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,310185.722,43333
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,344177.192,38121
SteersChoiceAverage1,218167.702,0436thin
SteersSelectAverage1,105132.071,4603thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 1515200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0301
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy630176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,1091
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added535180.00/cwt180.00–180.009631
SteersMedium and Large 1500200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0001
Bulls1,723133.31/cwt125.00–144.502,2978
Bulls1,200109.58/cwt105.00–116.001,3152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21595.66/cwt89.00–100.001,1625
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,199106.74/cwt100.00–111.501,28018
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,352120.14/cwt112.00–135.001,62441
CowsBoner 80-85%92378.06/cwt71.00–85.007202
Dairy SteersPrime1,697152.72/cwt145.00–163.002,5923
Bullocks1,215163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,9801
SteersPrime1,310185.72/cwt185.00–187.002,43333
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,208132.61/cwt126.00–140.001,6022
SteersSelect900131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1791
SteersChoice and Prime1,344177.19/cwt174.00–180.502,38121
Dairy HeifersPrime1,655160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,6481
Dairy HeifersSelect1,030110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1331
HeifersChoice1,054166.76/cwt160.00–169.501,7584
HeifersChoice and Prime1,237175.95/cwt170.00–183.752,17712
HeifersPrime1,137185.69/cwt184.25–188.002,11135
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed928135.44/cwt131.00–140.001,2572
HeifersSelect1,107140.80/cwt134.00–150.001,5593
SteersChoice1,218167.70/cwt166.50–169.502,0436

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.