Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-04-20

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Apr 20
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
106 vs last sale 144 60 vs year ago 98 · 61.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
273 head
25 vs last sale 298 19 vs year ago 254 · +7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage but slaughter steers and heifers were trending significantly higher with a good offering of higher quality steers and heifers with active bidding. Holstein slaughter steers were also trending higher today. A lighter test of cows and bulls that were trending unevenly steady. All classes of feeder calves were trending lower this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.55/cwt on 21 head.
Average price
$176.55
21 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$985
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$75.13/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.34
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535180.1396320
Medium and Large 21,020105.001,0711thin
One grade step is worth $75.13/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale21 hd
176.55
IN average4 barns · 299 hd
174.20
+2.34
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
BullocksAverage1,825121.002,2081thin
BullsAverage2,010102.532,0612thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59284.911,3523thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16563.687423thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,383148.082,04844
HeifersPrimeAverage1,423179.812,55838
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,207167.812,02644
HeifersChoiceAverage990150.001,4851thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,552180.582,80390
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,323168.522,23028
SteersChoiceAverage1,080159.001,7171thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1512170.00/cwt170.00–170.008702
BullsMedium and Large 1720145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0442
BullsMedium and Large 2730130.00/cwt130.00–130.009491
BullsLarge 271790.00/cwt90.00–90.006452
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy476197.50/cwt197.50–197.509409
HeifersMedium and Large 11,005137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,3821
Dairy SteersLarge 2655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
SteersMedium and Large 11,145120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3741
HeifersMedium and Large 1935122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1451
HeifersMedium and Large 1497170.00/cwt170.00–170.008452
HeifersMedium and Large 21,020105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0711
SteersMedium and Large 1835150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2531
Dairy HeifersLarge 260770.00/cwt70.00–70.004252
HeifersMedium and Large 1622165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0262
HeifersMedium and Large 1332185.00/cwt185.00–185.006142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy405185.00/cwt185.00–185.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy580170.00/cwt170.00–170.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy458197.50/cwt197.50–197.509054
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400200.00/cwt200.00–200.008002
SteersMedium and Large 1990151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4954
Bulls2,010102.53/cwt98.00–108.002,0612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16563.68/cwt62.00–66.007423
HeifersPrime1,454179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,60311
HeifersPrime1,410180.14/cwt178.00–186.002,54027
HeifersChoice990150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4851
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59284.91/cwt72.00–90.001,3523
SteersChoice1,080159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,7171
SteersChoice and Prime1,323168.52/cwt164.50–176.002,23028
HeifersChoice and Prime1,498175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,6224
HeifersChoice and Prime1,178167.09/cwt166.00–174.001,96840
Dairy SteersPrime1,383148.08/cwt145.50–162.002,04844
Bullocks1,825121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,2081
SteersPrime1,552180.58/cwt177.50–185.002,80390

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.