Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-09-12

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 42▼ 16 vs year ago 60 · −26.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
240 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 242▼ 38 vs year ago 278 · −13.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No coverage last week so no comparison this week but slaughter steers and slaughter heifers were trending lower with lower packer inquiry this week. No Holstein slaughter today. Cows and bulls were trending higher with a good offering and still good packer interest. Feeder calves were mostly steady with better valve on valve added and fancy type feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.06/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$215.06
21 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.71
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1509215.061,09621
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 sale21 hd
215.06
—
IN average6 barns · 545 hd
205.35
+9.71
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
Bulls—Average1,686126.632,13611
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,476118.751,75337
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18090.581,06928
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18248.435723thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,053187.501,9746thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,175182.192,14158
HeifersChoiceAverage1,183163.841,9382thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,333188.132,50863
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,321178.252,35617

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—343237.00/cwt237.00–237.008132
Dairy HeifersLarge 2—633160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3041
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—520251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3052
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—555251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3933
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—423237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,0036
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520185.09/cwt160.00–198.009623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—780180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4041
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—500225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1252
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy—485245.64/cwt245.00–251.001,1919
BullsMedium and Large 1—555199.09/cwt194.00–209.001,1053
BullsMedium and Large 1—735185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3601
HeifersMedium and Large 1—425219.00/cwt219.00–219.009311
BullsMedium and Large 1—265242.50/cwt242.50–242.506431
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—460235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0813
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630200.34/cwt200.00–201.001,2623
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1921
Bulls——1,213114.35/cwt98.00–120.001,3873
Bulls——1,864131.24/cwt125.00–135.002,4468
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,11880.39/cwt70.00–86.508999
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,342106.44/cwt100.00–112.001,42813
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,549125.42/cwt115.50–133.501,94324
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16855.14/cwt50.00–60.006442
SteersPrime—1,333188.13/cwt187.00–190.502,50863
SteersChoice and Prime—1,425184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,6291
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21035.00/cwt35.00–35.004241
HeifersChoice—1,183163.84/cwt160.00–168.001,9382
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20995.40/cwt88.00–101.001,15319
SteersChoice and Prime—1,315177.86/cwt170.00–185.502,33916
HeifersPrime—1,053187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,9746
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,175182.19/cwt173.00–186.502,14158

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.