Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-05-14

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, May 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
28 vs last sale 45 51 vs year ago 68 · 75.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
272 head
68 vs last sale 204 27 vs year ago 245 · +11.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 0 vs year ago 1 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 higher and slaughter heifers 2.00 lower with a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers and better better interest. Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 higher with Dairy/Beef steers 1.00 higher this week. Cows were 1.00 to 6.00 higher and a good offering of cows with good buyer participation and bulls sharply higher along with Dairy bulls and a good test of bulls also. A light test of feeders today and trend lower this week.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $231.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$231.00
4 head · 474 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,095
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
9.00
vs IN average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1474231.001,0954thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
231.00
IN average3 barns · 7 hd
240.00
−9.00
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 SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,317148.001,9497thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,425134.001,9101thin
BullsAverage1,926144.082,7759thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,286131.011,68476
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,106112.521,24517
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,810110.001,9911thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,880134.522,5294thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,575124.391,9593thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,292104.221,3466thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,24568.008471thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,622155.002,51417
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,045139.001,4531thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,303188.162,45219
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,276181.952,32212
HeifersChoiceAverage1,340159.672,1403thin
HeifersSelectAverage990141.501,4011thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,356188.942,56220
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,351183.562,48078
SteersSelectAverage1,000147.001,4701thin

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)1,200$2,1251thin

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,208113.36/cwt110.00–117.001,3695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,139115.74/cwt112.00–119.001,3188
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,385114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5791
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,317148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,9497
HeifersChoice1,405160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2482
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,24568.00/cwt68.00–68.008471
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2002,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400395180.00/cwt180.00–180.007111
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800760170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2921
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900895157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,4051
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500474231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0954
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,2651
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800762192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,4633
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1951
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3591
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750733156.66/cwt156.00–158.001,1483
Bulls1,623129.45/cwt120.00–140.002,1013
HeifersChoice and Prime1,276181.95/cwt175.50–186.502,32212
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,810110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9911
HeifersChoice1,210159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,9241
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,425134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,9101
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 21050–11001,060171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,8131
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575124.39/cwt123.00–125.001,9593
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,045139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4531
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed990141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,4011
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,000147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4701
Dairy Bulls1,685121.45/cwt116.00–126.002,0462
Bulls2,078151.39/cwt149.00–156.003,1466
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed890135.02/cwt118.00–148.001,2022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,254135.31/cwt130.00–139.001,69741
CowsBoner 80-85%94580.00/cwt80.00–80.007561
Dairy SteersPrime1,622155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,51417
SteersPrime1,356188.94/cwt187.00–190.502,56220
SteersChoice and Prime1,351183.56/cwt180.00–187.002,48078
HeifersPrime1,303188.16/cwt187.75–188.502,45219
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,8451
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,316126.18/cwt120.00–129.501,66134
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed93070.00/cwt70.00–70.006511
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,273102.27/cwt91.00–110.001,3025
Dairy Bulls2,075147.58/cwt147.00–148.003,0622

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.