Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2020-03-05

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Mar 5
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
4 vs last sale 44 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
202 head
12 vs last sale 190 202 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
166 vs last sale 170 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 2.00 lower with slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower and still lower packer bids. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher this week. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls 1.00 higher. A good offering of all classes feeders that were sharply higher with active buyer participation.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.33/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$138.33
18 head · 529 lb average
Value per head Derived
$731
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$68
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$57.19/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.96
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1501144.6972516thin
Medium and Large 275087.506562thin
One grade step is worth $57.19/cwt here — about $68 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 sale18 hd
138.33
IN average3 barns · 225 hd
116.37
+21.96
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
BullsHigh1,61785.241,3788thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,60661.259848thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,18447.035574thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,40594.001,3211thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,27576.009692thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,36491.501,24811
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42687.651,2509thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,33374.9299922
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,278115.001,47012
HeifersChoiceAverage1,243111.761,38955
HeifersSelectAverage1,235101.001,2471thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,59080.001,2721thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,359115.001,56311
SteersChoiceAverage1,388112.001,55551

Every lot, as filed

38 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy551147.50/cwt147.50–147.508133
HeifersMedium and Large 1347140.00/cwt140.00–140.004862
HeifersMedium and Large 288075.00/cwt75.00–75.006601
HeifersSelect1,235101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2471
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500142.50/cwt142.50–142.507135
HeifersMedium and Large 2620100.00/cwt100.00–100.006201
HeifersChoice and Prime1,278115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,47012
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy603150.00/cwt150.00–150.009054
HeifersMedium and Large 1377140.00/cwt140.00–140.005282
HeifersChoice1,243111.76/cwt106.00–114.751,38955
HeifersStandard1,59080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2721
Dairy HeifersChoice1,27576.00/cwt76.00–76.009692
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23851.59/cwt49.00–53.006392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61962.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0047
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51556.00/cwt56.00–56.008481
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13042.46/cwt42.00–43.004802
SteersChoice1,388112.00/cwt110.50–114.001,55551
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy491160.00/cwt160.00–160.007864
SteersMedium and Large 1579142.50/cwt142.50–142.508255
SteersChoice and Prime1,359115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,56311
SteersMedium and Large 1462142.50/cwt142.50–142.506582
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy581157.50/cwt157.50–157.509156
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,400850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,9002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,350750.00/cwt750.00–750.0010,1251
BullsMedium and Large 1210160.00/cwt160.00–160.003361
Bulls1,57095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,4922
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy491167.50/cwt167.50–167.508223
BullsMedium and Large 281095.00/cwt95.00–95.007701
Bulls1,62385.97/cwt82.00–89.001,3954
BullsLarge 292746.00/cwt46.00–46.004262
BullsMedium and Large 1485135.00/cwt135.00–135.006552
Bulls1,65074.00/cwt74.00–74.001,2212
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,40594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3211
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,350635.00/cwt635.00–635.008,5731
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,36491.50/cwt91.50–91.501,24811
Dairy SteersSelect1,33374.92/cwt72.00–78.0099922
Dairy SteersLarge 21,19557.00/cwt57.00–57.006811
Dairy SteersChoice1,42687.65/cwt81.00–89.501,2509

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.