Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-02-20

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 20
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
18 head
39 vs last sale 57 89 vs year ago 107 · 83.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
47 vs last sale 215 22 vs year ago 146 · +15.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers had instances of higher/ lower with slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower with little packer interest today. Holstein slaughter steers were 8.00 to 9.00 higher with good quality Holstein this week. Cows were 5.00 to 8.00 higher with active buyer participation and bulls 8.00 to 16.00 higher also with active buyer interest and a good offering of high dressing cows and bulls. Feeder steers were were steady with a light test and feeder heifers sharply lower and feeder bulls trending higher with a light offering.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $203.88/cwt on 13 head.
Average price
$203.88
13 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$151
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$66.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+25.36
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1577209.001,20612thin
Medium and Large 2740142.501,0551thin
One grade step is worth $66.50/cwt here — about $151 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 sale13 hd
203.88
IN average4 barns · 344 hd
178.53
+25.36
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
BullsHigh1,394136.901,9087thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,421118.491,68440
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,15597.331,1245thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,609157.932,5419thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,678139.062,3332thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,465124.001,8171thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,389181.852,52617
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,308176.642,3109thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,205168.152,02612
HeifersSelectAverage1,240145.001,7985thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,465134.201,9663thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,434181.852,60823
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,423177.532,52626
SteersChoiceAverage1,405170.002,3895thin
SteersSelectAverage1,245155.001,9301thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Dairy SteersChoice1,465124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,8171
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,678139.06/cwt135.00–144.002,3332
BullsMedium and Large 1440220.00/cwt220.00–220.009681
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy483225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0876
HeifersMedium and Large 2740142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0551
HeifersMedium and Large 1440189.00/cwt189.00–189.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy823199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,6383
HeifersMedium and Large 1558186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0382
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy790216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,7064
Bulls1,423138.88/cwt130.00–146.001,9766
Bulls1,220125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5251
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed915126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,479121.09/cwt116.00–126.001,79131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,221109.55/cwt101.00–115.001,3389
HeifersStandard1,465134.20/cwt128.00–144.001,9663
HeifersChoice1,205168.15/cwt163.50–170.002,02612
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,245155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9301
SteersChoice1,405170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3895
HeifersChoice and Prime1,308176.64/cwt175.00–179.502,3109
HeifersSelect1,490142.91/cwt133.00–151.002,1292
Dairy SteersPrime1,609157.93/cwt156.00–167.002,5419
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,073146.40/cwt136.00–159.001,5713
HeifersPrime1,389181.85/cwt180.00–185.752,52617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28293.22/cwt92.00–94.001,1953
CowsBoner 80-85%1,01581.00/cwt81.00–81.008221
SteersChoice and Prime1,423177.53/cwt174.50–179.502,52626
SteersPrime1,434181.85/cwt180.00–184.502,60823

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.