Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-04-27

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Apr 27
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
118 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 38▲ 40 vs year ago 78 · +51.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 273▼ 156 vs year ago 274 · −56.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 0▲ 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers had instances of higher/lower with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 6.00 higher with still good value on high quality steers and heifers. No Holstein slaughter steers this week. Cows were 1.00 higher with bulls 5.00 higher with a light test of cows and bulls today. All classes of feeder calves were trending lower but good value on Holstein feeder steers and heifers.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.18/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$148.18
11 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$954
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$415
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$67.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−16.89
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1638172.861,1027thin
Medium and Large 3655105.006884thin
One grade step is worth $67.86/cwt here — about $415 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 sale11 hd
148.18
—
IN average5 barns · 227 hd
165.07
−16.89
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—Average1,895108.252,0512thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40387.041,2227thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21562.007531thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,483181.532,6922thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,313173.982,28418
HeifersChoiceAverage1,078152.691,6462thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,517178.072,7013thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,378173.442,39081

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
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,275$9001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,250$7751thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 1—330170.00/cwt170.00–170.005611
BullsMedium and Large 1—485150.00/cwt150.00–150.007281
BullsMedium and Large 2—745105.00/cwt105.00–105.007821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—892142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2712
HeifersMedium and Large 1—536185.00/cwt185.00–185.009925
HeifersMedium and Large 3—655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006884
Dairy SteersLarge 3—425130.00/cwt130.00–130.005531
Dairy SteersLarge 2—386185.05/cwt182.50–191.0071423
Dairy SteersLarge 2—440191.00/cwt191.00–191.0084031
SteersMedium and Large 1—325190.00/cwt190.00–190.006182
SteersMedium and Large 1—837142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1932
Dairy SteersLarge 2—473172.50/cwt172.50–172.508163
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—388105.00/cwt105.00–105.004077
Dairy HeifersLarge 2—406185.00/cwt185.00–185.0075115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,275900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2—1,250775.00/head775.00–775.007751
Bulls——1,895108.25/cwt105.00–111.002,0512
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21562.00/cwt62.00–62.007531
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44286.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2402
HeifersChoice—1,078152.69/cwt150.00–155.001,6462
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38887.46/cwt87.00–88.001,2145
HeifersPrime—1,483181.53/cwt181.00–182.002,6922
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,313173.98/cwt173.00–175.002,28418
SteersPrime—1,517178.07/cwt177.00–180.002,7013
SteersChoice and Prime—1,378173.44/cwt172.00–175.002,39081

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.