Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2019-11-19

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Nov 19
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
73 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 25▲ 73 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
500 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 301▲ 500 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 1.00 to 2.00 lower and slaughter heifers had instances of higher/lower with a good offering this week and lower packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers were trading 1.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 lower with bulls trending higher. A good offering of high quality feeder steers and heifers that were trending higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $123.90/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$123.90
38 head · 680 lb average
Value per head Derived
$843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$25.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.29
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1669125.2383836
Medium and Large 2880100.008802thin
One grade step is worth $25.23/cwt here — about −$42 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
123.90
—
IN average4 barns · 604 hd
114.61
+9.29
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—Low1,73163.991,1084thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,46350.0273222
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,26540.4251121
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13929.123327thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,46380.111,1725thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,79591.001,6331thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39686.141,20324
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16571.258304thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,291117.311,514108
HeifersChoiceAverage1,205110.101,32738
HeifersSelectAverage1,195100.001,1951thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,28088.171,1292thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,336115.871,548133
SteersChoiceAverage1,335110.541,47643
SteersSelectAverage1,261100.921,27311

Every lot

35 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1380121.00/cwt121.00–121.004601
Steers—Medium and Large 1525137.00/cwt137.00–137.007194
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy566133.29/cwt132.50–134.0075415
Steers—Medium and Large 1769123.00/cwt123.00–123.009465
Steers—Medium and Large 1839110.00/cwt110.00–110.009238
Steers—Medium and Large 1855115.00/cwt115.00–115.009833
Steers—Medium and Large 2880100.00/cwt100.00–100.008802
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417120.24/cwt120.00–121.005014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570123.50/cwt123.00–124.0070410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1689119.45/cwt118.00–120.0082311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737110.00/cwt110.00–110.008116
Heifers—Medium and Large 191594.50/cwt94.50–94.508652
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,16085.00/cwt85.00–85.009862
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,261100.92/cwt96.00–102.501,27311
Steers—Choice1,325111.05/cwt105.00–113.501,47141
Steers—Choice and Prime1,336115.87/cwt114.00–118.001,548133
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,550100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,5502
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,184110.81/cwt103.50–113.751,31235
Heifers—Select1,195100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1951
Heifers—Standard1,28088.17/cwt86.00–90.001,1292
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,291117.31/cwt114.00–119.001,514108
Heifers—Choice1,452101.85/cwt100.50–103.501,4793
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30075.00/cwt75.00–75.009751
Bulls——1,71558.48/cwt56.50–60.501,0032
Bulls——Heavy Weight2,19564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,4051
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13929.12/cwt25.00–32.003327
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21138.78/cwt35.00–40.0047012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33642.61/cwt42.00–43.005699
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42056.31/cwt54.00–58.508005
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44548.21/cwt44.00–52.5069716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Heavy Weight1,97547.50/cwt47.50–47.509381
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,16571.25/cwt71.00–72.008304
Dairy Steers—Choice1,39686.14/cwt83.00–88.001,20324
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,79591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,6331
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,46380.11/cwt75.00–81.501,1725

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.