Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-02-09

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Feb 9
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
25 vs last sale 10 3 vs year ago 32 · +9.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
344 head
35 vs last sale 379 4 vs year ago 348 · 1.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower and good a good offering of steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 higher with Holstein slaughter heifers 3.00 lower but good value on high quality Holstein steers and heifers. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 higher with a good offering of high dressing cows and active buyer participation and bulls 3.00 lower this week. Feeder calves had a light test on all classes but were trending mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $134.29/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$134.29
14 head · 630 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$456
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$4.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.03
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1653134.6287913thin
Medium and Large 2325130.004231thin
One grade step is worth $4.62/cwt here — about $456 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 sale14 hd
134.29
IN average3 barns · 85 hd
128.26
+6.03
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
BullsLow1,43190.011,2888thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41987.041,235127
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,04166.6069315
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,291132.601,7126thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,345119.001,6011thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,564140.302,1949thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,405127.001,7841thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,11282.2391419
HeifersPrimeAverage1,328160.452,13198
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,249155.271,93913
SteersPrimeAverage1,354160.922,17946
SteersChoiceAverage1,810139.002,5161thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 1Fancy457157.50/cwt157.50–157.507202
BullsMedium and Large 1660120.00/cwt120.00–120.007921
BullsMedium and Large 1552135.00/cwt135.00–135.007452
BullsMedium and Large 1640132.50/cwt132.50–132.508485
BullsMedium and Large 2325130.00/cwt130.00–130.004231
BullsMedium and Large 1870127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1093
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,085150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6289
Dairy SteersLarge 382570.00/cwt70.00–70.005781
HeifersMedium and Large 1755110.00/cwt110.00–110.008311
HeifersMedium and Large 1557130.00/cwt130.00–130.007242
SteersMedium and Large 2905110.00/cwt110.00–110.009961
CowsBoner 80-85%1,06457.68/cwt52.00–60.006144
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46881.56/cwt76.00–85.001,19743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39489.84/cwt87.00–98.501,25284
HeifersPrime1,328160.45/cwt159.50–163.002,13198
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,810139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,5161
Bulls1,27876.98/cwt74.00–80.009842
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,405127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7841
Dairy SteersPrime1,564140.30/cwt137.50–141.002,1949
SteersPrime1,354160.92/cwt159.75–164.502,17946
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,345119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,6011
Bulls1,48294.35/cwt89.00–101.501,3986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,03269.85/cwt64.50–75.5072111
Dairy HeifersPrime1,291132.60/cwt130.00–143.001,7126
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,11381.32/cwt76.00–85.0090517
HeifersChoice and Prime1,249155.27/cwt155.00–157.001,93913
Dairy SteersSelect1,10290.00/cwt90.00–90.009922

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.