Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-04-23

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 23
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
43 head
15 vs last sale 28 7 vs year ago 50 · 14.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
210 head
150 vs last sale 360 23 vs year ago 187 · +12.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 4 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 3.00 lower with lighter packer interest again this week. Holstein slaughter steers were sharply lower and Dairy/Beef steers were 2.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a good offering of cows and bulls were significantly higher with a good offering of high dressing bulls and active bidding on cows and bulls. Feeder steers were trending higher with feeder heifers steady to higher and feeder bulls mostly steady and some good groups of value added feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $235.93/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$235.93
7 head · 518 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,222
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
9.88
vs IN average
34.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1518235.931,2227thin
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 sale7 hd
235.93
IN average3 barns · 30 hd
245.81
−9.88
National average178 barns · 11,596 hd
270.19
−34.26
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,550172.002,6661thin
BullocksAverage1,495130.001,9441thin
BullsHigh1,801137.752,48110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,325122.221,61934
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,078104.981,13215
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,00530.503072thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,285129.001,6581thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,583154.502,44615
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,245130.001,6191thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,287185.172,38317
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,254182.492,28848
HeifersChoiceAverage1,208167.332,0216thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,080144.981,5664thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,508184.002,7754thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,389178.632,48130
SteersChoiceAverage1,395159.502,2252thin
SteersSelectAverage1,120134.001,5011thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,475$2,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,400$2,4501thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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
CowsBoner 80-85%75584.00/cwt84.00–84.006341
CowsBoner 80-85%955100.86/cwt95.00–107.009636
CowsBoner 80-85%1,211110.70/cwt109.00–115.001,3418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,267119.20/cwt115.00–124.501,51022
HeifersChoice1,132170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,9245
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,245130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,6191
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700653220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,4403
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750731200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4626
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1521
BullsMedium and Large 11050–11001,060135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4752,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4002,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4501
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500198.00/cwt198.00–198.009903
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550528173.00/cwt173.00–173.009132
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450420161.00/cwt161.00–161.006761
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,030151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5551
SteersMedium and Large 11100–11501,145168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9241
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550535260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3911
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550525265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850803183.50/cwt183.00–184.001,4742
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800763121.00/cwt121.00–121.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850813154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,2522
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750740240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7763
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450442262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,1603
CowsLean 85-90%1,20027.00/cwt27.00–27.003241
CowsLean 85-90%81034.00/cwt34.00–34.002751
HeifersChoice1,585154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,4411
Bulls1,934147.91/cwt140.00–157.502,8616
HeifersSelect1,130138.45/cwt130.00–143.501,5642
HeifersChoice and Prime1,254182.49/cwt174.00–183.502,28848
SteersPrime1,508184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,7754
Dairy SteersPrime1,583154.50/cwt154.50–154.502,44615
SteersSelect1,120134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,430127.75/cwt125.00–135.001,82712
SteersChoice and Prime1,389178.63/cwt175.00–183.002,48130
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,550172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,6661
Bulls1,475103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5191
Bullocks1,495130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,9441
Bulls1,645129.01/cwt127.50–131.002,1223
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,285129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6581
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,030151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,5602
SteersChoice1,395159.50/cwt159.50–159.502,2252
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600550262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,4441
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550530266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4102
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650630202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,2761
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800789177.03/cwt171.00–180.001,3973
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850800151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2081
HeifersPrime1,287185.17/cwt185.00–186.002,38317
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700660170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1221

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.