Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-07-23

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 23
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 33▲ 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
333 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 321▲ 333 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 mostly steady with heifers 2.00 higher with a good offering today. Holstein slaughter steers were 6.00 to 8.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers . Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher with bulls trading 4.00 to 7.00 with some good high quality bulls. Feeder steers were trending lower and heifers trending higher with feeder bulls 6.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $125.26/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$125.26
19 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$595
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$115
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.04
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468130.6361116thin
Medium and Large 251496.674973thin
One grade step is worth $33.96/cwt here — about $115 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 sale19 hd
125.26
—
IN average3 barns · 61 hd
109.23
+16.04
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—High1,52389.451,36215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41765.3492619
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23149.0460421
CowsLean 85-90%High80535.002821thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,57893.001,4684thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41787.521,24013
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,22067.178203thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,202116.731,40345
HeifersChoiceAverage1,207112.781,3616thin
HeifersSelectAverage938102.469612thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,18580.229514thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,304116.101,51446
SteersChoiceAverage1,197111.761,33835
SteersSelectAverage1,01198.409954thin
SteersStandardAverage1,43590.001,2922thin

Every lot

38 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 1632121.00/cwt121.00–121.007653
Steers—Medium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 1813127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0373
Steers—Medium and Large 1986113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1144
Steers—Medium and Large 11,06596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,0221
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1275121.00/cwt121.00–121.003331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391125.60/cwt121.00–127.004918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670119.00/cwt119.00–119.007972
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710111.00/cwt111.00–111.007881
Heifers—Medium and Large 290091.50/cwt91.50–91.508241
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1347133.00/cwt133.00–133.004623
Bulls—Medium and Large 1412135.00/cwt135.00–135.005565
Bulls—Medium and Large 2475110.00/cwt110.00–110.005231
Bulls—Medium and Large 1517130.00/cwt130.00–130.006725
Bulls—Medium and Large 253390.00/cwt90.00–90.004802
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600122.00/cwt122.00–122.007323
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,01198.40/cwt95.00–105.009954
Steers—Choice1,186111.77/cwt107.00–113.751,32634
Steers—Choice and Prime1,304116.10/cwt114.00–118.001,51446
Steers—Standard1,43590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2922
Steers—Choice1,570111.50/cwt111.50–111.501,7511
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select938102.46/cwt101.00–104.009612
Heifers—Standard1,15576.62/cwt75.00–80.008853
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,202116.73/cwt114.00–118.501,40345
Heifers—Choice1,207112.78/cwt112.50–113.501,3616
Heifers—Standard1,27591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1601
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,05078.50/cwt78.50–78.508241
Bulls——1,54186.88/cwt84.50–89.501,3396
Bulls——1,56892.75/cwt90.50–97.001,4548
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80535.00/cwt35.00–35.002821
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22657.00/cwt56.00–58.006994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23047.17/cwt44.00–50.5058014
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23352.78/cwt51.00–55.006517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46867.56/cwt62.50–72.0099215
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,18363.00/cwt63.00–63.007452
Dairy Steers—Select1,29575.50/cwt75.50–75.509781
Dairy Steers—Choice1,41787.52/cwt80.50–88.501,24013
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,57893.00/cwt93.00–93.001,4684

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.