Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-04-02

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
6 vs last sale 40 8 vs year ago 42 · 19.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
4 vs last sale 198 15 vs year ago 217 · 6.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 higher with a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. Ho Holstein slaughter steers last week to compare but trending mostly steady and Dairy/Beef steers were 11.00 higher today. Cows were 1.00 to 7.00 higher with bulls firm and a good offering of cows and bulls and active bidding. Feeder steers had a light test but were trending higher and feeder heifers mostly steady and feeder bulls sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $233.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$233.00
1 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,165
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
13.00
vs IN average
37.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500233.001,1651thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
233.00
IN average3 barns · 16 hd
246.00
−13.00
National average179 barns · 13,329 hd
270.59
−37.59
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
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,372180.482,4769thin
BullsAverage1,799147.502,65315
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,413129.201,82557
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,133111.701,26515
Dairy BullsAverage1,695140.002,3731thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,610158.002,5442thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,681132.572,2295thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,270184.562,34413
HeifersSelectAverage1,160145.831,6922thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,379189.182,60979
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,298184.332,39214
SteersChoiceAverage1,070170.001,8191thin
SteersSelectAverage1,570149.002,3391thin

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,423131.91/cwt129.00–137.001,87737
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,875115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,1561
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,050133.33/cwt130.00–136.001,4002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,228116.49/cwt110.00–121.001,4309
CowsBoner 80-85%95990.10/cwt80.00–96.008644
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,368124.68/cwt117.00–128.501,70619
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500473296.05/cwt290.00–300.001,4005
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500485236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1452
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650623221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,3773
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395234.00/cwt234.00–234.009241
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4362
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550500233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,1651
SteersChoice and Prime1,267185.35/cwt180.00–187.502,34813
Dairy SteersLarge 21050–11001,095135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,47814
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300280287.00/cwt287.00–287.008041
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500485291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4113
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600564266.37/cwt253.00–271.001,5024
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550535285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5252
HeifersChoice and Prime1,270184.56/cwt180.00–187.002,34413
SteersSelect1,570149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,3391
HeifersSelect1,160145.83/cwt136.00–155.001,6922
Bulls1,485129.64/cwt116.00–139.001,9253
Bulls1,877151.97/cwt143.00–159.002,85212
Dairy Bulls1,695140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,3731
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,681132.57/cwt123.00–136.002,2295
SteersPrime1,379189.18/cwt188.00–192.002,60979
Dairy SteersPrime1,610158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,5442
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,372180.48/cwt172.50–185.002,4769
SteersChoice1,070170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8191
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,700171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,9071

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.