Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2019-05-16

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, May 16
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
150 head
21 vs last sale 129 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
46 vs last sale 196 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
1 vs last sale 5 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 1.00 to 5.00 lower with lower packer inquiry this week. Slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter cows were 2.00 lower with bulls 6.00 higher. All classes of feeder cattle were sharply lower today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $97.29/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$97.29
21 head · 1,083 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,054
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$286
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.48
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,08999.371,08219thin
Medium and Large 21,02777.507962thin
One grade step is worth $21.87/cwt here — about $286 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 sale21 hd
97.29
IN average4 barns · 371 hd
116.76
−19.48
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
BullsAverage1,47081.401,1972thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55658.6291223
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,03854.875696thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,39033.764693thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,36395.001,2954thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,37589.001,22410
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,28970.009026thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,162113.281,31634
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,314117.211,5405thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,191111.911,33328
SteersSelectAverage1,40497.721,3729thin

Every lot, as filed

36 lots · USDA AMS · Stoney Pike Livestock Auction - Logansport, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Natural94360.90/cwt59.00–62.005743
HeifersMedium and Large 267092.53/cwt85.00–100.006204
HeifersMedium and Large 2435100.00/cwt100.00–100.004351
CowsLean 85-90%1,39033.76/cwt31.00–36.004693
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56157.51/cwt55.00–61.0089820
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52366.02/cwt63.00–68.001,0053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13248.83/cwt43.00–55.005533
HeifersMedium and Large 1347140.00/cwt140.00–140.004862
HeifersMedium and Large 181592.50/cwt92.50–92.507541
HeifersMedium and Large 1760100.00/cwt100.00–100.007601
HeifersMedium and Large 1285135.00/cwt135.00–135.003851
HeifersChoice1,162113.28/cwt113.00–113.501,31634
HeifersMedium and Large 1560115.00/cwt115.00–115.006442
SteersChoice and Prime1,314117.21/cwt117.00–118.001,5405
SteersChoice1,191111.91/cwt105.00–115.501,33328
SteersMedium and Large 11,18492.00/cwt92.00–92.001,08915
SteersMedium and Large 1840121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0163
SteersMedium and Large 1410145.00/cwt145.00–145.005951
HeifersMedium and Large 1442125.00/cwt125.00–125.005532
Dairy HeifersLarge 241975.00/cwt75.00–75.0031426
Dairy HeifersLarge 247470.00/cwt70.00–70.003329
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,175775.00/cwt775.00–775.009,1061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,300900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,7005
SteersMedium and Large 21,02777.50/cwt77.50–77.507962
SteersSelect1,40497.72/cwt94.00–101.001,3729
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,36395.00/cwt95.00–95.001,2954
Dairy SteersChoice1,37589.00/cwt89.00–89.001,22410
Dairy SteersSelect1,28970.00/cwt70.00–70.009026
Dairy HeifersLarge 232287.50/cwt87.50–87.5028237
Bulls1,47081.40/cwt81.00–82.001,1972
BullsMedium and Large 266395.00/cwt95.00–95.006303
BullsMedium and Large 287080.00/cwt80.00–80.006961
BullsMedium and Large 1740110.00/cwt110.00–110.008144
BullsMedium and Large 1493137.50/cwt137.50–137.506783
BullsMedium and Large 1445140.00/cwt140.00–140.006232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy410147.50/cwt147.50–147.506053

How this sale compares

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.