Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-11-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 7
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
96 head
60 vs last sale 36 45 vs year ago 51 · +88.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
217 vs last sale 366 147 vs year ago 296 · 49.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 to 7.00 higher with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with a light test of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady today. Cows were 3.00 to 7.00 higher with a good offering of cows and active bidding and bulls had instances of higher/lower with a good offering also. Feeder steers and heifers were trend higher with nice groups of valve added steers and heifers and feeder bulls were mostly steady with active bidding on all feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.15/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$208.15
44 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$406
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$68.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.47
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495217.521,07638
Medium and Large 2451148.846716thin
One grade step is worth $68.68/cwt here — about $406 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 sale44 hd
208.15
IN average5 barns · 617 hd
199.68
+8.47
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
BullsAverage1,610108.061,74026
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,332103.881,38339
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25983.201,04724
CowsLean 85-90%High92566.006111thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,541128.721,9846thin
Dairy SteersChoiceLow1,633112.001,8282thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,373186.132,5566thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,307175.702,2965thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,455163.002,3721thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,273138.801,7675thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,340190.252,5495thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,320184.002,4295thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,663169.502,8192thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 2795139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1051
HeifersMedium and Large 1589204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,2056
HeifersMedium and Large 1412193.68/cwt193.00–194.007983
BullsMedium and Large 1453172.50/cwt172.50–172.507813
BullsMedium and Large 2600160.00/cwt160.00–160.009601
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added458238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,0903
HeifersMedium and Large 2600124.00/cwt124.00–124.007441
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added683215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4684
SteersMedium and Large 1315212.50/cwt212.50–212.506692
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy435229.00/cwt229.00–229.009961
HeifersMedium and Large 1365200.00/cwt200.00–200.007302
SteersMedium and Large 1960187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,7955
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400236.00/cwt236.00–236.009443
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added537221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1878
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added474225.77/cwt224.00–229.001,07019
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added573233.95/cwt232.00–235.001,34112
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added503250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2586
BullsMedium and Large 1533180.00/cwt180.00–180.009593
BullsMedium and Large 2585155.00/cwt155.00–155.009071
BullsMedium and Large 1578203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1733
BullsMedium and Large 1355204.00/cwt204.00–204.007242
BullsMedium and Large 2285182.50/cwt182.50–182.505201
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy405226.00/cwt226.00–226.009152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21480.24/cwt74.00–86.0097410
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,252112.80/cwt107.00–129.001,4127
HeifersPrime1,373186.13/cwt185.50–189.502,5566
HeifersChoice and Prime1,307175.70/cwt175.50–176.002,2965
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,360102.02/cwt95.00–106.001,38729
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39591.99/cwt89.00–94.501,2832
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,663169.50/cwt169.50–169.502,8192
HeifersStandard1,045135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4111
SteersChoice and Prime1,320184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,4295
CowsLean 85-90%92566.00/cwt66.00–66.006111
HeifersChoice1,455163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,3721
HeifersStandard1,330139.75/cwt130.00–150.001,8594
SteersPrime1,340190.25/cwt190.25–190.252,5495
Dairy SteersChoice1,625114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,8531
Dairy SteersChoice1,640110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,8041
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,541128.72/cwt121.00–136.001,9846
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47070.04/cwt64.00–76.001,0303
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24289.48/cwt86.00–95.001,11111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed940119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1191
Bulls1,371106.57/cwt93.00–110.501,46114
Bulls1,71585.97/cwt83.00–89.001,4742
Bulls1,924114.57/cwt113.00–115.502,20410
HeifersMedium and Large 2327157.51/cwt151.00–176.005154

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.