Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-07-16

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
1 head
14 vs last sale 15 62 vs year ago 63 · 98.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
136 vs last sale 312 117 vs year ago 293 · 39.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers mostly steady with lighter packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers too few to compare. Cows were unchanged from the previous week and bulls instances of higher/lower today. Holstein cows moderately higher this week. Feeder calves too few to compare today.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
300–400 lb bulls averaged $300.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$300.00
1 head · 355 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
6.49
vs IN average

What quality paid 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1355300.001,0651thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
300.00
IN average2 barns · 4 hd
306.49
−6.49
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
BullsHigh1,715146.522,5134thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,470148.112,17712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,349124.271,6768thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,46060.008761thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,730146.002,5262thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,254115.921,4546thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,425154.002,1951thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,199199.582,39336
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,274191.692,44233
HeifersChoiceAverage1,380173.632,39613
SteersPrimeAverage1,388200.032,77634
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,324189.652,51012
SteersChoiceAverage1,398176.652,4705thin
SteersSelectAverage1,243150.991,8772thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
SteersChoice and Prime1,283190.26/cwt183.50–195.002,44111
HeifersChoice1,380173.63/cwt166.00–181.002,39613
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,425154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,1951
SteersChoice1,398176.65/cwt170.00–180.002,4705
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,565139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,1831
HeifersChoice and Prime1,274191.69/cwt183.00–194.502,44233
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,293119.95/cwt116.00–125.001,5513
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,447149.97/cwt146.50–152.502,1709
Bulls1,850155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,8681
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,770183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,2391
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,538142.52/cwt139.00–145.002,1923
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,215111.89/cwt108.00–114.001,3593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,397130.07/cwt122.50–135.001,8175
CowsLean 85-90%1,46060.00/cwt60.00–60.008761
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,895152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,8901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,268114.60/cwt110.00–117.501,4533
HeifersPrime1,199199.58/cwt199.00–200.002,39336
SteersPrime1,388200.03/cwt197.50–204.502,77634
SteersSelect1,243150.99/cwt145.00–156.501,8772
Bulls1,670143.70/cwt140.00–146.002,4003
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651

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.