Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-09-03

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 3
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
55 vs last sale 77 20 vs year ago 42 · 47.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
228 head
58 vs last sale 286 14 vs year ago 242 · 5.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 lower with slaughter heifers 5.00 lower with less packer inquiry this week but a good offering of steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter steers 1.00 to 5.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and bulls significantly lower this week. Feeder heifers were trending higher with feeder bulls trending lower and a light offering of feeders this week. A weaker packer interest on all classes of slaughter cattle this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb heifers averaged $275.00/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$275.00
11 head · 414 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,139
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.36
vs IN average
+24.04 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1414275.001,13911thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
275.00
IN average3 barns · 14 hd
264.64
+10.36
National average144 barns · 6,028 hd
250.96
+24.04
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 SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,493153.922,2984thin
BullsAverage1,513139.492,1109thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,416142.462,0179thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,905130.472,4853thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,246124.261,54934
CowsLean 85-90%Average69040.002761thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,623156.502,5402thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,593164.062,61310
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375147.572,0293thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,232186.922,30359
HeifersChoiceAverage1,291171.302,2117thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,484194.002,87913
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,365186.362,54461
SteersChoiceAverage1,288177.112,28111

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
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,905130.47/cwt129.50–132.002,4853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,456139.92/cwt128.00–143.002,0377
SteersPrime1,484194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,87913
SteersChoice1,288177.11/cwt168.00–180.002,28111
CowsBoner 80-85%77589.15/cwt86.00–92.006912
CowsBoner 80-85%1,261120.95/cwt109.00–129.001,52519
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450414275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,13911
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850800157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2561
Bulls1,485136.65/cwt131.00–145.002,0295
Bulls1,750153.05/cwt151.00–156.002,6783
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650612208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2733
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000991188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,8684
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2081
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300255251.00/cwt251.00–251.006402
HeifersChoice1,173174.62/cwt170.00–179.002,0482
CowsLean 85-90%69040.00/cwt40.00–40.002761
Dairy HeifersPrime1,623156.50/cwt156.50–156.502,5402
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,493153.92/cwt152.00–156.002,2984
Bulls940113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0621
Dairy SteersPrime1,593164.06/cwt163.50–166.502,61310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,275151.37/cwt150.00–152.501,9302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,297134.51/cwt130.00–139.001,74513
SteersChoice and Prime1,365186.36/cwt182.00–189.502,54461
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,375147.57/cwt143.00–151.002,0293
HeifersChoice1,338169.97/cwt161.00–177.502,2745
HeifersChoice and Prime1,232186.92/cwt181.50–191.002,30359

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.