Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-01-18

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Jan 18
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
5 vs last sale 24 10 vs year ago 29 · 34.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
304 head
76 vs last sale 380 90 vs year ago 394 · 22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 1.00 to 2.00 higher with slaughter heifers 4.00 higher with a good offering of high quality steers and heifers this week. Holstein slaughter steers had a light test today but trending higher. Cows were 6.00 higher today with no bulls offered today. Feeder calves also had a light test this week and were mostly steady with little buyer interest today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $142.24/cwt on 10 head.
Average price
$142.24
10 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$918
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$472
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$14.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
33.33
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2315155.004881thin
Medium and Large 1682140.829609thin
One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about −$472 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 sale10 hd
142.24
IN average3 barns · 234 hd
175.57
−33.33
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45697.291,4168thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28976.2598310
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,577152.002,3972thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,425176.952,52261
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,293175.002,26354
HeifersChoiceAverage1,105170.001,8791thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,572177.482,791121
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,406174.582,45526
SteersChoiceAverage1,316168.002,2114thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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 2267155.00/cwt155.00–155.004142
BullsMedium and Large 1540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
HeifersMedium and Large 1595145.00/cwt145.00–145.008631
HeifersMedium and Large 1412165.00/cwt165.00–165.006802
HeifersMedium and Large 1963114.14/cwt112.50–115.001,0993
HeifersMedium and Large 1610150.00/cwt150.00–150.009153
HeifersMedium and Large 2315155.00/cwt155.00–155.004881
SteersMedium and Large 2900122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1032
SteersMedium and Large 11,040135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4042
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,28390.08/cwt87.00–91.001,1565
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,743109.30/cwt101.00–115.001,9053
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28976.25/cwt68.00–77.0098310
HeifersChoice1,105170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8791
HeifersChoice and Prime1,293175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,26354
SteersPrime1,559177.53/cwt176.00–183.002,768110
SteersChoice1,316168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,2114
SteersChoice and Prime1,406174.58/cwt171.00–175.502,45526
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,577152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,3972
HeifersPrime1,425176.95/cwt176.00–177.002,52261
SteersPrimeHeavy Weight1,707177.00/cwt177.00–177.003,02111

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.