Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2020-07-30

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Jul 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
71 head
54 vs last sale 17 71 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
268 head
26 vs last sale 242 268 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 3.00 to 4.00 higher with slaughter heifers were 2.00 higher with some good groups of steers and heifers. A good offering of Holstein slaughter steers that were trading steady. Cows were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with bulls mostly steady. Light weight feeder steers and heifers were trending higher with no comparison on feeder bulls. A good offering of dairy feeder heifers sold at a good value.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.33/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$148.33
18 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$748
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$70.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+41.39
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1454160.0072615thin
Medium and Large 275690.006803thin
One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $46 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
148.33
IN average5 barns · 461 hd
106.94
+41.39
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
BullsHigh1,41482.751,1708thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,20068.518227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32254.197179thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,02537.503841thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,600103.001,6481thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,36585.641,16958
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,248103.061,28672
HeifersChoiceAverage1,03294.6597711
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,319104.271,37549
SteersChoiceAverage1,26499.101,25327
SteersSelectAverage1,18084.931,0022thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Dairy HeifersLarge 245690.00/cwt90.00–90.0041021
Dairy HeifersLarge 237092.48/cwt91.00–102.5034215
Bulls1,79592.11/cwt90.00–95.001,6532
Bulls1,26877.06/cwt76.00–78.009772
Bulls1,29780.91/cwt80.00–84.501,0494
SteersMedium and Large 1441165.00/cwt165.00–165.0072810
SteersMedium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007205
SteersSelect1,18084.93/cwt84.00–86.001,0022
SteersChoice and Prime1,319104.27/cwt100.00–106.001,37549
SteersChoice1,26499.10/cwt93.50–99.751,25327
SteersMedium and Large 275690.00/cwt90.00–90.006803
CowsLean 85-90%1,02537.50/cwt37.50–37.503841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,24172.23/cwt70.00–75.008964
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,14563.55/cwt61.00–65.007283
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33856.53/cwt54.00–58.007565
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30351.27/cwt51.00–52.506684
Dairy SteersPrime1,600103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,6481
Dairy SteersLarge 244688.00/cwt88.00–88.003925
Dairy SteersChoice1,36585.64/cwt83.50–88.001,16958
HeifersMedium and Large 298565.00/cwt65.00–65.006403
HeifersMedium and Large 282067.50/cwt67.50–67.505543
HeifersMedium and Large 1490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005882
HeifersChoice and Prime1,248103.06/cwt101.00–104.001,28672
HeifersMedium and Large 1255125.00/cwt125.00–125.003191
HeifersChoice1,03294.65/cwt93.50–96.5097711

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.