Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-10-15

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 15
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
71 vs last sale 87 69 vs year ago 85 · 81.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
109 head
137 vs last sale 246 123 vs year ago 232 · 53.0%
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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 higher with good value on higher quality steers and heifers. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers. Cows were mostly steady with bulls trending lower. Feeder calves were mostly steady on a light offering today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb steers averaged $216.00/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$216.00
5 head · 689 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,488
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
54.06 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1689216.001,4885thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
216.00
IN average1 barns · 5 hd
216.00
+0.00
National average177 barns · 18,150 hd
270.06
−54.06
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
BullsAverage1,486132.461,96912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,349131.771,77712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,299120.151,56110
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,125118.002,5081thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average87858.505132thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,582116.311,8406thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,28060.007681thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,520144.002,1891thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,173194.122,2777thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,253184.892,3179thin
HeifersSelectAverage963164.431,5832thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,252196.362,45825
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,591179.002,8484thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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%1,623123.61/cwt122.50–124.502,0063
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,125118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,5081
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,49590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,333130.48/cwt126.00–134.501,7399
CowsLean 85-90%99547.00/cwt47.00–47.004681
CowsLean 85-90%76070.00/cwt70.00–70.005321
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700683204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,3933
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450420225.00/cwt225.00–225.009451
SteersMedium and Large 11200–12501,208166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,0052
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700655150.00/cwt150.00–150.009831
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9581
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed963164.43/cwt159.00–169.001,5832
HeifersPrime1,173194.12/cwt193.00–195.502,2777
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700660205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3532
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1444
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700689216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4885
Dairy HeifersChoice1,520144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,1891
CowsBoner 80-85%1,274123.48/cwt120.00–126.001,5737
Bulls1,331124.19/cwt110.00–133.001,6537
HeifersChoice and Prime1,253184.89/cwt183.50–187.002,3179
Bulls1,06099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,0491
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,203148.46/cwt140.00–158.001,7862
Bulls1,865155.31/cwt148.00–170.002,8974
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,563118.51/cwt118.00–119.001,8522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,357112.38/cwt110.00–118.001,5253
SteersPrime1,252196.36/cwt193.50–197.002,45825
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,28060.00/cwt60.00–60.007681
SteersChoice and Prime1,591179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,8484

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.