Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-11-02

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Nov 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
29 head
83 vs last sale 112 22 vs year ago 51 · 43.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
86 vs last sale 218 16 vs year ago 148 · 10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with a light test today on steers and heifers. A good offering of Holstein steers that were trading 7.00 higher this week and Holstein heifers trending higher. Cows were 10.00 higher on breaker type cows and others mostly steady with bulls too few to compare today. Feeder steers were trending lower with a light offering and feeder heifers trending higher and feeder bulls had instances of higher/lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $163.89/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$163.89
18 head · 472 lb average
Value per head Derived
$773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$682
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$102.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.65
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524187.0898012thin
Medium and Large 2385150.005783thin
Medium and Large 335085.002983thin
One grade step is worth $102.08/cwt here — about $682 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 sale18 hd
163.89
IN average3 barns · 291 hd
177.54
−13.65
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
BullsAverage1,508106.501,6052thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47794.621,39815
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,32381.761,0823thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25540.005021thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,344154.522,07711
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,330133.381,7742thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,678162.942,7346thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,481155.562,30443
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,465134.001,9631thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,376177.842,4477thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,523180.102,74339

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 1Fancy402250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0052
BullsMedium and Large 1770147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,1361
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy445200.00/cwt200.00–200.008901
HeifersMedium and Large 1832145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2062
HeifersMedium and Large 1385200.00/cwt200.00–200.007701
HeifersMedium and Large 335085.00/cwt85.00–85.002983
SteersMedium and Large 2455150.00/cwt150.00–150.006832
HeifersMedium and Large 1272200.00/cwt200.00–200.005442
Dairy HeifersLarge 2400105.00/cwt105.00–105.004203
HeifersMedium and Large 1870142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,2401
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added475202.50/cwt202.50–202.509625
HeifersMedium and Large 2385150.00/cwt150.00–150.005783
SteersMedium and Large 1720170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2241
Bulls1,16092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0671
Bulls1,855121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,2451
CowsLean 85-90%1,25540.00/cwt40.00–40.005021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32381.76/cwt80.00–83.001,0823
HeifersChoice and Prime1,376177.84/cwt177.50–180.002,4477
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2511
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,481155.56/cwt148.00–156.252,30443
SteersChoice and Prime1,523180.10/cwt180.10–180.102,74339
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50593.94/cwt91.00–96.001,41412
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,285105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3492
Dairy HeifersChoice1,330133.38/cwt131.00–136.001,7742
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,344154.52/cwt142.50–156.252,07711
Dairy SteersChoice1,465134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,9631
Dairy SteersPrime1,678162.94/cwt158.00–170.002,7346

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.