Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-10-17

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Oct 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
58 vs last sale 82 11 vs year ago 13 · +84.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
243 head
41 vs last sale 202 76 vs year ago 319 · 23.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week due to no coverage but slaughter steers and heifers were trending higher with good groups of high quality steers and heifers. Holstein steers were also trending higher and a good offering today. Dairy/beef steers and heifers were trending higher and good quality of Dairy/beef steers and heifers on a good offering. A light test of cows and bulls that were mostly steady. A light offering of feeders today with steers trending lower and heifers trending higher with bulls steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $215.00/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$215.00
4 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.25
vs IN average
42.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538215.001,1574thin
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
215.00
IN average3 barns · 8 hd
194.75
+20.25
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−42.81
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 HeifersPrimeAverage1,316178.312,3478thin
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,473178.062,6232thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,715163.002,7951thin
BullocksAverage1,430146.692,0982thin
BullsAverage1,625127.502,0722thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,245100.751,2542thin
CowsLean 85-90%High83560.005011thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,459170.312,48542
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,326156.562,0769thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,309190.152,48927
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,245186.972,32866
HeifersChoiceAverage1,190168.732,0084thin
HeifersSelectAverage990151.001,4951thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,491190.922,84728
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,355186.292,52439
SteersChoiceAverage1,435180.502,5901thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Dairy SteersPrime1,459170.31/cwt170.00–175.002,48542
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,473178.06/cwt175.00–181.002,6232
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrime1,316178.31/cwt178.00–180.502,3478
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,4751
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18588.50/cwt88.50–88.501,0491
CowsLean 85-90%83560.00/cwt60.00–60.005011
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950940150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4102
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950940165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,5511
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750700190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3302
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550538215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1574
SteersMedium and Large 11100–11501,145167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,9181
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4152
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400381285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0863
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500451270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,2186
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy300–350348312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,0887
BullsMedium and Large 11050–11001,065142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,5181
BullsMedium and Large 11100–11501,105145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,6021
BullsMedium and Large 1850–900865160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3842
Bulls1,920145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,7841
Bulls1,330110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4631
Bullocks1,430146.69/cwt144.00–150.002,0982
HeifersSelect990151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,4951
HeifersChoice1,190168.73/cwt161.00–171.002,0084
SteersChoice1,435180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,5901
HeifersChoice and Prime1,245186.97/cwt181.00–188.502,32866
SteersChoice and Prime1,355186.29/cwt182.00–188.502,52439
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,326156.56/cwt152.50–162.502,0769
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,715163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,7951
HeifersPrime1,309190.15/cwt189.00–191.502,48927
SteersPrime1,491190.92/cwt190.00–191.502,84728

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.