Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2023-12-21

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Dec 21
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
58 head
31 vs last sale 27 63 vs year ago 121 · 52.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
142 head
75 vs last sale 217 97 vs year ago 239 · 40.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
1 vs last sale 7 6 vs year ago 2 · +300.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers and heifers were 2.00 higher with better interest on higher quality steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady with 1/2 blood Holstein higher. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 lower with a light test on bulls that were mostly steady, Feeder steers were too few to compare this week and feeder heifers had instances of higher/lower with some good groups of fancy type heifers with feeder bulls trending higher

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $179.74/cwt on 29 head.
Average price
$179.74
29 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$969
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$649
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$104.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.66
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551194.101,06925
Medium and Large 346790.004204thin
One grade step is worth $104.10/cwt here — about $649 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 sale29 hd
179.74
IN average5 barns · 79 hd
159.09
+20.66
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
BullocksAverage1,830121.002,2141thin
BullsAverage2,068105.882,1903thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44684.501,22212
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,08772.577896thin
Dairy HeifersPrimeAverage1,493157.012,3443thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,600175.002,8001thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,564150.462,35331
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,287167.862,16048
HeifersChoiceAverage1,221160.291,9574thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,426173.002,4674thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,444170.302,45925

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)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,394$1,3948

Every lot, as filed

28 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 1Fancy582202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,1794
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy502190.00/cwt190.00–190.009542
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy467212.50/cwt212.50–212.509929
BullsMedium and Large 1527155.00/cwt155.00–155.008172
BullsMedium and Large 346790.00/cwt90.00–90.004204
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy543194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,05310
HeifersMedium and Large 1480155.00/cwt155.00–155.007441
HeifersMedium and Large 1967137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,3302
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0252
HeifersMedium and Large 1850147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2541
HeifersMedium and Large 1763150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1453
HeifersMedium and Large 1360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006845
HeifersMedium and Large 2630130.00/cwt130.00–130.008193
BullsMedium and Large 1648180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1668
SteersMedium and Large 2620160.00/cwt160.00–160.009921
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,3501,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4001,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4507
Bulls2,068105.88/cwt104.00–107.502,1903
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44684.50/cwt80.00–90.001,22212
HeifersChoice1,221160.29/cwt155.00–165.001,9574
HeifersChoice and Prime1,287167.86/cwt167.00–170.002,16048
CowsBoner 80-85%1,08772.57/cwt72.00–75.007896
SteersPrime1,426173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4674
Dairy HeifersPrime1,493157.01/cwt154.00–162.502,3443
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,564150.46/cwt149.50–151.502,35331
Dairy SteersPrime1,600175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,8001
Bullocks1,830121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,2141
SteersChoice and Prime1,444170.30/cwt170.00–171.502,45925

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.