Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2021-06-29

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jun 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 61▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
▼ 44 vs last sale 249▲ 205 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers had instances of higher/lower with slaughter heifers 3.00 higher and some good quality groups of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower but still at a good value and bulls 6.00 higher. Feeder steers were sharply higher with feeder heifers and bulls mostly steady today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.00/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$118.00
11 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$903
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$371
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.23
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1771121.8093910thin
Medium and Large 271080.005681thin
One grade step is worth $41.80/cwt here — about $371 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 sale11 hd
118.00
—
IN average4 barns · 297 hd
118.23
−0.23
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—Average1,91499.191,8989thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45875.571,10221
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,14565.027446thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average91840.003672thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,445112.001,6183thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,45586.001,2512thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,172122.891,44040
HeifersChoiceAverage1,197118.001,41225
HeifersSelectAverage1,048104.371,0948thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,25585.001,0671thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,428127.001,8149thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,222122.251,49441
SteersChoiceAverage1,253116.091,45512
SteersSelectAverage1,167106.591,2443thin

Every lot

25 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1837129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0803
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added920130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,1965
Steers—Medium and Large 1945127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2001
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1603126.00/cwt126.00–126.007603
Heifers—Medium and Large 271080.00/cwt80.00–80.005681
Heifers—Medium and Large 1843120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0127
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1800106.00/cwt106.00–106.008481
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 288360.00/cwt60.00–60.005302
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 280865.00/cwt65.00–65.005254
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,167106.59/cwt101.00–110.001,2443
Steers—Choice and Prime1,222122.25/cwt121.00–125.251,49441
Steers—Choice1,253116.09/cwt112.50–117.001,45512
Steers—Prime1,428127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,8149
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,048104.37/cwt100.00–110.001,0948
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,172122.89/cwt120.00–125.001,44040
Heifers—Choice1,197118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,41225
Heifers—Standard1,25585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0671
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,91499.19/cwt93.50–102.501,8989
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%91840.00/cwt40.00–40.003672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14565.02/cwt60.00–67.007446
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27069.44/cwt68.00–71.008825
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51777.48/cwt73.50–81.501,17516
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Prime1,445112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6183
Dairy Steers—Choice1,45586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2512

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.