Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-07-26

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 26
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 36▼ 1 vs year ago 31 · −3.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
207 head
▼ 98 vs last sale 305▼ 72 vs year ago 279 · −25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers had instances 0f higher/lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower this week. Holstein slaughter were 2.00 to 6.00 lower today. Cows were 4.00 to 7.00 lower but still good value on big high dressing breaker cows and bulls 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers trending lower with feeder bulls sharply higher and a light offering of feeder cattle today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.93/cwt on 15 head.
Average price
$132.93
15 head · 726 lb average
Value per head Derived
$965
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$212
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.22
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1725134.9397914thin
Medium and Large 2730105.007671thin
One grade step is worth $29.93/cwt here — about $212 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 sale15 hd
132.93
—
IN average4 barns · 109 hd
140.15
−7.22
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—Average1,41699.611,4107thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47281.081,19431
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,11461.986909thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average88535.003101thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,655122.002,0191thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,373109.091,4989thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,300150.751,9609thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,218144.421,75940
HeifersChoiceAverage1,079135.981,46713
HeifersSelectAverage1,300121.001,5731thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,135105.001,1921thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,337150.952,01837
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,326145.131,92441
SteersChoiceAverage1,268130.891,6602thin
SteersSelectAverage1,120115.501,2941thin

Every lot

31 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 1Fancy468166.00/cwt166.00–166.007772
Steers—Medium and Large 1894142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2698
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy498172.00/cwt172.00–172.008575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690112.00/cwt112.00–112.007732
Heifers—Medium and Large 2730105.00/cwt105.00–105.007671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830111.00/cwt111.00–111.009211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1875119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0535
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy435166.00/cwt166.00–166.007222
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fancy548154.00/cwt154.00–154.008442
Bulls—Medium and Large 1695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009731
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,120115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,2941
Steers—Choice1,268130.89/cwt124.50–137.001,6602
Steers—Choice and Prime1,326145.13/cwt142.00–148.001,92441
Steers—Prime1,337150.95/cwt149.50–151.752,01837
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,079135.98/cwt124.50–138.501,46713
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,110141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,5711
Heifers—Standard1,135105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1921
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,221144.49/cwt140.00–148.501,76439
Heifers—Prime1,300150.75/cwt150.75–150.751,9609
Heifers—Select1,300121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,5731
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,32299.36/cwt95.00–105.001,3145
Bulls——1,51585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,2951
Bulls——1,785115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,0531
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88535.00/cwt35.00–35.003101
Cows—Boner 80-85%98557.42/cwt51.00–61.005664
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21765.63/cwt63.00–69.007995
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,35673.85/cwt70.00–79.001,00113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55686.31/cwt82.50–95.001,34318
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,373109.09/cwt103.00–115.001,4989
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,655122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,0191

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.