Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2025-02-18

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 18
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
6 vs last sale 22 2 vs year ago 18 · 11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
49 vs last sale 163 54 vs year ago 168 · 32.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were trending higher and no slaughter heifers this with a light offering today. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were unevenly steady with and Holstein cows were 6.00 higher and bulls 5.00 lower. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers 3.00 lower and no feeder bulls today. A very light offering on all classes of cattle this week due to weather conditions today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $287.00/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$287.00
7 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,248
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
18.68
vs IN average
84.25 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435287.001,2487thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
287.00
IN average2 barns · 22 hd
305.68
−18.68
National average109 barns · 2,975 hd
371.25
−84.25
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
BullsLow1,667137.062,2855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,313134.231,7628thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,153111.751,2885thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,968136.952,6955thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,315114.491,5064thin
HeifersSelectAverage798155.001,2372thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,518208.003,15757
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,485203.693,02521

Every lot, as filed

20 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 HeifersLarge 2600–650630120.50/cwt120.50–120.507591
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 3600–650600100.50/cwt100.50–100.506031
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650610120.50/cwt120.50–120.507351
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–800780109.00/cwt109.00–109.008501
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added400–450435287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,2487
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added450–500450251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1304
Bulls1,412127.12/cwt121.00–133.001,7953
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%90098.00/cwt98.00–98.008821
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,296130.72/cwt128.00–135.501,6945
SteersPrime1,518208.00/cwt207.00–209.003,15757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,153111.75/cwt108.00–118.001,2885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,340140.09/cwt138.00–142.501,8773
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,458126.47/cwt126.00–127.001,8442
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,990138.19/cwt137.00–139.502,7503
Dairy SteersLarge 2800–850810121.00/cwt121.00–121.009801
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,935135.10/cwt134.00–136.002,6142
Bulls2,050151.98/cwt143.00–159.003,1162
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,445107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,5461
SteersChoice and Prime1,485203.69/cwt200.00–205.003,02521
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed798155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2372

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.