Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-10-01

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Oct 1
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 79▲ 70 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
301 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 376▲ 301 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 1.00 to 3.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers and active buyer participation. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher today. Cows were unchanged with a few exceptions of higher/lower with bulls 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were too few to trend but a good offering of heifers and bulls trading 10.00 higher this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $120.64/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$120.64
38 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$616
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.74
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1427132.1356427
Medium and Large 271592.4566111thin
One grade step is worth $39.68/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale38 hd
120.64
—
IN average4 barns · 154 hd
102.90
+17.74
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—Low1,59976.131,2187thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,78359.691,0642thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38857.8780326
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27449.446308thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,04037.283889thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,51096.001,4501thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36885.851,17443
HeifersPrimeAverage1,194111.751,33422
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,110108.051,19914
HeifersChoiceAverage1,147102.291,17310
HeifersSelectAverage1,04090.009361thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,08682.048914thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,268112.001,42056
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,266106.181,34544
SteersChoiceAverage1,167101.781,18825
SteersSelectAverage1,06890.009612thin

Every lot

42 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1485128.50/cwt128.50–128.506231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1296125.00/cwt125.00–125.003705
Heifers—Medium and Large 2325101.00/cwt101.00–101.003283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419119.00/cwt118.50–120.004993
Heifers—Medium 144090.00/cwt90.00–90.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1495120.00/cwt120.00–120.005947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527128.50/cwt128.50–128.506777
Heifers—Medium 1540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2575112.00/cwt112.00–112.006442
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1243120.00/cwt120.00–120.002922
Bulls—Medium and Large 1260132.00/cwt132.00–132.003434
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409131.00/cwt131.00–131.005366
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006068
Bulls—Medium and Large 1455137.50/cwt137.50–137.506261
Bulls—Medium and Large 2553110.00/cwt110.00–110.006082
Bulls—Medium and Large 1573123.00/cwt123.00–123.007052
Bulls—Medium and Large 1628125.50/cwt125.50–125.507884
Bulls—Medium and Large 273885.00/cwt85.00–85.006277
Bulls—Medium and Large 2798101.00/cwt101.00–101.008062
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 21,03564.75/cwt64.75–64.756702
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,06890.00/cwt90.00–90.009612
Steers—Choice1,152101.73/cwt100.00–104.501,17224
Steers—Choice and Prime1,195107.35/cwt106.00–109.501,28337
Steers—Prime1,268112.00/cwt110.00–113.751,42056
Steers—Choice1,530103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5761
Steers—Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,643100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6437
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,04090.00/cwt90.00–90.009361
Heifers—Standard1,08682.04/cwt79.00–85.008914
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,110108.05/cwt106.00–109.251,19914
Heifers—Choice1,147102.29/cwt98.00–105.001,17310
Heifers—Prime1,194111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,33422
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,40069.68/cwt65.00–74.009763
Bulls——1,74980.97/cwt78.00–83.501,4164
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02836.63/cwt30.00–39.503778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12546.49/cwt44.00–48.505232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13542.50/cwt42.50–42.504821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32350.42/cwt49.50–52.006676
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38457.43/cwt55.00–60.0079524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43063.21/cwt62.50–64.009042
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,78359.69/cwt58.50–61.001,0642
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,36885.85/cwt85.50–86.751,17443
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,51096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,4501

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.