Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-06-25

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 25
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
8 head
8 vs last sale 16 9 vs year ago 17 · 52.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
208 head
22 vs last sale 186 72 vs year ago 280 · 25.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 3.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers and active buyer participation on high quality steers and heifers with over 2.00 slaughter steers today. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 higher on a light test. Cows were 2.00 to 8.00 higher with a good offering and bulls had instances of higher/lower. Holstein cows were trending higher with Dairy/Beef steers trending lower. A light test on feeder calves this week that were trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $207.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$207.00
1 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,263
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.17
vs IN average
49.48 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610207.001,2631thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
207.00
IN average3 barns · 3 hd
205.83
+1.17
National average148 barns · 6,323 hd
256.48
−49.48
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,362166.682,2703thin
BullsAverage1,128139.981,5797thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,375140.421,93119
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,051122.591,28918
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,367139.721,9094thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,340115.001,5411thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,345152.662,0533thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,282195.172,50236
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,192185.252,20820
HeifersChoiceAverage1,040168.271,7505thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,384196.982,72649
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368188.422,57830
SteersSelectAverage1,140158.001,8011thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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%1,637128.07/cwt120.00–132.002,0973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,216134.11/cwt130.00–139.001,6317
HeifersChoice and Prime1,192185.25/cwt180.00–189.002,20820
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,362166.68/cwt164.00–172.002,2703
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,340115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,5411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,074124.13/cwt119.00–127.001,3339
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400370280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0361
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700695221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,5361
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,140158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,8011
Bulls1,034143.17/cwt142.00–144.001,4805
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750720201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4471
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300260262.50/cwt262.50–262.506831
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650610207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2631
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200198260.00/cwt260.00–260.005152
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,473143.49/cwt143.00–144.002,1142
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,260135.95/cwt135.00–137.001,7132
HeifersPrime1,282195.17/cwt192.50–197.752,50236
HeifersChoice1,040168.27/cwt162.00–174.001,7505
Bulls1,495157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3471
Bulls1,230107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,3161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,411149.45/cwt144.00–155.002,1099
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed879142.58/cwt138.00–149.001,2533
SteersChoice and Prime1,368188.42/cwt184.50–190.002,57830
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,345152.66/cwt143.00–157.002,0533
SteersPrime1,384196.98/cwt192.00–206.002,72649
CowsBoner 80-85%1,103110.29/cwt100.00–118.001,2166

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.