Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-11-28

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 28
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
41 head
10 vs last sale 51 49 vs year ago 90 · 54.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
254 head
50 vs last sale 304 75 vs year ago 329 · 22.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 2 1 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 last week but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with a good offering of steers and heifers with active buyer participation today. Holstein slaughter steers were also trending higher with a light test. Cows and bulls were trending significantly higher with good offerings of cows and bulls. Feeder steers were too few to test today with feeder heifers trending significantly lower and feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $168.51/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$168.51
20 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$890
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$223
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.54
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541177.4095914thin
Medium and Large 2498147.757366thin
One grade step is worth $29.65/cwt here — about $223 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 sale20 hd
168.51
IN average3 barns · 123 hd
172.04
−3.54
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
BullsAverage1,738106.641,85321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,477100.421,48347
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36282.911,12924
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,347163.582,2036thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,210120.001,4521thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,320150.001,9809thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,525120.001,8301thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,375181.302,49321
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,294176.272,28135
HeifersChoiceAverage1,331162.112,1576thin
HeifersSelectAverage978130.021,2723thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,364127.381,7375thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,452180.282,61849
SteersChoiceAverage1,404160.582,25412
SteersSelectAverage1,246143.741,7928thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage2,123132.372,8103thin

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$9501thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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 1Fancy550212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1662
BullsMedium and Large 2315153.00/cwt153.00–153.004822
BullsMedium and Large 1325183.55/cwt180.00–187.005972
BullsMedium and Large 1673168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,1313
BullsMedium and Large 1603190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1464
BullsMedium and Large 1533191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0183
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added470191.00/cwt191.00–191.008983
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3004
HeifersMedium and Large 1673167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1242
HeifersMedium and Large 1480172.00/cwt172.00–172.008261
HeifersMedium and Large 1510164.00/cwt164.00–164.008361
HeifersMedium and Large 1740159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1855165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4111
HeifersMedium and Large 1550173.00/cwt173.00–173.009521
BullsMedium and Large 1410185.00/cwt185.00–185.007592
HeifersMedium and Large 2320152.50/cwt152.50–152.504881
HeifersMedium and Large 2730121.00/cwt121.00–121.008831
HeifersMedium and Large 2770130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0011
HeifersMedium and Large 2390161.00/cwt161.00–161.006283
HeifersMedium and Large 1420185.91/cwt174.00–190.007814
Cow-Calf PairsMedium 11,250950.00/head950.00–950.009501
Bulls1,584103.78/cwt100.00–110.001,64412
Bulls2,131118.48/cwt113.50–122.002,5257
Bulls1,28382.33/cwt80.00–85.001,0562
HeifersChoice1,357161.73/cwt154.00–165.502,1955
HeifersPrime1,375181.30/cwt178.00–184.002,49321
HeifersChoice and Prime1,294176.27/cwt174.50–178.002,28135
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45898.51/cwt95.00–103.501,43637
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,481109.05/cwt105.00–119.001,6159
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42590.20/cwt88.00–94.501,28511
SteersChoice1,387165.50/cwt165.50–165.502,29510
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,840124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,2821
HeifersStandard1,364127.38/cwt120.00–136.001,7375
HeifersSelect1,095153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,6751
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed920118.53/cwt116.00–121.001,0902
HeifersChoice1,200164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9681
Dairy HeifersPrime1,347163.58/cwt155.50–168.002,2036
SteersSelect1,330148.98/cwt146.00–159.001,9815
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,107135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4943
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight2,123132.37/cwt110.00–148.002,8103
SteersPrime1,452180.28/cwt178.75–183.002,61849
SteersChoice1,135148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,6801
Dairy SteersPrime1,320150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9809
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,525120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,8301
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,210120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26679.82/cwt70.00–85.001,01110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44766.50/cwt65.00–70.009623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Heavy Weight2,13593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,9961

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.