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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 31
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
49 vs last sale 85 45 vs year ago 81 · 55.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
366 head
134 vs last sale 232 62 vs year ago 304 · +20.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
7 vs last sale 1 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers but lower packer inquiry again this week. A low test of Holstein slaughters today that were trending lower. A good offering of cows and active buyer participation today but also trending lower with bulls mostly steady with a nice offering of high dressing bulls that were trading higher. All classes of feeder calves were sharply lower with lower buyer interest this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.70/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$177.70
18 head · 448 lb average
Value per head Derived
$797
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$165
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1458186.3085312thin
Medium and Large 2429160.506896thin
One grade step is worth $25.80/cwt here — about $165 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 sale18 hd
177.70
IN average4 barns · 380 hd
177.03
+0.67
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
BullocksAverage1,500129.001,9351thin
BullsAverage1,789116.132,07710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,36797.771,33653
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17181.3495228
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,06731.003311thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,345128.001,7221thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,240134.001,6622thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,295183.002,37011
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,327180.112,39094
HeifersChoiceAverage1,217166.432,02510
HeifersSelectAverage1,120147.001,6461thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,420183.252,60233
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,343180.082,41880
SteersChoiceAverage1,450161.102,3367thin
SteersSelectAverage1,242152.291,8915thin
SteersStandardAverage99090.008911thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1Fancy520219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1393
BullsMedium and Large 1290220.00/cwt220.00–220.006381
BullsMedium and Large 1333202.50/cwt202.50–202.506743
BullsMedium and Large 2736148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0894
BullsMedium and Large 2834143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1932
HeifersMedium and Large 1623174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0842
SteersMedium and Large 1765171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3081
HeifersMedium and Large 1239201.00/cwt201.00–201.004805
HeifersMedium and Large 2378170.00/cwt170.00–170.006433
Dairy SteersLarge 2933121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1292
HeifersMedium and Large 2335150.00/cwt150.00–150.005031
HeifersMedium and Large 1525171.00/cwt171.00–171.008982
HeifersMedium and Large 2675147.00/cwt147.00–147.009921
BullsMedium and Large 2610169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0312
HeifersMedium and Large 1668180.19/cwt169.00–186.001,2043
HeifersMedium and Large 2430156.00/cwt156.00–156.006711
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1998107.10/cwt104.00–110.001,0692
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,135102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1581
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,239112.07/cwt106.00–117.001,3894
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,290106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3671
Bulls1,363101.60/cwt100.50–102.501,3853
Bulls1,971122.35/cwt115.50–128.502,4127
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17476.82/cwt65.00–83.0090216
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16687.37/cwt84.00–89.501,01912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34695.20/cwt88.00–100.501,28137
CowsLean 85-90%1,06731.00/cwt31.00–31.003311
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,240134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,6622
Bullocks1,500129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,9351
SteersSelect1,242152.29/cwt139.00–156.001,8915
SteersStandard99090.00/cwt90.00–90.008911
SteersChoice and Prime1,343180.08/cwt170.00–182.502,41880
SteersPrime1,420183.25/cwt183.00–184.502,60233
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,762156.08/cwt139.50–165.502,7503
SteersChoice1,216164.87/cwt160.00–169.002,0054
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,345128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,7221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28389.52/cwt89.00–90.001,1492
HeifersSelect1,120147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,6461
HeifersChoice and Prime1,327180.11/cwt170.00–182.502,39094
HeifersPrime1,295183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,37011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,434105.75/cwt101.00–111.001,51614
HeifersChoice1,217166.43/cwt159.00–168.002,02510

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.