Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-03-09

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Mar 9
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 99 vs last sale 30▲ 84 vs year ago 45 · +186.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
377 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 282▲ 214 vs year ago 163 · +131.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 4.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 7.00 higher with a good demand and a good offering today. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady with a good offering of higher quality Holsteins today. Cows were 5.00 lower with bulls mostly steady. All classes of feeder calves were mostly steady with a good offering of Holstein feeders that were trending higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.68/cwt on 17 head.
Average price
$148.68
17 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$46
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$63.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−14.64
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468167.2978312thin
Medium and Large 2797104.018295thin
One grade step is worth $63.28/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 sale17 hd
148.68
—
IN average5 barns · 358 hd
163.32
−14.64
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
Bullocks—Average1,613122.591,9772thin
Bulls—Average1,548102.861,5924thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,57282.861,30229
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,20161.5774019
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,315136.001,7881thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,475137.782,03238
HeifersPrimeAverage1,380170.082,3473thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,276162.212,070133
HeifersChoiceAverage1,062132.941,4123thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,422167.602,38352
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368159.672,18567
SteersChoiceAverage1,760147.502,59618

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1—685135.00/cwt135.00–135.009251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2—570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 2—97595.00/cwt95.00–95.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 2—600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006022
SteersMedium and Large 1—980135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3231
Dairy SteersLarge 3—38395.00/cwt95.00–95.003643
Dairy SteersLarge 2—383167.16/cwt165.00–167.5064014
Dairy HeifersLarge 2—391132.50/cwt132.50–132.5051821
Dairy HeifersLarge 2—490137.50/cwt137.50–137.5067419
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—86565.00/cwt65.00–65.005621
HeifersMedium and Large 2—92092.53/cwt90.00–95.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—446197.50/cwt197.50–197.508814
Dairy SteersLarge 2Fancy—386180.00/cwt180.00–180.0069514
Dairy SteersLarge 2—428162.50/cwt162.50–162.5069620
Dairy SteersLarge 2—1,125100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—433180.00/cwt180.00–180.007796
HeifersMedium and Large 1—955132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2651
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,010127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2881
SteersMedium and Large 2—285165.00/cwt165.00–165.004701
SteersMedium and Large 1—710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009941
Dairy HeifersLarge 2Fancy—362175.00/cwt175.00–175.006347
Bulls——1,515107.15/cwt105.00–111.001,6233
Bulls——1,64590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4811
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17164.42/cwt61.00–75.0075414
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,28653.59/cwt51.00–58.006895
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47177.11/cwt75.00–81.001,13414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,66688.22/cwt86.00–88.501,47015
SteersChoice and PrimeHeavy Weight—1,717150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,58410
Dairy HeifersPrime—1,315136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7881
SteersChoice and Prime—1,307161.28/cwt151.00–166.002,10857
Dairy SteersPrime—1,475137.78/cwt136.00–140.502,03238
Bullocks——1,613122.59/cwt120.00–125.001,9772
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,277162.27/cwt150.00–166.002,072131
HeifersChoice—1,062132.94/cwt131.00–135.001,4123
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight—1,760147.50/cwt147.50–147.502,59618
SteersPrime—1,422167.60/cwt167.00–174.002,38352
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,215157.96/cwt154.00–163.001,9192
HeifersPrime—1,380170.08/cwt168.00–171.002,3473

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.