Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-01-30

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 30
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
11 vs last sale 19 18 vs year ago 12 · +150.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
324 head
183 vs last sale 141 212 vs year ago 112 · +189.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers and active buyer participation. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers due to no Holstein last week. Cows were 3.00 to 12.00 higher with higher buyer interest and bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 lower this week. All classes of feeder calves were trending lower with a light test today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $178.24/cwt on 25 head.
Average price
$178.24
25 head · 445 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$271
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.17
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2406182.6774121
Medium and Large 2653155.001,0114thin
One grade step is worth $27.67/cwt here — about −$271 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 sale25 hd
178.24
IN average4 barns · 302 hd
189.41
−11.17
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
BullsLow1,771121.862,15810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,421110.601,57246
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11086.3195811
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,635130.322,1312thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,337142.431,9046thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,258179.562,25949
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,224175.282,14548
HeifersChoiceAverage1,221165.882,02515
HeifersSelectAverage1,404147.342,0694thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,517138.972,1083thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,321181.352,39619
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,432175.282,51065
SteersChoiceAverage1,350166.952,25414
SteersSelectAverage1,101157.171,7305thin
SteersStandardAverage1,727156.312,7003thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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 1505175.00/cwt175.00–175.008843
HeifersLarge 2650111.00/cwt111.00–111.007221
HeifersMedium and Large 2580150.00/cwt150.00–150.008701
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340188.00/cwt188.00–188.006395
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426181.00/cwt181.00–181.0077116
SteersMedium and Large 2585159.00/cwt159.00–159.009302
SteersMedium and Large 2720151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0872
Bulls1,25094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1751
Bulls1,688111.48/cwt111.00–112.001,8822
Bulls1,869128.81/cwt121.00–138.002,4077
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed773108.57/cwt103.00–114.008393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22863.95/cwt61.00–65.007853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,398106.07/cwt99.00–110.501,48323
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,680166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,7891
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,101157.17/cwt155.00–160.001,7305
SteersPrime1,321181.35/cwt178.00–184.252,39619
Dairy HeifersChoice1,635130.32/cwt126.00–134.002,1312
Dairy SteersChoice1,337142.43/cwt141.00–147.501,9046
HeifersSelect1,404147.34/cwt143.50–151.502,0694
HeifersStandard1,517138.97/cwt137.00–140.002,1083
SteersStandard1,495154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,3021
SteersChoice and Prime1,432175.28/cwt170.00–177.002,51065
SteersChoice1,325167.02/cwt160.50–170.002,21313
SteersStandardHeavy Weight1,843157.47/cwt157.00–158.002,9022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13077.00/cwt77.00–77.008701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26888.70/cwt85.00–91.001,1254
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,444115.12/cwt111.00–124.001,66223
HeifersChoice1,221165.88/cwt160.00–169.002,02515
HeifersChoice and Prime1,224175.28/cwt170.00–177.502,14548
HeifersPrime1,258179.56/cwt178.00–182.502,25949

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.