Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-07-16

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 16
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
▼ 37 vs last sale 70▲ 33 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
321 head
▲ 49 vs last sale 272▲ 321 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 to 7.00 higher with a good offering high quality steers and heifers and better packer inquiry this week. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 2.00 higher. Feeder steers were 4.00 higher on value added steers with heifers and bulls trending lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $100.20/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$100.20
15 head · 756 lb average
Value per head Derived
$757
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.13
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1777108.788459thin
Medium and Large 272487.336326thin
One grade step is worth $21.44/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale15 hd
100.20
—
IN average4 barns · 367 hd
113.33
−13.13
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
Bulls—Low1,54079.011,2173thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34561.4482613
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18048.9857810
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,24380.009942thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,38180.631,1146thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,13570.508001thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,137119.001,35324
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,182114.981,35944
HeifersChoiceAverage1,065110.331,17538
SteersPrimeAverage1,322119.391,57933
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,285116.931,50361
SteersChoiceAverage1,260111.231,40138
SteersSelectAverage1,158100.821,1672thin

Every lot

33 lots · USDA AMS · Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added523142.00/cwt142.00–142.007433
Steers—Medium and Large 2655100.00/cwt100.00–100.006551
Steers—Medium and Large 2710106.00/cwt106.00–106.007533
Steers—Medium and Large 281590.00/cwt90.00–90.007341
Steers—Medium and Large 2925101.00/cwt101.00–101.009341
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 264599.00/cwt99.00–99.006391
Heifers—Medium and Large 270086.00/cwt86.00–86.006024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1839109.00/cwt109.00–109.009156
Heifers—Medium and Large 290081.00/cwt81.00–81.007291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1955105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0031
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2471100.00/cwt100.00–100.004714
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575127.00/cwt127.00–127.007301
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620115.00/cwt115.00–115.007131
Bulls—Medium and Large 265094.00/cwt94.00–94.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 283076.00/cwt76.00–76.006311
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,158100.82/cwt98.00–103.501,1672
Steers—Choice1,260111.23/cwt105.00–113.751,40138
Steers—Choice and Prime1,285116.93/cwt114.25–117.751,50361
Steers—Prime1,298118.75/cwt118.75–118.751,54116
Steers—Prime1,345120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,61417
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,065110.33/cwt106.00–113.001,17538
Heifers—Prime1,137119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,35324
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,182114.98/cwt114.00–116.251,35944
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,24574.50/cwt74.50–74.509281
Bulls——1,68881.26/cwt79.50–82.501,3722
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17947.78/cwt42.00–51.005638
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18553.77/cwt53.50–54.006372
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31163.49/cwt62.50–65.508326
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37459.69/cwt57.50–61.508207
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,24380.00/cwt80.00–80.009942
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,13570.50/cwt70.50–70.508001
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38180.63/cwt79.50–83.001,1146

This sale against other markets

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.