Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-02-02

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Feb 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 29▼ 19 vs year ago 29 · −65.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
379 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 394▲ 249 vs year ago 130 · +191.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▲ 1 vs year ago 2 · +50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to bad weather and no coverage but, slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with a good offering today. Holstein slaughter steers were also trending higher. A good offering of cows that were trending sharply higher and bulls also trending higher. A light receipt of feeder calves this week with no trend today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.50/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$117.50
4 head · 690 lb average
Value per head Derived
$810
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$81
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−38.31
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1592140.008292thin
Medium and Large 278795.007482thin
One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $81 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 sale4 hd
117.50
—
IN average3 barns · 284 hd
155.81
−38.31
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
Bulls—Low1,59287.511,3936thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61285.881,38587
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28468.9088534
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20039.904799thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,300135.621,7633thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,460128.001,8693thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,434136.831,96223
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,330120.001,5961thin
Dairy SteersStandardAverage1,27578.009951thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,470163.332,4015thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,348152.712,05933
HeifersChoiceAverage1,209135.911,6435thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,153117.441,3542thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,375160.032,20049
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,362155.572,119103
SteersSelectAverage1,195127.001,5181thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,175$1,0001thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1Fancy—445165.00/cwt165.00–165.007341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—855120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0263
SteersMedium and Large 1—592140.00/cwt140.00–140.008292
SteersMedium and Large 2—78795.00/cwt95.00–95.007482
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—27255.00/cwt55.00–55.001502
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1751,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,22780.00/cwt80.00–80.009822
Bulls——1,63082.30/cwt81.00–84.001,3413
Bulls——1,55392.72/cwt91.00–96.001,4403
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28372.02/cwt69.00–73.5092425
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28860.25/cwt60.25–60.257769
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53477.31/cwt73.00–80.251,18621
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63788.61/cwt81.00–91.251,45166
Dairy SteersStandard—1,27578.00/cwt78.00–78.009951
SteersPrime—1,375160.03/cwt159.00–163.752,20049
SteersSelect—1,195127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5181
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,460128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,8693
HeifersPrime—1,470163.33/cwt160.50–165.002,4015
HeifersChoice—1,209135.91/cwt130.50–140.001,6435
Dairy HeifersPrime—1,300135.62/cwt131.00–141.001,7633
Dairy SteersPrime—1,434136.83/cwt131.00–140.001,96223
Dairy SteersChoice—1,330120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5961
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18739.51/cwt31.00–41.004696
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,348152.71/cwt141.00–157.502,05933
HeifersSelect—1,153117.44/cwt113.00–121.001,3542
SteersChoice and Prime—1,362155.57/cwt147.00–158.752,119103
CowsLean 85-90%—1,37028.00/cwt28.00–28.003841
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15547.00/cwt47.00–47.005432

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.