Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-01-09

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 9
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
74 head
45 vs last sale 29 26 vs year ago 48 · +54.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
327 head
71 vs last sale 256 151 vs year ago 478 · 31.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last slaughter steers were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers and better packer interest this week. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady today. Cows were 3.00 to 9.00 higher with a good test of cows today and bulls were 6.00 to 8.00 higher with active buyer participation. Feeder steers had instances of higher/lower and feeder heifers were trending higher with feeder bulls trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $183.23/cwt on 42 head.
Average price
$183.23
42 head · 617 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,130
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.42
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1614184.351,13141
Medium and Large 2745137.001,0211thin
One grade step is worth $47.35/cwt here — about $111 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
183.23
IN average5 barns · 364 hd
172.81
+10.42
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
BullocksAverage1,310126.001,6511thin
BullsAverage1,824111.772,0399thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,538101.201,55747
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,21682.1799929
CowsLean 85-90%High86550.004331thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,330105.001,3971thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,600134.212,14710
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,165109.001,2701thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,422178.402,5379thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,357173.122,34957
HeifersChoiceAverage1,291164.892,12935
HeifersSelectAverage1,196120.311,4395thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,454178.332,59325
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,367173.372,37060
SteersChoiceAverage1,351165.792,24029
SteersSelectAverage1,224121.901,4925thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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 1Fancy312207.50/cwt207.50–207.506475
BullsMedium and Large 2945112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0631
BullsMedium and Large 1633167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0573
BullsMedium and Large 1395200.00/cwt200.00–200.007901
BullsMedium and Large 1980117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1471
BullsMedium and Large 1535165.00/cwt165.00–165.008831
HeifersMedium and Large 1530178.00/cwt178.00–178.009431
SteersMedium and Large 1508197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,0012
SteersMedium and Large 1813169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,3744
SteersMedium and Large 1947165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5633
HeifersMedium and Large 1705174.44/cwt174.00–175.001,23016
HeifersMedium and Large 1265202.50/cwt202.50–202.505371
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450202.50/cwt202.50–202.509111
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy433206.00/cwt206.00–206.008922
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy613219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3429
HeifersMedium and Large 1915135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2353
BullsLarge 2725132.00/cwt132.00–132.009571
BullsMedium and Large 1900140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2601
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy510207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,05612
HeifersMedium and Large 2745137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0211
HeifersMedium and Large 1420202.50/cwt202.50–202.508513
HeifersMedium and Large 1823138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1362
Bulls1,877107.18/cwt96.00–115.002,0126
Bulls1,718120.95/cwt119.00–122.002,0783
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,03587.64/cwt80.00–100.009074
CowsLean 85-90%86550.00/cwt50.00–50.004331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,640106.71/cwt101.50–114.001,75023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16570.00/cwt70.00–70.008161
HeifersChoice1,291164.89/cwt162.00–166.502,12935
HeifersChoice and Prime1,357173.12/cwt171.00–176.002,34957
Dairy HeifersChoice1,330105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3971
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,600134.21/cwt130.00–138.002,14710
Dairy SteersChoice1,165109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2701
Bullocks1,310126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,6511
HeifersPrime1,422178.40/cwt177.75–180.752,5379
SteersPrime1,454178.33/cwt177.50–179.752,59325
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,141115.88/cwt95.00–133.501,3224
SteersChoice1,351165.79/cwt159.50–168.502,24029
SteersSelect1,555146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2701
SteersChoice and Prime1,367173.37/cwt170.00–176.502,37060
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28471.76/cwt64.00–77.009217
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23385.88/cwt80.00–90.001,05917
HeifersSelect1,258125.47/cwt125.00–126.001,5782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,95394.21/cwt89.00–100.001,8402
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39496.07/cwt90.00–99.501,33922
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,155116.87/cwt107.00–126.001,3503

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.