Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-12-22

Indianapolis Stockyards

Name: Indianapolis Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2020-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Dec 22

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966

← Dec 15Dec 22Dec 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

84 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 90▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

91 head

▼ 253 vs last sale 344▲ 91 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 lower and slaughter heifers 3.00 lower with light receipts and low packer inquiry. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower and bulls 1.00 lower this week also again with light receipts. Feeder steers were 3.00 to 11.00 lower with feeder heifers 1.00 to 5.00 lower and feeder bulls trending higher. This is the last sale this week due to the Holidays so everyone have a safe and Merry Christmas!!

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.13/cwt on 34 head.

Average price

$110.13

34 head · 634 lb average

Value per head Derived

$698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$11.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.10

vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	647	111.11	719	31
Medium and Large 2	497	100.00	497	3thin

One grade step is worth $11.11/cwt here — about $222 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 sale34 hd

110.13

—

IN average3 barns · 212 hd

106.03

+4.10

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,027	70.65	1,432	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,430	57.63	824	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,291	50.60	653	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	952	34.11	325	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,285	102.61	1,319	20
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,264	100.00	1,264	5thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,306	104.60	1,366	35
Steers	Choice	Average	1,508	99.50	1,500	2thin

Every lot

30 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	509	4
Steers	—	Medium 1	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	592	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	799	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	871	93.36/cwt	90.00–100.00	813	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	331	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	395	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	448	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	515	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	468	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	569	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	645	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	555	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	656	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	765	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	825	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,090	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	916	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,123	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	955	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	298	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	358	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	559	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	682	9
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,306	104.60/cwt	103.00–106.00	1,366	35
Steers	—	Choice	1,508	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,500	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,264	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,264	5
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,285	102.61/cwt	102.50–103.00	1,319	20
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,005	73.48/cwt	72.50–74.50	1,473	2
Bulls	—	—	2,070	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,346	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	34.11/cwt	32.00–35.00	325	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,223	47.05/cwt	44.50–49.50	575	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,331	52.73/cwt	50.50–54.50	702	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,379	56.82/cwt	55.00–60.00	784	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,733	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	1,083	2

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN

Tue Dec 22, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 84Last week 90Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 91Last week 344Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,005	72.50–74.50	73.48
1	—	2,070	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,264	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,285	102.50–103.00	102.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	99.50	99.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,306	103.00–106.00	104.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,331	50.50–54.50	52.73
6	—	1,223	44.50–49.50	47.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	62.50	62.50
12	—	1,379	55.00–60.00	56.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	32.00–35.00	34.11

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,123	85.00	85.00
3	—	1,090	84.00	84.00
7	—	549	117.50	117.50
10	—	657	116.50	116.50
2	—	448	115.00	115.00
1	—	395	115.00	115.00
1	—	495	115.00	115.00
1	—	570	115.00	115.00
3	—	265	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	100.00	100.00
2	—	468	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	110.00	110.00
4	—	414	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	592	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	871	90.00–100.00	93.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	298	120.00	120.00
9	—	559	122.00	122.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.