Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-08-29

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 29
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
42 head
2 vs last sale 40 7 vs year ago 35 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
242 head
146 vs last sale 388 20 vs year ago 262 · 7.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with better quality steers and heifers in good demand. Holstein slaughter were higher on 1/2 blood Holstein steers. Cows and bulls were trend sharply higher on high dressing bulls and cows and good packer demand with active buyer participation. Feeder heifers and bulls were trending higher with a good offering of fancy type heifers and bulls and active bidding.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $222.68/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$222.68
22 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,205
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+48.26
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541222.681,20522
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 sale22 hd
222.68
IN average5 barns · 47 hd
174.42
+48.26
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
BullocksAverage1,500160.002,4001thin
BullsAverage1,753133.922,3474thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,449121.621,76328
CowsBoner 80-85%High62581.005061thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,341159.762,1424thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,140130.001,4825thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,242189.852,35833
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,246183.892,29151
HeifersChoiceAverage1,010169.001,7072thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,030148.001,5241thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,334191.882,56065
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,271185.422,35732
SteersChoiceAverage1,320166.002,1912thin
SteersSelectAverage1,120130.001,4561thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1Fancy471270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2726
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy595222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,3211
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy413243.78/cwt243.00–247.001,0075
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy398229.00/cwt229.00–229.009112
BullsMedium and Large 1908148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,3444
BullsMedium and Large 1245225.00/cwt225.00–225.005511
HeifersMedium and Large 1665181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2042
HeifersMedium and Large 2425101.00/cwt101.00–101.004291
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy398227.00/cwt227.00–227.009032
SteersMedium 1640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0881
Dairy SteersLarge 2760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009122
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy660204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3462
HeifersMedium and Large 1405216.00/cwt216.00–216.008758
BullsMedium and Large 1300225.00/cwt225.00–225.006751
BullsMedium and Large 1725169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2252
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy345250.00/cwt250.00–250.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full575190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0931
Bulls1,200115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3801
Bulls1,937140.23/cwt134.50–146.502,7163
CowsBoner 80-85%62581.00/cwt81.00–81.005061
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506126.21/cwt117.00–140.001,90121
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,030148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5241
HeifersChoice1,010169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,7072
Dairy SteersChoice1,140130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4825
Dairy SteersPrime1,341159.76/cwt157.00–163.002,1424
Bullocks1,500160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4001
HeifersChoice and Prime1,241183.92/cwt175.00–187.002,28250
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,120130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,279107.84/cwt94.00–116.001,3797
SteersPrime1,334191.88/cwt188.50–195.502,56065
SteersChoice1,320166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,1912
SteersChoice and Prime1,271185.42/cwt177.00–187.502,35732
HeifersChoice and Prime1,485182.50/cwt182.50–182.502,7101
HeifersPrime1,242189.85/cwt187.00–192.502,35833

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.