Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2019-10-31

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Oct 31
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
53 head
36 vs last sale 89 53 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
340 head
92 vs last sale 248 340 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
6 vs last sale 10 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 lower and a good offering of slaughter cattle today. Holstein slaughter were 2.00 higher this week. Cows and bulls sharply lower with lower packer inquiry this week. All classes of feeder cattle were also significantly lower with light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $82.16/cwt on 19 head.
Average price
$82.16
19 head · 993 lb average
Value per head Derived
$816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$7.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
23.93
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,00383.8084115thin
Medium and Large 295376.007244thin
One grade step is worth $7.80/cwt here — about $117 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 sale19 hd
82.16
IN average3 barns · 417 hd
106.09
−23.93
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
BullsLow1,69866.751,1347thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37746.1563617
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,60940.796564thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19138.6846127
CowsLean 85-90%High1,03628.672975thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,59890.691,44931
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,33486.881,15943
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,264108.751,375100
HeifersChoiceAverage1,210104.341,26317
HeifersSelectAverage1,16294.231,0956thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,22581.009921thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,383108.201,49652
SteersChoiceAverage1,425104.491,48913
SteersSelectAverage1,34092.841,2448thin
SteersStandardAverage1,18085.001,0031thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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
CowsLean 85-90%85032.00/cwt32.00–32.002721
CowsLean 85-90%1,16018.00/cwt18.00–18.002091
CowsLean 85-90%1,05731.12/cwt28.00–33.003293
HeifersChoice and Prime1,264108.75/cwt106.50–110.751,375100
HeifersSelect1,16294.23/cwt91.00–97.001,0956
HeifersStandard1,22581.00/cwt81.00–81.009921
SteersChoice and Prime1,383108.20/cwt107.50–109.501,49652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19138.68/cwt33.50–41.0046127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45750.41/cwt50.00–51.007347
SteersSelect1,34092.84/cwt89.00–96.001,2448
Dairy SteersChoice1,33486.88/cwt82.00–89.001,15943
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,59890.69/cwt90.50–92.001,44931
SteersChoice1,425104.49/cwt103.00–105.001,48913
Bulls1,52054.00/cwt54.00–54.008211
Bulls1,72868.88/cwt64.00–74.001,1906
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,32143.17/cwt42.00–45.0057010
HeifersChoice1,210104.34/cwt100.00–105.251,26317
SteersStandard1,18085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0031
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,60940.79/cwt40.50–41.506564
BullsMedium and Large 1530115.00/cwt115.00–115.006101
BullsMedium and Large 182090.00/cwt90.00–90.007381
BullsMedium and Large 1367120.00/cwt120.00–120.004402
BullsMedium and Large 1415115.00/cwt115.00–115.004772
BullsMedium and Large 1460110.00/cwt110.00–110.005062
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,250975.00/cwt975.00–975.0012,1882
HeifersMedium and Large 173195.00/cwt95.00–95.006944
HeifersMedium and Large 11,05180.00/cwt80.00–80.008414
HeifersMedium and Large 11,13279.58/cwt79.00–80.009017
SteersMedium and Large 11,08691.00/cwt91.00–91.009885
BullsMedium and Large 258585.00/cwt85.00–85.004972
HeifersMedium and Large 295376.00/cwt76.00–76.007244
SteersMedium and Large 283882.00/cwt82.00–82.006873
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,250738.25/cwt725.00–750.009,2282

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.