Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2025-04-15

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Apr 15
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
84 head
51 vs last sale 33 56 vs year ago 28 · +200.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
214 head
74 vs last sale 140 146 vs year ago 360 · 40.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 lower and slaughter heifers 1.00 lower with lower packer interest but higher quality steers and heifers still higher. Holstein slaughter steers were steady to trending higher and Dairy/Beef steers were trending higher today. Cows were 4.00 to 8.00 higher with bulls 3.00 to 10.00 higher and good buyer interest and active bidding. Feeder steers were trending lower with feeder heifers and bulls sharply higher on a good offering of heifers and bulls with good groups of fancy type feeders.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $250.20/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$250.20
11 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,411
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
19.38
vs IN average
70.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564250.201,41111thin
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 sale11 hd
250.20
IN average3 barns · 28 hd
269.58
−19.38
National average175 barns · 12,815 hd
321.18
−70.98
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 SteersPrimeAverage1,600203.003,2482thin
BullsAverage1,472162.812,3969thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,417148.262,10141
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,219120.911,47416
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,680133.002,2341thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,303109.501,4262thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,733175.003,0333thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,400163.292,2864thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,425144.002,0521thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,295215.682,79328
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,270204.832,60110
HeifersChoiceAverage1,446168.422,4354thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,455213.563,10715
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,385205.972,85351

Every lot, as filed

48 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,249136.85/cwt130.00–141.001,70910
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,445124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7921
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,16095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,1021
Dairy SteersPrime1,733175.00/cwt175.00–175.003,0333
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,400163.29/cwt160.00–165.002,2864
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600595300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7851
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478304.97/cwt301.00–312.501,4583
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650647257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,6663
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500480260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2482
BullsMedium and Large 3500–550500155.00/cwt155.00–155.007751
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350343305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550548267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,4662
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600563297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,6725
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700695242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,6821
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550510272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,3902
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600568272.40/cwt265.00–280.001,5472
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650613251.74/cwt245.00–255.001,5433
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600590225.48/cwt222.50–227.501,3305
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450440275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2101
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500473300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4194
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650640269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,7224
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400374334.66/cwt327.50–340.001,2527
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450427326.27/cwt315.00–330.001,3938
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900875179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,5661
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300295305.00/cwt305.00–305.009001
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy650–700680267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,8191
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400393350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,3765
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500465355.94/cwt345.00–361.001,65513
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550535250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3382
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800760200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5202
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350315335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0551
Bulls1,115160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,7843
Bulls1,689174.86/cwt168.00–178.002,9535
Bulls1,455111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,6151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,200116.04/cwt110.00–119.001,3922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238125.60/cwt120.00–130.001,55512
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12597.62/cwt95.00–100.001,0982
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,680133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,2341
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,600203.00/cwt203.00–203.003,2482
SteersChoice and Prime1,385205.97/cwt203.00–210.002,85351
Dairy SteersChoice1,425144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,0521
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,471151.94/cwt144.00–162.002,23531
HeifersChoice and Prime1,270204.83/cwt198.00–210.002,60110
HeifersPrime1,295215.68/cwt213.00–217.502,79328
HeifersChoice1,446168.42/cwt165.00–175.002,4354
SteersPrime1,455213.56/cwt212.00–215.003,10715

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.