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
BullocksAverage1,613122.591,9772thin
BullsAverage1,548102.861,5924thin
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 1685135.00/cwt135.00–135.009251
HeifersMedium and Large 1325165.00/cwt165.00–165.005362
HeifersMedium and Large 2570115.00/cwt115.00–115.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 297595.00/cwt95.00–95.009261
HeifersMedium and Large 2600125.00/cwt125.00–125.007501
HeifersMedium and Large 1365165.00/cwt165.00–165.006022
SteersMedium and Large 1980135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3231
Dairy SteersLarge 338395.00/cwt95.00–95.003643
Dairy SteersLarge 2383167.16/cwt165.00–167.5064014
Dairy HeifersLarge 2391132.50/cwt132.50–132.5051821
Dairy HeifersLarge 2490137.50/cwt137.50–137.5067419
Dairy HeifersLarge 386565.00/cwt65.00–65.005621
HeifersMedium and Large 292092.53/cwt90.00–95.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy446197.50/cwt197.50–197.508814
Dairy SteersLarge 2Fancy386180.00/cwt180.00–180.0069514
Dairy SteersLarge 2428162.50/cwt162.50–162.5069620
Dairy SteersLarge 21,125100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy433180.00/cwt180.00–180.007796
HeifersMedium and Large 1955132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,2651
SteersMedium and Large 11,010127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,2881
SteersMedium and Large 2285165.00/cwt165.00–165.004701
SteersMedium and Large 1710140.00/cwt140.00–140.009941
Dairy HeifersLarge 2Fancy362175.00/cwt175.00–175.006347
Bulls1,515107.15/cwt105.00–111.001,6233
Bulls1,64590.00/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 Weight1,717150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,58410
Dairy HeifersPrime1,315136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,7881
SteersChoice and Prime1,307161.28/cwt151.00–166.002,10857
Dairy SteersPrime1,475137.78/cwt136.00–140.502,03238
Bullocks1,613122.59/cwt120.00–125.001,9772
HeifersChoice and Prime1,277162.27/cwt150.00–166.002,072131
HeifersChoice1,062132.94/cwt131.00–135.001,4123
SteersChoiceHeavy Weight1,760147.50/cwt147.50–147.502,59618
SteersPrime1,422167.60/cwt167.00–174.002,38352
HeifersChoice and Prime1,215157.96/cwt154.00–163.001,9192
HeifersPrime1,380170.08/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.