Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-09-10

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Sep 10
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
93 head
71 vs last sale 22 49 vs year ago 44 · +111.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
238 head
10 vs last sale 228 2 vs year ago 240 · 0.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 to 7.00 lower with slaughter heifers 5.00 lower and lower packer interest again this week No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers on a low test today. Cows were 2.00 to 4.00 lower with a good offering cows today and Holstein slaughter cows were trending lower with bulls instances of higher/lower and good value on high dressing bulls with active buyer participation. Feeder steers and heifers were trending higher and feeder bulls sharply higher on some good groups of value added and fancy type feeders on a good offering of feeders and good buyer interest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.69/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$230.69
16 head · 523 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,206
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$434
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$75.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.35
vs IN average
7.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524235.401,23415thin
Medium and Large 2500160.008001thin
One grade step is worth $75.40/cwt here — about $434 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale16 hd
230.69
IN average2 barns · 24 hd
239.04
−8.35
National average182 barns · 14,937 hd
238.61
−7.92
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
BullsHigh1,553147.442,29015
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,515136.722,0719thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,893129.192,4468thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,204123.321,48575
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32998.161,3048thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High89074.006591thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,550163.002,5271thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,294188.752,44215
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,207182.222,19939
HeifersChoiceAverage1,076171.631,84710
HeifersStandardAverage1,440165.002,3761thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,005157.001,5781thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,384187.002,58812
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,275183.102,3359thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,263178.812,25814

Every lot, as filed

57 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
HeifersPrime1,294188.75/cwt188.75–188.752,44215
Bulls1,815167.01/cwt150.00–174.503,0318
Bulls1,254125.08/cwt115.00–135.001,5697
HeifersSelect1,005157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,5781
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed850139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1822
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,553128.93/cwt124.00–134.002,0022
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,504138.94/cwt136.50–142.002,0907
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%89074.00/cwt74.00–74.006591
HeifersChoice1,076171.63/cwt166.00–177.501,84710
SteersChoice1,263178.81/cwt177.00–179.502,25814
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650623237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,4774
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550500236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,1801
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650601229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3764
CowsBoner 80-85%1,188119.19/cwt109.00–126.501,41631
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,408112.44/cwt104.00–117.001,5833
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,28189.59/cwt80.00–100.001,1485
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450425181.00/cwt181.00–181.007691
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400373170.09/cwt150.00–191.006342
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400380170.00/cwt170.00–170.006461
BullsMedium and Large 1150–200195235.00/cwt235.00–235.004581
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700687229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5733
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,1723
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500476170.00/cwt170.00–170.008095
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550500160.00/cwt160.00–160.008001
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500490170.00/cwt170.00–170.008331
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300295175.00/cwt175.00–175.005161
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550500180.00/cwt180.00–180.009001
BullsMedium and Large 2850–900883146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2892
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300275222.50/cwt222.50–222.506121
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800790156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2321
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479219.60/cwt218.00–223.001,0523
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550523244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,27611
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450430242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0411
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450430249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0712
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518201.99/cwt200.00–204.001,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400375211.73/cwt211.00–212.507942
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700666206.35/cwt201.00–212.001,3748
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700688215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4793
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650637250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5939
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850810207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,6773
BullsMedium and Large 11000–10501,033135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3952
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600575207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,1901
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900865155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3411
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350320239.00/cwt239.00–239.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900880160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,4081
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600595210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500475225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0691
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450425247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,0502
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550539259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,3965
SteersPrime1,384187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,58812
Dairy SteersPrime1,550163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,5271
HeifersChoice and Prime1,207182.22/cwt180.00–186.502,19939
CowsBoner 80-85%88394.52/cwt89.00–101.008356
CowsBoner 80-85%1,291130.80/cwt127.00–135.001,68936
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,893129.19/cwt126.50–134.002,4468
SteersChoice and Prime1,275183.10/cwt182.50–184.502,3359
HeifersStandard1,440165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,3761

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.