Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-03-14

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Mar 14
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
47 vs last sale 103 28 vs year ago 28 · +100.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
310 head
16 vs last sale 326 229 vs year ago 81 · +282.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers and better packer interest this week. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher and Dairy/Beef slaughter steers were 7.00 higher with a good offering. Cows were 1.00 to 4.00 lower with bulls 7.00 higher on a light test. Feeder steers were trending higher and feeder heifers were mostly steady with feeder bulls sharply higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.50/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$232.50
2 head · 503 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.72
vs IN average
43.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1503232.501,1682thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
232.50
IN average2 barns · 15 hd
225.78
+6.72
National average176 barns · 16,729 hd
276.17
−43.67
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
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,446184.452,66757
BullocksAverage1,345150.502,0243thin
BullsAverage1,655118.721,9652thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,245111.201,38425
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19871.538572thin
CowsLean 85-90%High80055.004401thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,320131.001,7291thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,436164.672,3653thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,494156.822,34311
HeifersPrimeAverage1,414190.832,69842
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,218186.362,27056
HeifersChoiceAverage1,340161.002,1571thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,300146.001,8982thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,276128.811,6444thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,469189.832,78988
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,465177.002,5932thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,446184.45/cwt181.50–185.002,66757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19871.53/cwt71.00–72.008572
SteersPrime1,469189.83/cwt188.00–194.002,78988
HeifersPrime1,414190.83/cwt188.00–191.002,69842
HeifersChoice1,340161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,1571
Bullocks1,345150.50/cwt150.50–150.502,0243
Bulls1,655118.72/cwt117.00–121.001,9652
HeifersStandard1,305142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,8531
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900855175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4963
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,010171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7271
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650625225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4062
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700680185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2582
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800752185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3912
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450415250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0381
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy800–850828220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,8223
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650617245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5124
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000970150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4551
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650618225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3913
HeifersMedium and Large 11100–11501,110130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4431
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750730220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6068
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900890165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4691
HeifersMedium and Large 21000–10501,035135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3972
Beef/Dairy SteersLarge 1-2750–800793185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4674
HeifersLarge 2650–700660150.00/cwt150.00–150.009901
Dairy SteersLarge 2800–850823170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3995
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550505255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850825190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,5681
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600562225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2652
HeifersSelect1,276128.81/cwt125.00–138.001,6444
HeifersStandard1,295150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,9431
Dairy Bulls1,320131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,7291
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,494156.82/cwt151.00–157.502,34311
SteersChoice and Prime1,465177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,5932
CowsLean 85-90%80055.00/cwt55.00–55.004401
HeifersChoice and Prime1,218186.36/cwt185.00–187.502,27056
Dairy SteersPrime1,436164.67/cwt164.00–165.002,3653
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,368126.48/cwt120.00–136.001,7307
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,197105.26/cwt101.00–113.001,26018

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.