Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2019-09-05

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Sep 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
16 vs last sale 51 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
284 head
70 vs last sale 214 284 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 2.00 to 3.00 lower with light packer inquiry. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower today. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 lower with bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder cattle were too few to compare but were trending lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.39/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$123.39
14 head · 481 lb average
Value per head Derived
$593
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$194
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$55.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.68
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1373135.2350511thin
Medium and Large 287380.006993thin
One grade step is worth $55.23/cwt here — about −$194 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 sale14 hd
123.39
IN average4 barns · 306 hd
103.71
+19.68
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
BullsLow1,76875.751,3392thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43758.3383829
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,02750.001,0142thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22249.055999thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04429.853129thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,47078.501,1542thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,49290.311,34732
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41885.071,20639
Dairy SteersSelectLow1,37575.001,0311thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,166101.921,18963
HeifersStandardAverage1,34596.001,2911thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,15695.001,0985thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,296103.811,34569
SteersSelectAverage1,28596.191,23613

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,68571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1961
Bulls1,85080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,4891
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51160.49/cwt60.00–65.0091413
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37656.58/cwt53.00–59.0077916
CowsLean 85-90%1,04726.95/cwt25.00–27.502827
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,02750.00/cwt50.00–50.001,0142
HeifersChoice1,115101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1261
SteersChoice1,296103.81/cwt101.00–106.001,34569
SteersSelect1,28596.19/cwt95.00–97.001,23613
Dairy HeifersChoice1,47078.50/cwt78.50–78.501,1542
Dairy SteersChoice1,41885.07/cwt83.50–88.501,20639
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,49290.31/cwt90.00–94.001,34732
Dairy SteersSelect1,37575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0311
HeifersChoice1,167101.93/cwt96.50–104.001,19062
HeifersSelect1,15695.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0985
HeifersStandard1,34596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,2911
CowsLean 85-90%1,03240.00/cwt40.00–40.004132
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22046.61/cwt45.00–48.005694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22451.00/cwt51.00–51.006245
BullsMedium and Large 1481145.00/cwt145.00–145.006974
HeifersMedium and Large 1314132.50/cwt132.50–132.504165
HeifersMedium and Large 1423137.50/cwt137.50–137.505826
BullsMedium and Large 272885.00/cwt85.00–85.006193
HeifersMedium and Large 292075.00/cwt75.00–75.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 285082.50/cwt82.50–82.507012
SteersMedium and Large 2743100.00/cwt100.00–100.007433
SteersMedium and Large 278097.50/cwt97.50–97.507613

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.