Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-01-11

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Jan 11
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
5 vs last sale 19 3 vs year ago 27 · 11.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
380 head
217 vs last sale 163 75 vs year ago 455 · 16.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were mostly steady with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower and a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers also had instances of higher/lower with 1/2 blood Holstein at a higher value. Cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher and a light test of bulls that were trending lower. A light test of feeder calves today that were significantly lower and light buyer interest today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.51/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$137.51
16 head · 600 lb average
Value per head Derived
$825
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$161
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$11.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
31.16
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609138.9484614thin
Medium and Large 2538127.506852thin
One grade step is worth $11.44/cwt here — about $161 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 sale16 hd
137.51
IN average5 barns · 340 hd
168.67
−31.16
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
BullocksAverage1,200133.001,5961thin
BullsAverage1,70498.171,6734thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46591.561,34222
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,19583.001,8221thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,24875.689444thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,572170.502,6808thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,454149.232,17061
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,378131.001,8054thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,09590.009868thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,340180.002,4121thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,286170.942,19850
HeifersChoiceAverage1,181170.002,0089thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,010144.001,4541thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,530180.002,7541thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,434173.502,488156
SteersChoiceAverage1,382166.332,29920
SteersSelectAverage1,040144.001,4981thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 1790120.00/cwt120.00–120.009481
HeifersMedium and Large 2315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 2760120.00/cwt120.00–120.009121
HeifersMedium and Large 1976135.06/cwt125.00–140.001,3183
SteersMedium and Large 1987145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4312
SteersMedium and Large 1478155.00/cwt155.00–155.007415
Dairy SteersLarge 21,173114.35/cwt113.00–115.001,3413
Dairy SteersLarge 363575.00/cwt75.00–75.004761
HeifersMedium and Large 1509140.00/cwt140.00–140.0071311
Bulls1,530107.23/cwt101.00–114.001,6413
Bulls2,22571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,5801
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47491.01/cwt85.00–93.001,34121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,285103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,3241
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,19583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,8221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47381.00/cwt81.00–81.001,1932
Bullocks1,200133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,5961
SteersChoice1,382166.33/cwt161.00–170.002,29920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02370.35/cwt65.00–76.007202
SteersPrime1,530180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7541
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,454149.23/cwt144.00–156.002,17061
Dairy SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,09590.00/cwt90.00–90.009868
Dairy SteersPrime1,572170.50/cwt170.50–170.502,6808
Dairy SteersChoice1,378131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8054
HeifersSelectReturn to Feed1,010144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,4541
HeifersChoice and Prime1,286170.94/cwt170.50–172.002,19850
HeifersPrime1,340180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,4121
HeifersChoice1,181170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0089
SteersChoice and Prime1,434173.50/cwt171.00–175.002,488156
SteersSelectReturn to Feed1,040144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,4981

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.