Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-02-06

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
57 head
27 vs last sale 30 25 vs year ago 32 · +78.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
222 head
102 vs last sale 324 44 vs year ago 266 · 16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers 2.00 higher on a lighter test this week. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with a good offering of cows again this week with lots of buyer interest and bulls had instances of higher/lower with good value on high dressing cows and bulls. Feeder steers were trending sharply higher and feeder heifers also sharply higher and feeder bulls significantly higher and active buyer participation today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $197.58/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$197.58
35 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,078
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$417
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.86
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548199.211,09134
Medium and Large 2475142.006751thin
One grade step is worth $57.21/cwt here — about $417 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 sale35 hd
197.58
IN average5 barns · 439 hd
180.71
+16.86
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
BullocksHigh1,743142.502,4844thin
BullsAverage1,761119.772,1096thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,462108.001,57947
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,10882.1591013
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,355138.001,8701thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,526181.002,76210
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,246175.862,19179
HeifersChoiceAverage1,188167.421,98913
HeifersSelectAverage1,053131.001,3792thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,443174.122,51315
SteersChoiceAverage1,368158.002,1612thin
SteersStandardAverage1,750149.502,6161thin
SteersSelectAverage1,180145.191,7126thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1Fancy500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1502
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added500230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,1502
BullsMedium and Large 1628179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1242
BullsMedium and Large 1819158.91/cwt155.00–167.001,3013
BullsMedium and Large 1960163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5652
BullsMedium and Large 1760179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3603
SteersMedium and Large 1736191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4064
SteersMedium and Large 1845180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5211
HeifersMedium and Large 1665179.81/cwt172.00–187.501,1962
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added570220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 1737185.14/cwt180.00–193.001,3645
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy378222.50/cwt222.50–222.508412
HeifersMedium and Large 1498191.00/cwt191.00–191.009514
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy610209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2752
HeifersMedium and Large 1385192.50/cwt192.50–192.507412
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy567204.78/cwt200.00–206.001,1615
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy440229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,0083
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy498200.00/cwt200.00–200.009962
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy320230.00/cwt230.00–230.007362
HeifersMedium and Large 2475142.00/cwt142.00–142.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1635185.99/cwt181.00–196.001,1816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added495207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,0251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18875.89/cwt71.00–82.009024
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,445105.52/cwt96.00–109.501,52534
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,506114.50/cwt110.00–123.001,72413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12891.76/cwt84.00–95.001,0357
HeifersChoice1,188167.42/cwt165.00–169.001,98913
Bulls1,690111.54/cwt100.00–117.001,8852
HeifersChoice and Prime1,246175.86/cwt170.00–179.502,19179
SteersChoice and Prime1,443174.12/cwt170.00–179.002,51315
Dairy SteersChoice1,355138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,8701
Bullocks1,743142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,4844
SteersStandardHeavy Weight1,750149.50/cwt149.50–149.502,6161
SteersSelect1,315149.49/cwt144.00–155.501,9663
Bulls1,796123.88/cwt120.00–126.002,2254
CowsBoner 80-85%87861.01/cwt60.00–62.005362
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,053131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,3792
HeifersPrime1,526181.00/cwt181.00–181.002,76210
SteersChoice1,368158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,1612
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,044140.88/cwt137.00–150.001,4713

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.