Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-07-09

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 9
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
19 vs last sale 34 44 vs year ago 59 · 74.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
312 head
108 vs last sale 204 26 vs year ago 286 · +9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 higher and slaughter heifers 1.00 lower with a good offering of steers and heifers with higher quality steers and heifers still in good demand and over 2.00 steers and heifers. No test on Holstein slaughter steers last week but were trending mostly steady today. Cows had instances of higher/lower and bulls 6.00 lower with good buyer interest again this week. Dairy/Beef steers were 4.00 lower today and no test on Dairy/Beef heifers last week. Dairy cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower today. A light offering of feeder calves this week and were mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb bulls averaged $193.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$193.00
1 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660193.001,2741thin
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
193.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
193.00
+0.00
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 HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,408158.102,2264thin
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,674165.772,7754thin
BullsAverage1,487160.702,3899thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,375146.792,01933
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,825132.502,4181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,251113.731,42316
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,713130.002,2272thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,193107.001,2762thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,463165.682,4243thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,275199.522,54450
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,233190.552,34942
HeifersSelectAverage972180.001,7503thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250168.502,1061thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,345199.832,688103
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,328192.882,56134

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%1,472142.51/cwt139.00–145.002,09814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,304149.95/cwt146.00–156.501,95519
HeifersPrime1,275199.52/cwt194.00–202.502,54450
HeifersChoice1,250168.50/cwt168.50–168.502,1061
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%95594.00/cwt94.00–94.008981
CowsBoner 80-85%93077.50/cwt77.50–77.507211
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450431285.64/cwt280.00–287.001,2315
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy750–800780207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6151
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed972180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7503
Bulls1,255136.81/cwt129.00–143.001,7172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450440266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,1704
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550540257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,3881
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400395280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1061
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,2741
CowsBoner 80-85%1,355125.81/cwt116.00–132.001,7058
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,713130.00/cwt129.00–131.002,2272
SteersChoice and Prime1,328192.88/cwt180.00–194.752,56134
HeifersChoice and Prime1,233190.55/cwt183.50–194.752,34942
Bulls1,553167.52/cwt156.00–181.002,6027
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,674165.77/cwt161.00–170.002,7754
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,430120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,178105.10/cwt95.00–115.001,2387
SteersPrime1,345199.83/cwt195.00–203.002,688103
Dairy SteersPrime1,463165.68/cwt165.00–166.002,4243
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,408158.10/cwt156.00–159.002,2264
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,825132.50/cwt132.50–132.502,4181

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.