Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-01-02

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
35 vs last sale 64 26 vs year ago 55 · 47.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
256 head
64 vs last sale 192 1 vs year ago 257 · 0.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to the Holiday but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with a good offering of steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter steers and heifers had some good groups of 1/2 blood beef on dairy cross that were at a good demand today. Cows were also trending higher with bulls in light demand this week. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady with feeder bulls in better demand today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $181.20/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$181.20
11 head · 449 lb average
Value per head Derived
$814
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$200
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$65.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.45
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1443187.1282910thin
Medium and Large 2515122.006281thin
One grade step is worth $65.12/cwt here — about $200 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
181.20
IN average2 barns · 82 hd
163.75
+17.45
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
BullsHigh1,808106.951,93311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53490.421,38731
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,98584.001,6671thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28179.511,01916
CowsLean 85-90%High94052.004891thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,450163.102,36519
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,332166.252,2147thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,310174.002,27911
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,361173.552,36210
HeifersChoiceAverage1,268164.102,08133
HeifersSelectAverage1,232133.711,6475thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,557128.111,9953thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,424174.752,48811
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,437171.572,46536
SteersChoiceAverage1,368164.432,24953
SteersSelectAverage1,395140.001,9531thin
SteersStandardAverage1,795126.002,2621thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 1660170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1221
BullsMedium and Large 1275275.00/cwt275.00–275.007562
BullsMedium and Large 1551180.00/cwt180.00–180.009925
BullsMedium and Large 1435202.50/cwt202.50–202.508811
HeifersMedium and Large 2515122.00/cwt122.00–122.006281
HeifersMedium and Large 1518180.62/cwt174.00–184.009366
HeifersMedium and Large 1600165.00/cwt165.00–165.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 1240207.50/cwt207.50–207.504983
SteersMedium and Large 1910150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3651
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy619228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,4118
Bulls1,959112.45/cwt110.50–116.002,2036
Bulls1,626100.34/cwt90.00–107.501,6325
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74884.03/cwt83.00–85.001,4692
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,98584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,6671
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27975.22/cwt70.00–79.009629
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31182.36/cwt80.00–85.001,0806
HeifersStandard1,935109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,1091
SteersSelect1,395140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9531
SteersChoice1,368164.43/cwt160.00–166.252,24953
Dairy HeifersPrime1,450163.10/cwt160.00–166.502,36519
Dairy SteersPrime1,332166.25/cwt166.25–166.252,2147
HeifersChoice1,268164.10/cwt155.00–168.002,08133
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54189.40/cwt85.00–93.501,37824
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41797.89/cwt95.00–102.501,3875
SteersStandardHeavy Weight1,795126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,2621
SteersChoice and Prime1,437171.57/cwt170.00–172.502,46536
SteersPrime1,424174.75/cwt174.75–174.752,48811
HeifersChoice and Prime1,361173.55/cwt172.75–173.752,36210
HeifersSelect1,285137.39/cwt130.00–140.001,7654
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,020119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2141
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,120101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1311
CowsLean 85-90%94052.00/cwt52.00–52.004891
HeifersStandard1,368137.67/cwt126.00–147.501,8832
HeifersPrime1,310174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,27911

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.