Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2022-12-15

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Dec 15
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
121 head
67 vs last sale 54 48 vs year ago 169 · 28.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
239 head
141 vs last sale 380 179 vs year ago 418 · 42.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
1 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 1 · +100.0%
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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 to 2.00 lower this week. Holstein slaughter steers were steady to 1.00 higher. Cows were 3.00 to 6.00 higher with bulls 1.00 higher. Feeder steers were unevenly steady and feeder heifers 3.00 to 10.00 lower with feeder bulls steady this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.79/cwt on 35 head.
Average price
$127.79
35 head · 613 lb average
Value per head Derived
$783
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$29
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$44.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.03
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1603129.0577834
Medium and Large 295085.008081thin
One grade step is worth $44.05/cwt here — about −$29 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 sale35 hd
127.79
IN average4 barns · 307 hd
137.82
−10.03
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
BullsAverage2,25580.061,8052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61768.321,10520
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41661.2786760
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14135.003995thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,333120.001,60010
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,650130.662,1568thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,438127.751,8373thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,405112.001,5741thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,282150.151,92542
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,620145.002,3492thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,165129.071,5043thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,105120.001,3261thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,441152.922,20462
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,591145.472,3144thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,280130.961,67613

Every lot, as filed

44 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
BullsMedium and Large 1582140.00/cwt140.00–140.008152
BullsMedium and Large 1355125.00/cwt125.00–125.004441
BullsMedium and Large 276580.00/cwt80.00–80.006121
BullsLarge 2657115.00/cwt115.00–115.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy575140.00/cwt140.00–140.0080510
HeifersMedium and Large 1676120.00/cwt120.00–120.008113
Dairy SteersLarge 21,12592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,0412
SteersMedium and Large 11,077110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1852
SteersMedium and Large 1391120.00/cwt120.00–120.004694
Dairy SteersLarge 2543120.00/cwt120.00–120.006523
Dairy SteersLarge 31,27781.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0344
Dairy SteersLarge 2359140.00/cwt140.00–140.0050318
HeifersMedium and Large 295085.00/cwt85.00–85.008081
Dairy HeifersLarge 2447110.00/cwt110.00–110.004922
Dairy HeifersLarge 2361145.00/cwt145.00–145.0052314
SteersMedium and Large 1425135.00/cwt135.00–135.005741
SteersMedium and Large 1638137.50/cwt137.50–137.508775
SteersMedium and Large 1460150.00/cwt150.00–150.0069021
HeifersMedium and Large 1376130.00/cwt130.00–130.004895
HeifersMedium and Large 1617135.00/cwt135.00–135.008335
HeifersMedium and Large 1505125.05/cwt115.00–130.006323
HeifersMedium and Large 1703120.00/cwt120.00–120.008446
SteersChoice and Prime1,533145.62/cwt145.00–147.002,2323
SteersChoice1,280130.96/cwt130.00–133.001,67613
HeifersChoice and Prime1,620145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,3492
CowsLean 85-90%1,05835.00/cwt35.00–35.003703
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61768.32/cwt68.00–71.001,10520
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44563.89/cwt60.50–70.0092345
Dairy SteersPrime1,650130.66/cwt130.00–130.752,1568
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,438127.75/cwt125.00–129.001,8373
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight1,765145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,5591
Dairy SteersChoice1,405112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5741
SteersPrime1,441152.92/cwt150.00–155.252,20462
HeifersSelect1,105120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3261
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,333120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,60010
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32753.42/cwt50.00–56.0070915
HeifersChoice1,165129.07/cwt127.00–130.501,5043
HeifersPrime1,282150.15/cwt150.00–152.001,92542
CowsLean 85-90%1,06549.00/cwt49.00–49.005221
CowsLean 85-90%1,46521.00/cwt21.00–21.003081
Bulls2,25580.06/cwt78.00–82.001,8052
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,02570.00/cwt70.00–70.007182
HeifersMedium and Large 11,100102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,1281
HeifersMedium and Large 1925105.00/cwt105.00–105.009711

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.