Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2022-08-02

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Aug 2
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 30▼ 19 vs year ago 40 · −47.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
241 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 207▼ 12 vs year ago 253 · −4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 lower with slaughter heifers 2.00 lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower today. Cows were 2.00 higher with bulls 1.00 higher higher. Feeder cattle were too few to compare but feeder steers and bulls trending lower with heavier feeder steers at a good value and feeder heifers trending higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.89/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$125.89
9 head · 1,019 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,283
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−20.34
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,019125.891,2839thin
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 sale9 hd
125.89
—
IN average3 barns · 280 hd
146.23
−20.34
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—Low1,56898.561,5459thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,33379.721,06323
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08763.8369412
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11340.254482thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,475120.001,7704thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,157143.741,66346
HeifersChoiceAverage970134.471,3048thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,324118.751,5724thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,423152.002,1637thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,303144.511,883105
SteersChoiceAverage1,224136.491,67114

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 1Fancy843147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,2392
Steers—Medium and Large 11,051119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2515
Steers—Medium and Large 11,115122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,3602
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy551147.00/cwt147.00–147.008106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1848111.00/cwt111.00–111.009412
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 2553103.00/cwt103.00–103.005703
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,224136.49/cwt125.00–139.751,67114
Steers—Choice and Prime1,303144.51/cwt140.00–148.501,883105
Steers—Prime1,423152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,1637
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice970134.47/cwt126.00–138.501,3048
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,157143.74/cwt141.00–145.751,66346
Heifers—Select1,267120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5203
Heifers—Select1,495115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7191
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,526100.88/cwt92.00–106.001,5398
Bulls——1,90080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,5201
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed86584.50/cwt83.00–86.007312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02545.50/cwt45.50–45.504661
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04266.10/cwt62.50–70.006897
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06560.06/cwt59.00–61.006404
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20035.00/cwt35.00–35.004201
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33376.39/cwt72.00–79.501,01813
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45183.93/cwt80.00–90.501,2188
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48563.00/cwt63.00–63.009361
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,475120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7704

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.