Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-04-30

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
13 head
30 vs last sale 43 55 vs year ago 68 · 80.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
234 head
24 vs last sale 210 18 vs year ago 216 · +8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter heifers mostly steady with still good value on higher quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were 4.00 to 5.00 higher with bulls significantly higher with a good offering of high dressing cows and bulls and active buyer participation today. Feeder calves had a light test today feeder steers too few to compare and feeder heifers steady with feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.57/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$259.57
7 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,307
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.61
vs IN average
8.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503259.571,3077thin
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
259.57
IN average4 barns · 99 hd
258.96
+0.61
National average173 barns · 11,009 hd
268.38
−8.81
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,448173.502,5122thin
BullsAverage1,842156.122,87612
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,456131.191,91037
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,151106.681,22817
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,165120.002,5981thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,323186.502,4672thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,214181.512,20358
HeifersChoiceAverage1,500166.002,4906thin
HeifersSelectAverage985150.001,4781thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,285144.001,8501thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,231187.612,30944
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,339180.332,41442
SteersChoiceAverage1,145171.001,9581thin
SteersSelectAverage1,158144.101,6693thin

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
HeifersChoice1,500166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,4906
HeifersChoice and Prime1,213181.64/cwt175.50–185.002,20357
HeifersChoice and Prime1,260174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,1921
HeifersStandard1,285144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8501
SteersChoice and Prime1,313181.58/cwt176.00–185.002,38441
SteersPrime1,231187.61/cwt187.50–188.002,30944
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450400237.50/cwt237.50–237.509501
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0881
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400375295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1061
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,462133.31/cwt128.00–140.001,94929
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed985150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4781
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550506260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3164
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650615213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,3101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400373262.00/cwt262.00–262.009772
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550500259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2953
HeifersPrime1,323186.50/cwt186.50–186.502,4672
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17896.32/cwt93.00–100.001,1357
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,165120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,5981
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,100152.65/cwt147.00–159.001,6792
Bulls1,599143.55/cwt130.00–152.002,2954
CowsBoner 80-85%1,132113.94/cwt108.00–119.001,29010
SteersSelect1,275127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,6191
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight2,400129.00/cwt129.00–129.003,0961
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,448173.50/cwt173.50–173.502,5122
SteersChoice1,145171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,9581
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,433123.51/cwt120.00–126.001,7708
Bulls1,964162.40/cwt156.00–170.003,1908

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.