Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2025-01-28

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jan 28
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
128 head
104 vs last sale 24 98 vs year ago 30 · +326.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
249 head
116 vs last sale 133 75 vs year ago 324 · 23.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were mostly steady with slaughter heifers 1.00 higher with still good packer interest and a good offering of steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 higher on good quality Holstein steers Dairy/Beef steers were trending higher today. Cows were 3.00 higher and Holstein cows had instances of higher/lower. Bulls were mostly steady this week. All classes of feeder calves were significantly today and good groups of value added and fancy type feeders with active buyer participation today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $297.28/cwt on 23 head.
Average price
$297.28
23 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,674
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$543
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$81.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.90
vs IN average
51.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1568307.971,74820
Medium and Large 2533226.001,2053thin
One grade step is worth $81.97/cwt here — about $543 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 sale23 hd
297.28
IN average3 barns · 40 hd
293.37
+3.90
National average177 barns · 23,098 hd
348.66
−51.38
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,444197.682,8549thin
BullocksAverage1,165166.001,9341thin
BullsLow1,781156.792,79311
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,344138.781,86643
CowsBoner 80-85%High792113.909014thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,555116.001,8042thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,645144.002,3691thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,645166.002,7313thin
Dairy SteersStandardAverage1,520114.001,7331thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,274208.072,65143
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,271196.782,50115
HeifersChoiceAverage1,170168.871,9762thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,020158.001,6121thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,392210.952,93639
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,461201.602,94559

Every lot, as filed

54 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600587238.03/cwt205.00–246.001,3975
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700661265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7526
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550536280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5015
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,2352
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5191
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450411280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1514
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,7401
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600579318.81/cwt291.00–326.001,84614
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700690234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,6151
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700667228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5216
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750705228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,6072
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300285281.00/cwt281.00–281.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900865167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,4451
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700683295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,01520
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,000169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,6901
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315287.00/cwt287.00–287.009041
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300295319.00/cwt319.00–319.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600584262.23/cwt258.00–272.001,5319
HeifersMedium and Large 11050–11001,070159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,7011
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550533270.35/cwt257.00–276.001,4419
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500463258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,1952
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,635120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,9621
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed920137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2601
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed810125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0131
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,412144.43/cwt140.00–149.002,03917
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,352134.33/cwt126.00–139.501,81623
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed970136.32/cwt133.00–140.001,3222
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550533226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,2053
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550500231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1551
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600565220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2431
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,444197.68/cwt197.50–198.002,8549
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 2850–900850205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7434
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550540293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,5821
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450438295.47/cwt291.00–300.001,2942
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650631274.72/cwt259.00–289.001,73322
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600565296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,6721
HeifersChoice1,170168.87/cwt167.00–170.001,9762
Dairy SteersStandard1,520114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,7331
Bulls1,550131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,0311
Bullocks1,165166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,9341
Bulls1,609153.86/cwt149.00–159.002,4766
Bulls2,098167.62/cwt162.00–173.003,5174
CowsBoner 80-85%71896.79/cwt90.00–103.006952
SteersPrime1,392210.95/cwt207.00–215.002,93639
Dairy SteersPrime1,645166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,7313
HeifersPrime1,274208.07/cwt206.00–210.002,65143
HeifersStandard1,020158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,6121
Dairy HeifersChoice1,645144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,3691
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed765150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1481
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,730201.00/cwt201.00–201.003,4771
SteersChoice and Prime1,456201.61/cwt200.50–205.502,93558
HeifersChoice and Prime1,252196.19/cwt183.50–204.002,45614
HeifersChoice and Prime1,535205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,1471
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,475112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6521

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.