Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2025-04-08

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
2 vs last sale 35 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
140 head
92 vs last sale 232 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were were 1.00 higher and slaughter heifers were steady with lower packer interest this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower today on a light test this week. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 lower and active bidding and Holstein cows had instances of higher/lower with bulls instances of higher/lower today. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers mostly steady with feeder bulls unevenly steady and light weight feeders were at a good value and good buyer interest today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $283.00/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$283.00
6 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,476
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
19.62
vs IN average
33.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1522283.001,4766thin
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 sale6 hd
283.00
IN average4 barns · 148 hd
302.62
−19.62
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
−33.55
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 HeifersPrimeAverage1,720190.003,2681thin
BullsAverage1,467158.432,32410
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,440138.111,98919
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,325121.001,6031thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,130134.001,5141thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,382111.341,5396thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,11076.138452thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,470129.001,8961thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,219165.002,0116thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,341216.482,90365
HeifersChoiceAverage1,110182.002,0201thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,390165.002,2941thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,394217.503,03231

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,475$3,5003thin

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 CowsLean 85-90%1,11076.13/cwt70.00–80.008452
Bulls1,360156.92/cwt151.00–160.002,1348
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,399117.75/cwt114.00–120.001,6474
CowsBoner 80-85%1,325121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,6031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,528144.10/cwt140.00–149.002,2026
SteersPrime1,394217.50/cwt217.50–217.503,03231
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4753,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5003
HeifersMedium 1300–350300280.00/cwt280.00–280.008401
HeifersPrime1,341216.48/cwt213.00–220.002,90365
HeifersChoice1,110182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,0201
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,130134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,5141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,400135.34/cwt130.00–139.001,89513
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4533
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250235325.00/cwt325.00–325.007641
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500483276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,3332
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500480281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,3491
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550527325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7133
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400390320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2481
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550507340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,7243
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400395270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0671
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4702
BullsMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600585329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,9251
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500465257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,1951
SteersMedium and Large 11200–12501,200171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0521
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550525285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4963
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy850–900868246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,1355
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600560320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550518281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4563
Dairy HeifersSelect1,470129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,8961
HeifersSelect1,390165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,2941
Bulls1,895164.49/cwt164.00–165.003,1172
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,34898.51/cwt97.00–100.001,3282
Dairy SteersPrime1,219165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0116
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrime1,720190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,2681

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.