Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-06-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
30 vs last sale 46 18 vs year ago 34 · 52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
109 vs last sale 295 158 vs year ago 344 · 45.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage last week but slaughter steers were trending higher on the high quality steers and slaughter heifers trending lower today but steady on the higher quality heifers. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers. Cows and bulls were trending higher with active buyer interest this week. A lighter test on feeder calves with feeder steers and heifers trending lower and feeder bulls mostly steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $218.27/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$218.27
2 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,229
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
48.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563218.271,2292thin
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 sale2 hd
218.27
IN average1 barns · 2 hd
218.27
+0.00
National average151 barns · 8,584 hd
267.22
−48.95
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,343181.502,4386thin
BullsHigh1,640159.882,6227thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,290136.781,76443
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,098109.481,2029thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42096.001,3631thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,582149.002,3573thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,204191.992,31255
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,170187.572,19513
SteersPrimeAverage1,305194.112,53332
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,255189.222,3758thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,425175.002,4941thin
SteersStandardAverage1,545160.002,4721thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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%1,236131.64/cwt124.00–136.501,62721
HeifersPrime1,204191.99/cwt190.75–196.502,31255
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,42096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3631
SteersChoice1,425175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,4941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,147119.36/cwt115.00–122.001,3696
CowsBoner 80-85%93383.57/cwt82.00–85.007802
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600563218.27/cwt208.00–229.001,2292
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550518296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,5332
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850830180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4941
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500450256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1521
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750745174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700695201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,3972
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650633206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3042
Bulls1,816170.87/cwt166.00–173.503,1035
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,343181.50/cwt181.50–181.502,4386
SteersStandard1,545160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,4721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,135102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,1581
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy850–900874203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,7744
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800760187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,341141.69/cwt137.00–150.001,90022
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,582149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,3573
HeifersChoice and Prime1,170187.57/cwt179.50–189.752,19513
SteersChoice and Prime1,255189.22/cwt188.50–189.502,3758
Bulls1,200132.40/cwt130.00–135.001,5892
SteersPrime1,305194.11/cwt190.00–198.502,53332

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.