Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2024-07-16

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 16
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
1 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 15▼ 62 vs year ago 63 · −98.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
176 head
▼ 136 vs last sale 312▼ 117 vs year ago 293 · −39.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers mostly steady with lighter packer inquiry this week. Holstein slaughter steers too few to compare. Cows were unchanged from the previous week and bulls instances of higher/lower today. Holstein cows moderately higher this week. Feeder calves too few to compare today.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 300–400 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
300–400 lb bulls averaged $300.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$300.00
1 head · 355 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−6.49
vs IN average

Price by quality 300–400 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1355300.001,0651thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 300–400 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
300.00
—
IN average2 barns · 4 hd
306.49
−6.49
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—High1,715146.522,5134thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,470148.112,17712
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,349124.271,6768thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,46060.008761thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,730146.002,5262thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,254115.921,4546thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,425154.002,1951thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,199199.582,39336
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,274191.692,44233
HeifersChoiceAverage1,380173.632,39613
SteersPrimeAverage1,388200.032,77634
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,324189.652,51012
SteersChoiceAverage1,398176.652,4705thin
SteersSelectAverage1,243150.991,8772thin

Every lot

21 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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy355300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,0651
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,243150.99/cwt145.00–156.501,8772
Steers—Choice and Prime1,283190.26/cwt183.50–195.002,44111
Steers—Prime1,388200.03/cwt197.50–204.502,77634
Steers—Choice1,398176.65/cwt170.00–180.002,4705
Steers—Choice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,770183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,2391
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Prime1,199199.58/cwt199.00–200.002,39336
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,274191.69/cwt183.00–194.502,44233
Heifers—Choice1,380173.63/cwt166.00–181.002,39613
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,670143.70/cwt140.00–146.002,4003
Bulls——1,850155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,8681
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,268114.60/cwt110.00–117.501,4533
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,397130.07/cwt122.50–135.001,8175
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,447149.97/cwt146.50–152.502,1709
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,46060.00/cwt60.00–60.008761
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,538142.52/cwt139.00–145.002,1923
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,425154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,1951
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,215111.89/cwt108.00–114.001,3593
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,293119.95/cwt116.00–125.001,5513
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,1831
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,895152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,8901

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.