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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 20
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
59 head
29 vs last sale 30 19 vs year ago 40 · +47.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
282 head
86 vs last sale 196 106 vs year ago 388 · 27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage but slaughter steers and heifers were trending mostly steady to higher with a good offering of steers and heifers today, Holstein slaughter steers were steady on a light test and Dairy/Beef steers trend higher on high quality D/B steers. A good offering of cows that trending higher with active buyer participation on cows and bulls were trading higher on high dressing bulls. Feeder steers and bulls were trending higher with heifers mostly steady with lots of buyer interest today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$230.00
2 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,265
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
10.37
vs IN average
14.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550230.001,2652thin
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
230.00
IN average4 barns · 39 hd
240.37
−10.37
National average171 barns · 9,778 hd
244.41
−14.41
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,331184.502,45610
BullsAverage1,415156.472,21512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,385150.492,08443
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,084122.711,33015
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,632147.422,40610
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,374118.431,6278thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,125137.001,5412thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,192192.272,29258
HeifersChoiceAverage1,040167.001,7371thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,383197.172,72749
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,306192.282,51170
SteersChoiceAverage1,207178.002,1482thin

Every lot, as filed

47 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
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,354111.82/cwt100.00–120.001,5146
CowsBoner 80-85%1,073111.12/cwt100.00–120.001,1928
CowsBoner 80-85%1,135130.79/cwt123.00–135.001,4846
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,435138.25/cwt137.00–139.501,9842
SteersChoice1,207178.00/cwt178.00–178.002,1482
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,461145.39/cwt138.00–149.002,12419
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650640232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,4881
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550545261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4221
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700655232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,5231
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750725215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5593
BullsMedium and Large 1950–1000998161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,6072
SteersMedium and Large 11050–11001,080176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9012
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1792
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700670240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6081
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800795175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3911
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800792177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,4063
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415237.50/cwt237.50–237.509861
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550525232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2211
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650605230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3921
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,040155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,6121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700674242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6314
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350335270.00/cwt270.00–270.009051
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900880201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,7691
HeifersChoice1,040167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,7371
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed865167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4451
Bulls1,273147.79/cwt129.00–156.001,8815
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,527152.06/cwt151.00–153.002,3223
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,677145.43/cwt143.00–149.002,4397
SteersChoice and Prime1,306192.28/cwt184.00–194.502,51170
Bulls1,483169.79/cwt163.00–184.002,5186
Dairy SteersChoice1,125137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,5412
SteersPrime1,383197.17/cwt195.00–200.002,72749
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,331184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,45610
HeifersChoice and Prime1,192192.27/cwt184.00–193.502,29258
Bulls1,720120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,0641
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550501319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,59812
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700–750704269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,8944
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550516260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3425
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600565250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4133
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400375300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,325154.52/cwt151.00–167.002,04724
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,3081
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550500236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1801
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300295225.00/cwt225.00–225.006641
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400370227.50/cwt227.50–227.508422
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850810181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,4661
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900898177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,5892

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.