Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-01-23

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 23
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
55 vs last sale 74 28 vs year ago 47 · 59.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
141 head
186 vs last sale 327 90 vs year ago 231 · 39.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last due to weather conditions but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher on the higher quality steers and heifers with better packer needs this week. No Holstein slaughter steers or heifers today. Cows were trending higher on higher dressing cows and bulls were trending significantly higher with active buyer participation. A light offering of feeder calves that were mostly steady and a light offering on all classes of cattle due to slick road conditions this week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $205.54/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$205.54
12 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,277
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+29.27
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622205.541,27712thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale12 hd
205.54
IN average5 barns · 277 hd
176.27
+29.27
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
BullsAverage1,645126.662,0847thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,488105.841,57516
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,16580.469379thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14540.004581thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,285183.502,35820
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,185173.072,0512thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,342164.502,2088thin
HeifersSelectAverage990117.001,1581thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,419181.732,57915
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,250172.502,1563thin
SteersSelectAverage1,310153.002,0041thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 2463141.00/cwt141.00–141.006532
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added445207.50/cwt207.50–207.509234
SteersMedium and Large 1713180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2834
SteersMedium and Large 1770168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,2941
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full1,031119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2271
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added548225.50/cwt225.50–225.501,2367
Bulls1,200112.56/cwt103.00–120.001,3512
Bulls1,823132.30/cwt128.00–137.252,4125
CowsLean 85-90%1,14540.00/cwt40.00–40.004581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590109.93/cwt104.00–116.001,74812
CowsBoner 80-85%94558.00/cwt58.00–58.005481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15570.00/cwt70.00–70.008091
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed990117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1581
HeifersChoice1,342164.50/cwt159.00–169.502,2088
HeifersChoice and Prime1,185173.07/cwt171.50–175.002,0512
HeifersPrime1,285183.50/cwt183.50–183.502,35820
SteersPrime1,419181.73/cwt178.00–185.002,57915
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19885.16/cwt83.00–87.001,0207
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,18393.58/cwt90.00–97.001,1074
SteersSelect1,310153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0041
SteersChoice and Prime1,250172.50/cwt172.50–172.502,1563

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.