Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-05-02

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, May 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
46 head
57 vs last sale 103 63 vs year ago 109 · 57.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
295 head
30 vs last sale 265 4 vs year ago 299 · 1.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher and slaughter heifers 1.00 to 4.00 higher with a good offering of steers and heifers with better buyer interest and active bidding today. Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher and Dairy/Beef steers were 7.00 higher this week with Dairy/Beef heifers 5.00 lower with a light test. Cows were 3.00 to 4.00 higher and no comparison on bulls. Feeder steers were trending higher with feeder heifers instances of higher/lower and feeder Holstein steers steady and no bulls today.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $250.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$250.00
4 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,346
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
27.94
vs IN average
58.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1539250.001,3464thin
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 sale4 hd
250.00
IN average3 barns · 67 hd
277.94
−27.94
National average166 barns · 9,614 hd
308.61
−58.61
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 HeifersPrimeAverage1,393171.502,3895thin
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,397177.622,4816thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,250165.002,0631thin
BullsAverage1,520105.001,5961thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,562123.941,9367thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,00994.389524thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09040.004361thin
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,245151.001,8802thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,498160.762,40821
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,423160.002,2773thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,308187.562,45389
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,218182.422,22217
SteersPrimeAverage1,469188.152,76457
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,320184.002,42956
SteersChoiceAverage1,188171.002,0317thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 SteersPrime1,397177.62/cwt171.00–180.002,4816
SteersChoice1,188171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,0317
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,245151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,8802
HeifersPrime1,308187.56/cwt187.00–189.002,45389
Dairy SteersPrime1,498160.76/cwt160.75–161.002,40821
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,250165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,0631
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450435260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1315
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550543260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4123
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,035167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,7343
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450425284.71/cwt270.00–301.001,2106
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750740210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5541
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550525220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1551
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650640237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,5201
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482200.00/cwt200.00–200.009642
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550537165.00/cwt165.00–165.008862
SteersPrime1,469188.15/cwt187.50–193.002,76457
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,590122.76/cwt121.00–127.001,9526
CowsLean 85-90%1,09040.00/cwt40.00–40.004361
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02884.65/cwt82.00–87.008702
Bulls1,520105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5961
Dairy SteersLarge 2Value Added900–950927175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,62221
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrime1,393171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,3895
HeifersChoice and Prime1,218182.42/cwt176.00–185.002,22217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,395131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,8271
CowsBoner 80-85%990104.11/cwt103.00–105.001,0312
SteersChoice and Prime1,320184.00/cwt176.00–186.502,42956
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,423160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2773

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.