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Indianapolis Stockyards

Name: Indianapolis Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Feb 18

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

16 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 22▼ 2 vs year ago 18 · −11.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 163▼ 54 vs year ago 168 · −32.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were trending higher and no slaughter heifers this with a light offering today. No Holstein slaughter steers today. Cows were unevenly steady with and Holstein cows were 6.00 higher and bulls 5.00 lower. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers 3.00 lower and no feeder bulls today. A very light offering on all classes of cattle this week due to weather conditions today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

400–500 lb steers averaged $287.00/cwt on 7 head.

Average price

$287.00

7 head · 435 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,248

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−18.68

vs IN average

−84.25 vs national

Price by quality 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	435	287.00	1,248	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale7 hd

287.00

—

IN average2 barns · 22 hd

305.68

−18.68

National average109 barns · 2,975 hd

371.25

−84.25

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,667	137.06	2,285	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,313	134.23	1,762	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,153	111.75	1,288	5thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,968	136.95	2,695	5thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,315	114.49	1,506	4thin
Heifers	Select	Average	798	155.00	1,237	2thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,518	208.00	3,157	57
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,485	203.69	3,025	21

Every lot

20 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,248	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,130	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	603	1
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 2	630	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	759	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 3	780	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	850	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	610	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	735	1
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 2	810	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	980	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,485	203.69/cwt	200.00–205.00	3,025	21
Steers	—	Prime	1,518	208.00/cwt	207.00–209.00	3,157	57
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	798	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,237	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,412	127.12/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,795	3
Bulls	—	—	2,050	151.98/cwt	143.00–159.00	3,116	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	111.75/cwt	108.00–118.00	1,288	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,296	130.72/cwt	128.00–135.50	1,694	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,340	140.09/cwt	138.00–142.50	1,877	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	900	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	882	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,445	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,546	1
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,458	126.47/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,844	2
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,935	135.10/cwt	134.00–136.00	2,614	2
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,990	138.19/cwt	137.00–139.50	2,750	3

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN

Tue Feb 18, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 16Last week 22Year ago 18

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 163Year ago 168

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	600	100.50	100.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	810	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	435	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	251.00	251.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,412	121.00–133.00	127.12
2	—	2,050	143.00–159.00	151.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	98.00	98.00
2	—	1,458	126.00–127.00	126.47
1	—	1,445	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,990	137.00–139.50	138.19
2	—	1,935	134.00–136.00	135.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,296	128.00–135.50	130.72
3	—	1,340	138.00–142.50	140.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,153	108.00–118.00	111.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,518	207.00–209.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,485	200.00–205.00	203.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	798	155.00	155.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.