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

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 12
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
27 head
55 vs last sale 82 31 vs year ago 58 · 53.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
201 head
165 vs last sale 366 8 vs year ago 209 · 3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower with lower packer interest again this week. Holstein slaughter steers were too few to compare today. Cows were 4.00 to 7.00 lower with a good offering and active buyer participation and bulls 3.00 higher this week. Feeder steers and bulls were mostly steady and feeder heifers significantly lower today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $140.09/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$140.09
11 head · 734 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,028
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
21.08
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1747144.781,0829thin
Medium and Large 2675119.008032thin
One grade step is worth $25.78/cwt here — about $278 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 sale11 hd
140.09
IN average5 barns · 337 hd
161.17
−21.08
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
BullsLow1,73398.751,71111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47091.381,34341
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32872.7796632
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20056.006721thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,105109.001,2041thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,294174.592,25925
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,280170.402,18113
HeifersChoiceAverage1,281157.782,0216thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,108131.581,4582thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,248128.501,6043thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,440173.952,50520
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,459166.212,42515
SteersChoiceAverage1,346159.412,1467thin
SteersSelectAverage1,234129.541,5999thin

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 2665133.00/cwt133.00–133.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1390161.00/cwt161.00–161.006281
BullsMedium and Large 1475183.00/cwt183.00–183.008692
BullsMedium and Large 1675172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1612
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy840130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy863136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1743
Dairy SteersLarge 11,040116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2061
SteersMedium and Large 1867173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,5003
HeifersMedium and Large 1610151.00/cwt151.00–151.009211
HeifersMedium and Large 1940141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3251
SteersMedium and Large 2575146.00/cwt146.00–146.008401
SteersMedium and Large 1815176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4341
SteersMedium 1410161.00/cwt161.00–161.006601
SteersMedium and Large 1325181.00/cwt181.00–181.005881
HeifersMedium and Large 2850101.00/cwt101.00–101.008591
HeifersMedium and Large 2500137.00/cwt137.00–137.006851
BullsMedium and Large 1518180.00/cwt180.00–180.009322
HeifersMedium and Large 1410161.00/cwt161.00–161.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1475161.00/cwt161.00–161.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1860151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2991
Bulls1,48576.99/cwt70.00–85.001,1432
Bulls1,788103.58/cwt91.00–110.001,8529
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed89771.46/cwt68.00–76.006413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43988.57/cwt80.00–94.501,27530
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55599.05/cwt95.00–107.001,54011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39374.16/cwt69.00–79.501,03318
SteersPrime1,440173.95/cwt173.50–174.252,50520
SteersSelect1,387131.61/cwt126.50–134.501,8253
Dairy SteersChoice1,105109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2041
HeifersStandard1,248128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,6043
HeifersChoice1,257159.34/cwt156.50–161.502,0035
SteersChoice1,346159.41/cwt156.00–160.002,1467
SteersChoice and Prime1,459166.21/cwt166.00–166.752,42515
HeifersChoice1,400150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1001
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,158128.51/cwt126.00–129.001,4886
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25861.47/cwt50.00–69.007736
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43582.09/cwt80.50–83.001,1785
CowsLean 85-90%1,20056.00/cwt56.00–56.006721
HeifersChoice and Prime1,280170.40/cwt164.50–171.252,18113
HeifersPrime1,294174.59/cwt172.75–175.752,25925
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,108131.58/cwt129.00–134.001,4582

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.