Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-09-26

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
98 head
74 vs last sale 24 33 vs year ago 65 · +50.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
260 head
96 vs last sale 356 25 vs year ago 235 · +10.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers had instances of higher/lower with slaughter heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher with higher packer interest on higher quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were significantly lower and bulls instances of higher/lower with a good offering of cows and bulls this week. All classes of feeder calves were sharply higher with good offering of fancy and value added feeders and good buyer interest today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $192.39/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$192.39
50 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,074
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$639
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$88.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.84
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553196.691,08747
Medium and Large 2760133.501,0152thin
Medium and Large 3415108.004481thin
One grade step is worth $88.69/cwt here — about $639 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 sale50 hd
192.39
IN average4 barns · 335 hd
184.55
+7.84
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
BullsAverage1,532123.631,89423
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,326107.231,42252
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21178.7395421
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01055.295593thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,620115.001,8631thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,265187.882,37742
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,179181.752,14336
HeifersSelectAverage931138.041,2857thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,237132.831,6433thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,440187.442,69929
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,212175.582,12819
SteersSelectAverage1,195140.001,6731thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 2860133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1441
HeifersMedium and Large 3415108.00/cwt108.00–108.004481
HeifersMedium and Large 1305212.50/cwt212.50–212.506483
HeifersMedium and Large 1758159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2052
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy468210.96/cwt210.00–212.009872
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy333221.00/cwt221.00–221.007363
HeifersMedium and Large 1718173.31/cwt157.00–182.001,2446
HeifersMedium and Large 1556190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0566
HeifersMedium and Large 1493188.00/cwt188.00–188.009273
HeifersMedium and Large 1648175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1346
HeifersMedium and Large 1545200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0901
HeifersMedium and Large 1233221.00/cwt221.00–221.005151
Dairy HeifersLarge 2580142.00/cwt142.00–142.008243
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added423261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1044
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added592253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4983
HeifersMedium and Large 2660134.00/cwt134.00–134.008841
SteersMedium and Large 2500151.00/cwt151.00–151.007551
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy818211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7262
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added564227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,2805
Dairy HeifersLarge 3634111.00/cwt111.00–111.007044
BullsMedium and Large 2670151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0122
BullsMedium and Large 1325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006501
BullsMedium and Large 2640121.00/cwt121.00–121.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy471247.96/cwt247.00–249.001,16811
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy630208.71/cwt207.00–219.001,3157
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,280102.56/cwt94.00–111.501,31330
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed995120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1941
CowsLean 85-90%1,17549.00/cwt49.00–49.005761
CowsLean 85-90%92858.43/cwt55.00–63.005422
Bulls1,396114.43/cwt110.00–118.501,59710
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,396115.53/cwt112.50–125.501,61319
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,195140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,6731
HeifersPrime1,265187.88/cwt185.00–189.752,37742
HeifersChoice and Prime1,179181.75/cwt175.50–184.752,14336
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed966132.20/cwt125.00–140.001,2773
HeifersStandard1,237132.83/cwt130.00–140.001,6433
HeifersSelect904142.42/cwt140.00–148.001,2874
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,620115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,8631
SteersPrime1,440187.44/cwt185.00–189.752,69929
SteersChoice and Prime1,212175.58/cwt174.00–179.002,12819
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22591.59/cwt90.00–94.001,1225
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51391.97/cwt91.00–93.001,3922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08464.47/cwt64.00–65.006994
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24878.12/cwt69.00–84.0097512
Bulls1,893127.47/cwt120.00–132.502,4139
BullsReturn to Feed1,060138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,4634
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added498223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy735187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,3744
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy357220.00/cwt220.00–220.007853
BullsMedium and Large 1963138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,3295
BullsMedium and Large 1837163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3643
BullsMedium and Large 1600181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0861

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.