Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-06-22

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
▲ 59 vs last sale 2▲ 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
249 head
▲ 63 vs last sale 186▲ 249 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 3 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 steady to firm with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 6.00 higher today. Cows were significantly higher with bulls 4.00 lower this week. All classes of feeder cattle were sharply higher with some good groups of feeder.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $113.30/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$113.30
27 head · 860 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$122
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1
$1.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.87
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1745115.008571thin
Medium and Large 1864113.2397826
One grade step is worth $1.77/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale27 hd
113.30
—
IN average5 barns · 364 hd
119.16
−5.87
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—Average1,19292.731,1053thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42176.521,08733
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,12665.927428thin
CowsLean 85-90%High68043.002921thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,19377.939303thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,336103.381,3814thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,38290.601,2523thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,225122.861,50558
HeifersChoiceAverage1,104115.061,27028
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,221110.001,3438thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,165109.501,2761thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,49394.161,4062thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,283122.391,57058
SteersChoiceAverage1,306116.181,51730

Every lot

41 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1615135.00/cwt135.00–135.008303
Steers—Large 1745115.00/cwt115.00–115.008571
Steers—Medium and Large 1815113.55/cwt105.00–115.009257
Steers—Medium and Large 1855105.00/cwt105.00–105.008981
Steers—Medium and Large 1914108.92/cwt108.00–115.0099610
Steers—Medium and Large 1984110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0825
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy335143.00/cwt143.00–143.004791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy463139.00/cwt139.00–139.006442
Heifers—Medium and Large 252386.00/cwt86.00–86.004502
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy533135.00/cwt135.00–135.007202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1748110.00/cwt110.00–110.008232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790110.00/cwt110.00–110.008691
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1970105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0191
Heifers—Medium and Large 21,01790.00/cwt90.00–90.009151
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy388160.50/cwt160.50–160.506232
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy549144.00/cwt144.00–144.007915
Bulls—Medium and Large 1589128.00/cwt128.00–128.007545
Bulls—Medium and Large 1658117.00/cwt117.00–117.007704
Bulls—Medium and Large 1775100.00/cwt100.00–100.007751
Bulls—Medium and Large 293085.00/cwt85.00–85.007911
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,283122.39/cwt120.75–123.001,57058
Steers—Choice1,306116.18/cwt114.50–119.001,51730
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,104115.06/cwt110.00–116.501,27028
Heifers—Select1,165109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,2761
Heifers—Select and Choice1,221110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3438
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,225122.86/cwt120.50–124.001,50558
Heifers—Standard1,49394.16/cwt89.00–100.001,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,19292.73/cwt90.00–95.001,1053
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%68043.00/cwt43.00–43.002921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09267.91/cwt64.00–69.507427
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25668.81/cwt64.00–71.008647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36052.00/cwt52.00–52.007071
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46578.59/cwt72.00–86.001,15126
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,336103.38/cwt100.50–106.501,3814
Dairy Steers—Choice1,38290.60/cwt86.00–93.001,2523
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,19377.93/cwt76.00–81.009303
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1751,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0015,8631
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2251,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0018,0691
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2501,325.00/cwt1,325.00–1,325.0016,5631

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.