Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-07-30

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 30
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
28 vs last sale 2 1 vs year ago 29 · +3.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
116 vs last sale 312 22 vs year ago 218 · 10.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were mostly steady and slaughter heifers 1.00 higher and a good offering of steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 5.00 higher with good quality Holsteins today. Dairy/Beef steers were trading 1.00 higher today. Cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher with a good offering and active buyer participation and bulls 9.00 higher with a good offering of high dressing bulls. Feeder steers and heifers trending mostly steady and feeder bulls trending higher with no comparison to last on feeders.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $250.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$250.00
1 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,325
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
15.00
vs IN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1530250.001,3251thin
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 sale1 hd
250.00
IN average2 barns · 4 hd
265.00
−15.00
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,491184.502,7514thin
BullsHigh1,769167.222,9585thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,437143.452,06123
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,187122.261,45135
CowsLean 85-90%Average90045.004051thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,350122.501,6542thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,09570.007671thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,115164.001,8291thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,596167.322,67015
HeifersPrimeAverage1,249199.252,48911
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,183191.762,26914
HeifersChoiceAverage1,055177.221,86912
HeifersSelectAverage994155.001,5414thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,311198.482,60221
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,425191.032,72223
SteersSelectAverage885181.001,6021thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,183178.092,1073thin

Every lot, as filed

41 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%933103.33/cwt100.00–106.009644
CowsBoner 80-85%1,109116.45/cwt109.00–123.001,29114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,311131.50/cwt125.00–137.001,72417
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,470118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,7351
HeifersChoice1,212170.37/cwt164.00–180.002,0655
CowsLean 85-90%90045.00/cwt45.00–45.004051
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2811
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2602
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200190252.50/cwt252.50–252.504801
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300275302.50/cwt302.50–302.508321
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440210.00/cwt210.00–210.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650640241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5422
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400378269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0172
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500487276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3445
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350300204.00/cwt204.00–204.006121
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800786185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4546
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750745221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,6461
Dairy HeifersLarge 2900–950900141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2691
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450435297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,2941
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600575268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,5411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy150–200195300.00/cwt300.00–300.005852
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450430295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2691
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3251
HeifersPrime1,249199.25/cwt199.25–199.252,48911
Dairy SteersPrime1,596167.32/cwt163.00–168.002,67015
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,115164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8291
SteersSelectReturn to Feed885181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6021
Bulls1,916173.78/cwt157.00–181.503,3304
HeifersChoiceReturn to Feed942182.11/cwt180.00–184.501,7157
SteersChoice1,183178.09/cwt172.00–181.002,1073
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed994155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5414
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,09570.00/cwt70.00–70.007671
Bulls1,180141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,6641
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,491184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,7514
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,315137.42/cwt135.00–139.001,8075
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,367149.67/cwt148.00–153.502,0465
SteersChoice and Prime1,425191.03/cwt184.00–193.502,72223
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,230127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5621
HeifersChoice and Prime1,183191.76/cwt184.00–194.002,26914
SteersPrime1,311198.48/cwt197.00–199.502,60221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,511143.37/cwt140.00–147.502,16613

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.