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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 1
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
87 head
28 vs last sale 115 23 vs year ago 64 · +35.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
246 head
43 vs last sale 203 88 vs year ago 158 · +55.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher and slaughter heifers 1.00 to 3.00 higher with higher packer interest and a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers and active bidding. Holstein slaughter steers too few to compare but trending higher. Cows had instances of higher/lower with high dressing cows at a better value and bulls 4.00 higher on high dressing bulls. Dairy/Beef were steady with Dairy/Beef heifers steady. Dairy cows were 3.00 lower. Feeder steers were trending higher to steady and feeder heifers sharply lower with feeder bulls instances of higher/lower with a good offering of feeders and active bidding today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $210.86/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$210.86
9 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,163
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$373
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$71.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.27
vs IN average
35.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550218.851,2038thin
Medium and Large 2565147.008311thin
One grade step is worth $71.85/cwt here — about $373 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 sale9 hd
210.86
IN average2 barns · 27 hd
219.13
−8.27
National average172 barns · 12,740 hd
246.78
−35.92
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
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,320175.002,3101thin
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,390171.002,3771thin
BullocksAverage1,470179.002,6311thin
BullsHigh1,787147.952,6445thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,357129.031,75129
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,560119.571,8654thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,235119.121,47139
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,385113.721,5753thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,320184.502,4351thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,263193.842,44831
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,254184.442,31321
HeifersChoiceAverage1,199174.852,0964thin
HeifersSelectAverage961158.551,5244thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,315193.022,53863
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,491186.292,77716
SteersChoiceAverage1,328178.092,3652thin
SteersSelectAverage1,135168.501,9122thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added300–350328281.31/cwt273.00–290.009232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400353251.00/cwt251.00–251.008863
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600573190.59/cwt180.00–211.001,0923
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415201.00/cwt201.00–201.008342
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365235.00/cwt235.00–235.008581
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,3712
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500455248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,1282
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340220.00/cwt220.00–220.007481
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650640225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4404
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500495250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2381
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added350–400395284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,1222
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800765171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3081
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620201.78/cwt193.00–211.001,2512
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550540264.78/cwt248.00–268.001,43016
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750745181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3481
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600570223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,2711
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500456211.84/cwt207.50–233.009666
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750702181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,2713
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500475250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1881
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400395253.00/cwt253.00–253.009991
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400351233.04/cwt229.00–245.008184
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900863150.34/cwt150.00–151.001,2973
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2571
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280240.00/cwt240.00–240.006721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,239113.90/cwt104.00–117.001,4119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16594.64/cwt90.00–100.001,1032
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,373109.58/cwt105.00–113.001,5052
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,410122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7201
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,060142.05/cwt140.00–144.001,5062
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,375120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6501
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,560119.57/cwt115.00–125.001,8654
SteersChoice1,328178.09/cwt177.00–179.002,3652
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,390171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,3771
HeifersChoice and Prime1,254184.44/cwt180.00–189.002,31321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,456133.63/cwt129.50–146.001,94610
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,348125.58/cwt123.00–128.501,69316
HeifersChoice1,199174.85/cwt170.00–179.002,0964
SteersPrime1,315193.02/cwt190.00–198.502,53863
HeifersPrime1,263193.84/cwt191.50–197.502,44831
Dairy SteersPrime1,320184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,4351
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed928138.12/cwt133.00–143.001,2822
CowsBoner 80-85%1,252121.05/cwt118.00–123.501,51626
Bullocks1,470179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,6311
Bulls1,848161.41/cwt155.00–169.002,9833
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed961158.55/cwt150.00–168.001,5244
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,135168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,9122
SteersChoice and Prime1,478186.71/cwt180.00–189.002,76015
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,685180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,0331
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500450244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0981
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450435240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0444
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009753
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600560239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,3381
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrime1,320175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,3101
Bulls1,695127.77/cwt127.00–129.002,1662
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450410182.00/cwt182.00–182.007461
BullsMedium and Large 2700–750710157.50/cwt156.00–162.001,1184
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600565147.00/cwt147.00–147.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350342269.52/cwt267.50–270.009225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550530235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2464

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.