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Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
29 vs last sale 55 10 vs year ago 36 · 27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
209 head
19 vs last sale 228 157 vs year ago 366 · 42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were steady to lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 lower with a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. Dairy/Beef steers were trending higher on some high quality Dairy/Beef steers today. Holstein slaughter steers too few to compare. Cows had instances of higher/lower with Dairy cows 5.00 lower and bulls 6.00 to 8.00 higher with good high dressing bulls with active bidding. A low test of feeder calves today with feeder steers and heifers trending lower with feeder bulls trending higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb bulls averaged $230.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$230.00
4 head · 534 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,228
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
11.46
vs IN average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534230.001,2284thin
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 sale4 hd
230.00
IN average3 barns · 13 hd
241.46
−11.46
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,480177.142,6224thin
BullsAverage1,715148.262,54215
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,798131.452,3632thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,383129.001,78515
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,176114.061,34121
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,020108.621,1085thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,880151.002,8391thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,535166.652,5587thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,299194.482,52654
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,312179.002,3483thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,313173.212,2753thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,100164.001,8041thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,462196.082,86752
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,211182.512,2106thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,495170.002,5422thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
HeifersChoice1,245171.31/cwt167.00–175.002,1332
HeifersChoice1,450177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,5671
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,798131.45/cwt131.00–132.002,3632
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,880151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,8391
HeifersChoice and Prime1,312179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,3483
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,480177.14/cwt174.00–187.002,6224
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340172.50/cwt172.50–172.505872
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550534230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2284
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700693227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,5772
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300275247.50/cwt247.50–247.506811
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500463208.47/cwt207.50–212.509655
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850840167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4031
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750745162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2073
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300280200.00/cwt200.00–200.005603
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450432155.70/cwt141.00–163.006733
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,425139.44/cwt139.00–140.001,9872
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,700177.00/cwt177.00–177.003,0091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,152114.57/cwt107.00–119.501,32011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,386122.38/cwt120.50–124.001,6967
Dairy SteersLarge 2800–850815147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2021
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy250–300270277.50/cwt277.50–277.507491
Dairy SteersPrime1,535166.65/cwt161.50–167.502,5587
Bulls1,472139.53/cwt125.00–150.002,0548
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,020108.62/cwt103.00–116.001,1085
SteersPrime1,462196.08/cwt192.50–197.502,86752
SteersChoice and Prime1,211182.51/cwt182.00–183.002,2106
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,377127.39/cwt125.00–134.001,75413
SteersChoice1,290163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,1031
CowsBoner 80-85%77292.75/cwt89.00–96.007163
Bulls2,101167.11/cwt155.00–175.503,5116
Bulls1,340105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,4071
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,100164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8041
HeifersPrime1,299194.48/cwt190.00–198.002,52654

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.