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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 14
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
51 head
45 vs last sale 96 24 vs year ago 75 · 32.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
304 head
155 vs last sale 149 52 vs year ago 252 · +20.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 8.00 lower with slaughter heifers 7.00 lower and much lower packer inquiry this week but a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were 4.00 to 6.00 lower with a good offering and active buyer participation with bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower with good value on high dressing bulls. 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 $160.07/cwt on 32 head.
Average price
$160.07
32 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,059
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$214
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.57
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654166.521,09027
Medium and Large 2699125.208765thin
One grade step is worth $41.32/cwt here — about $214 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 sale32 hd
160.07
IN average5 barns · 288 hd
171.64
−11.57
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
BullsHigh1,698104.161,76914
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,095102.502,1471thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41897.011,37547
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,22079.8197342
CowsLean 85-90%High1,06555.665934thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,266179.162,26856
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,255176.742,21835
HeifersChoiceAverage1,165164.931,9217thin
HeifersSelectAverage981138.351,3564thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,455117.501,7101thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,515179.452,71922
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,249175.622,19347
SteersChoiceAverage1,344160.712,1608thin
SteersSelectAverage1,200141.671,7003thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,250$1,8002thin

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 2555109.00/cwt109.00–109.006051
BullsMedium and Large 1547144.00/cwt144.00–144.007883
BullsMedium and Large 2760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 2708137.00/cwt137.00–137.009702
HeifersMedium and Large 2768131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0062
HeifersMedium and Large 1840159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,3361
Dairy SteersLarge 274090.00/cwt90.00–90.006661
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy595210.65/cwt209.00–214.001,2539
HeifersMedium and Large 1547183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0013
SteersMedium and Large 1695198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,3761
SteersMedium and Large 2615149.00/cwt149.00–149.009161
SteersMedium and Large 1895179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6021
SteersMedium and Large 1900179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,6111
HeifersMedium and Large 254590.00/cwt90.00–90.004911
BullsMedium and Large 2693121.00/cwt121.00–121.008392
HeifersMedium and Large 1765150.33/cwt150.00–151.001,1503
HeifersMedium and Large 1486155.00/cwt155.00–155.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 11,011125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2645
HeifersMedium and Large 1444198.00/cwt198.00–198.008794
HeifersMedium and Large 1588185.74/cwt175.00–190.001,0927
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2501,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8002
Bulls1,865112.40/cwt108.50–120.002,0965
Bulls1,23089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0951
Bulls1,652100.90/cwt95.00–106.001,6678
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,095102.50/cwt102.50–102.502,1471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29360.00/cwt60.00–60.007762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08175.93/cwt70.00–80.0082115
SteersPrime1,515179.45/cwt178.50–182.002,71922
SteersSelect1,200141.67/cwt140.00–145.001,7003
HeifersChoice1,165164.93/cwt164.00–166.001,9217
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed944146.46/cwt119.00–160.001,3833
HeifersPrime1,266179.16/cwt178.25–180.002,26856
HeifersStandard1,455117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,7101
SteersChoice1,344160.71/cwt157.00–169.002,1608
SteersChoice and Prime1,249175.62/cwt171.50–177.002,19347
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,567107.62/cwt105.50–110.001,6865
CowsLean 85-90%1,06555.66/cwt54.00–57.005934
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40095.75/cwt89.00–104.501,34142
HeifersSelect1,090114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29783.72/cwt80.00–88.501,08625
HeifersChoice and Prime1,255176.74/cwt172.50–177.752,21835

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.