Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2025-03-04

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Mar 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
13 vs last sale 41 22 vs year ago 76 · 28.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
144 head
103 vs last sale 247 120 vs year ago 264 · 45.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter stees were 1.00 to 4.00 lower and slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with lower packer interest this week. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were trending higher and Holstein cows were 4.00 higher with active participation and bulls mostly steady today. Feeder steers were trending higher on a lower test and feeder heifers instances of higher/lower with feeder bulls mostly steady and some good groups of value added and fancy type feeders and good buyer interest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $265.00/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$265.00
10 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,439
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.38
vs IN average
40.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543265.001,43910thin
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 sale10 hd
265.00
IN average3 barns · 25 hd
250.62
+14.38
National average185 barns · 16,988 hd
305.02
−40.02
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
BullsHigh1,837145.962,68111
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,364144.681,97424
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,149116.701,34112
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,243120.911,5034thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,327208.122,76226
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360198.002,6931thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,220179.012,1849thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,089161.081,7545thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,546208.383,22212
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,400196.452,75023

Every lot, as filed

34 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%1,188117.11/cwt115.00–120.001,3912
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,298124.70/cwt123.00–127.001,6192
HeifersChoice and Prime1,360198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,6931
SteersChoice and Prime1,384196.74/cwt193.00–204.002,72322
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed840145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2181
CowsBoner 80-85%1,144122.41/cwt120.00–127.001,4005
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500460300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3801
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550542271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,4697
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800768216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,6592
HeifersMedium and Large 11100–11501,105168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,8562
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950938160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,5012
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600557306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,7043
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,2221
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700651265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,72511
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,0071
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500495251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,2421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,10090.00/cwt90.00–90.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600560283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,5851
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650633253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,6012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550545251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3683
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300265250.00/cwt250.00–250.006631
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750744300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,23216
Bulls1,900166.87/cwt163.50–170.003,1714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,317137.33/cwt134.00–140.501,8097
HeifersSelect1,150162.04/cwt159.00–166.001,8632
Bulls1,904144.33/cwt135.00–150.502,7485
HeifersPrime1,327208.12/cwt207.00–208.502,76226
Bulls1,543108.22/cwt101.00–113.001,6702
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,750190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,3251
CowsBoner 80-85%1,225110.68/cwt101.00–117.001,3565
HeifersChoice1,220179.01/cwt170.00–185.002,1849
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,048160.44/cwt149.00–170.001,6813
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,384147.70/cwt141.50–155.002,04417
SteersPrime1,546208.38/cwt206.50–209.003,22212

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.