Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-04-11

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Apr 11
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
155 vs last sale 188 111 vs year ago 144 · 77.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
25 vs last sale 251 22 vs year ago 298 · 7.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 4 · 50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter heifers instances of higher/lower with lower packer interest but a good offering of slaughter steers and heifers. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 lower and Dairy/Beef steers were 3.00 lower with Dairy/Beef heifers 8.00 lower this week, Cows had instances of higher/lower and bulls too few to compare but trending higher. All classes of feeder calves were sharply lower with a lighter test this week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $220.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$220.00
2 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,313
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
42.41
vs IN average
43.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1597220.001,3132thin
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
220.00
IN average3 barns · 95 hd
262.41
−42.41
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−43.96
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 HeifersPrimeAverage1,453174.132,5309thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,045128.001,3381thin
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,450179.342,60021
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,380130.001,7941thin
BullocksAverage1,505147.712,2232thin
BullsAverage2,000125.002,5001thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,429121.021,73013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18492.751,0989thin
CowsLean 85-90%High98052.005101thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,431160.672,29919
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,370156.002,1371thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,190190.002,2611thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340185.282,48366
HeifersChoiceAverage1,191169.802,0223thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,482188.242,79048
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,491185.682,76878

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 Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,150$1,2501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,300$1,1501thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20881.73/cwt71.00–92.009875
CowsBoner 80-85%1,154106.53/cwt101.00–113.001,2294
Dairy SteersPrime1,431160.67/cwt160.25–168.002,29919
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,380130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7941
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,370156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,1371
CowsLean 85-90%98052.00/cwt52.00–52.005101
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,000147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,4751
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350300255.00/cwt255.00–255.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700660175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1551
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3001,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
HeifersMedium and Large 2750–800760142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0831
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800775195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5112
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650628191.52/cwt180.00–215.001,2033
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600597220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3132
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250235300.00/cwt300.00–300.007051
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,045157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,6461
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495202.50/cwt202.50–202.501,0021
Dairy SteersLarge 2850–900850110.00/cwt110.00–110.009351
Dairy SteersLarge 2500–550536140.00/cwt140.00–140.007503
Dairy SteersLarge 2600–650635155.00/cwt155.00–155.009843
Dairy SteersLarge 2150–200170325.00/head325.00–325.003255
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650610115.00/cwt115.00–115.007022
Dairy SteersLarge 3150–200170150.00/head150.00–150.001505
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,045128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3381
HeifersChoice1,191169.80/cwt164.00–173.002,0223
Bulls2,000125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,5001
Bullocks1,505147.71/cwt143.00–152.002,2232
HeifersChoice and Prime1,340185.28/cwt181.00–186.002,48366
SteersChoice and Prime1,491185.68/cwt185.00–186.502,76878
SteersPrime1,482188.24/cwt188.00–189.002,79048
HeifersPrime1,190190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,2611
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,386121.34/cwt116.00–128.001,68211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,667119.27/cwt117.00–121.001,9882
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,450179.34/cwt175.00–180.252,60021
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrime1,453174.13/cwt171.50–176.502,5309

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.