Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-02-09

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 9
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 10▼ 7 vs year ago 32 · −21.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
159 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 227▼ 86 vs year ago 245 · −35.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter heifers 3.00 to 4.00 higher with higher packer inquiry again this week. No Holstein slaughter steers to compare. Cows were 1.00 to 6.00 higher with good valve on high dressing and bulls were 2.00 higher today. All feeder calves were too few to compare, but were trending higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.18/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$123.18
11 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$602
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.61
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1489123.1860211thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
123.18
—
IN average3 barns · 280 hd
113.58
+9.61
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—Low1,66685.291,4219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,37169.8695815
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,07054.005781thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,08541.014453thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,34089.001,1931thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,354115.371,56239
HeifersChoiceAverage1,298110.221,4319thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,41684.871,2025thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,14880.609252thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,260118.001,48714
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,396115.741,61625
SteersChoiceAverage1,295109.621,42016
SteersSelectAverage1,200100.001,2001thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1420141.00/cwt141.00–141.005921
Steers—Medium and Large 1613128.00/cwt128.00–128.007852
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340125.00/cwt125.00–125.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1545122.50/cwt122.50–122.506688
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1292131.00/cwt131.00–131.003833
Bulls—Medium and Large 1460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 186090.00/cwt90.00–90.007746
Bulls—Medium and Large 291580.00/cwt80.00–80.007321
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,200100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,2001
Steers—Choice1,245111.16/cwt110.00–112.001,38414
Steers—Prime1,260118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,48714
Steers—Choice and Prime1,396115.74/cwt113.00–117.751,61625
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,64598.84/cwt96.00–101.501,6262
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed1,14880.60/cwt78.00–83.009252
Heifers—Choice1,19096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1421
Heifers—Choice1,312112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4698
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,354115.37/cwt113.00–117.751,56239
Heifers—Standard1,41684.87/cwt79.00–89.001,2025
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57185.78/cwt83.00–88.501,3486
Bulls——1,61565.00/cwt65.00–65.001,0501
Bulls——1,97893.96/cwt92.00–95.501,8592
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01040.27/cwt40.00–40.504072
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,07054.00/cwt54.00–54.005781
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,22862.96/cwt60.00–66.007737
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23542.50/cwt42.50–42.505251
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49775.89/cwt71.00–80.001,1368
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,34089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,1931

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.