Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2023-12-05

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 5
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
82 head
41 vs last sale 41 23 vs year ago 59 · +39.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
366 head
112 vs last sale 254 69 vs year ago 297 · +23.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 6.00 lower and slaughter heifers were 4.00 to 6.00 lower with lower packer interest again this week. A light offering of Holstein slaughter steers so no comparison but Holstein slaughter heifers were 4.00 lower today. Cows 4,00 to 7.00 lower with high dressing breaker cows higher and bulls steady to 3,00 lower and a good offering of cows and bulls with active buyer participation today. Feeder steers were significantly lower with feeder heifers 6.00 to 11.00 lower and feeder bulls significantly lower this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.12/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$165.12
42 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$907
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$164
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$16.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.08
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551165.9091540
Medium and Large 2503149.507512thin
One grade step is worth $16.40/cwt here — about $164 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 sale42 hd
165.12
IN average3 barns · 281 hd
171.21
−6.08
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
BullsAverage1,592105.361,67724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50896.301,45268
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29977.661,00957
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14256.056406thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,200159.001,9085thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,330133.321,7736thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,280174.752,2375thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,288171.352,20776
HeifersChoiceAverage1,229164.192,0186thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,193139.841,66810
SteersPrimeAverage1,546174.452,69713
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,373170.072,33631
SteersChoiceAverage1,337160.462,14522
SteersSelectAverage1,233147.801,82319

Every lot, as filed

55 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 2455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006831
HeifersMedium and Large 1789163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,2864
HeifersMedium and Large 1636150.68/cwt144.00–161.009585
BullsMedium and Large 1733161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1804
BullsMedium and Large 1860140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2042
HeifersMedium and Large 2550149.00/cwt149.00–149.008201
HeifersMedium and Large 1365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006022
SteersMedium and Large 1460170.00/cwt170.00–170.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1400174.00/cwt174.00–174.006961
HeifersMedium and Large 1828141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1672
HeifersMedium and Large 1465174.21/cwt161.00–185.0081013
SteersMedium and Large 11,000150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5001
SteersMedium and Large 1970133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2901
SteersMedium and Large 1569178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,0168
Dairy HeifersLarge 368080.00/cwt80.00–80.005442
SteersMedium and Large 1305181.00/cwt181.00–181.005521
HeifersMedium and Large 1570166.91/cwt166.00–167.0095111
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,13090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0172
Dairy HeifersLarge 364075.00/cwt75.00–75.004801
SteersMedium and Large 2420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
SteersMedium and Large 11,100162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,7821
BullsMedium and Large 1514179.60/cwt179.00–180.009235
BullsMedium and Large 1765169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2933
BullsMedium and Large 2580139.99/cwt139.00–141.008124
BullsMedium and Large 2688131.00/cwt131.00–131.009012
BullsMedium and Large 2380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy417206.00/cwt206.00–206.008593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28575.34/cwt68.00–79.5096833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53086.12/cwt86.00–86.501,3184
CowsLean 85-90%1,14256.05/cwt50.00–60.006406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29267.23/cwt65.00–70.008693
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48593.86/cwt87.00–103.001,39449
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,12382.73/cwt80.00–86.009292
HeifersChoice and Prime1,288171.35/cwt168.00–173.752,20776
HeifersSelect1,270145.18/cwt141.00–149.001,8443
HeifersChoice1,229164.19/cwt157.00–165.502,0186
HeifersPrime1,280174.75/cwt174.75–174.752,2375
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,160137.55/cwt124.00–149.001,5967
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35883.17/cwt80.00–86.001,12918
Dairy SteersChoice1,330133.32/cwt130.00–139.001,7736
SteersPrime1,546174.45/cwt174.00–176.002,69713
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,142150.54/cwt147.00–152.501,7195
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight2,015141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,8411
SteersChoice1,322160.01/cwt157.50–167.002,11520
SteersSelect1,266146.82/cwt144.00–154.501,85914
Dairy HeifersPrime1,200159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,9085
SteersChoice1,485165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,4502
SteersChoice and Prime1,352171.04/cwt169.00–173.002,31230
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,090116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2641
Bulls1,523100.36/cwt89.00–111.001,5289
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,612106.33/cwt104.00–114.001,71414
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,07576.00/cwt76.00–76.008171
Bulls1,763118.48/cwt114.00–128.002,08911
Bulls1,27580.53/cwt71.00–85.001,0274
HeifersMedium and Large 1310172.00/cwt172.00–172.005332

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.