Name: Stoney Pike Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 to 3.00 higher with slaughter heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher and a good offering of steers and heifers today. Holstein slaughter steers were steady with Dairy/Beef steers 8.00 higher on good groups of high quality Dairy/Beef steers. Cows were 2.00 lower and bulls had instances of higher/lower. Feeder steers and feeder bulls sharply higher with feeder heifers instances of higher/lower and several fancy type feeders today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $255.20/cwt on 22 head.

Average price

$255.20

22 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,356

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$78.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.19

vs IN average

−4.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	258.78	1,370	21
Medium and Large 2	570	180.00	1,026	1thin

One grade step is worth $78.78/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

255.20

—

IN average3 barns · 40 hd

244.01

+11.19

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−4.43

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Beef/Dairy Steers	Prime	Average	1,383	185.89	2,571	20
Bullocks	—	Average	1,475	155.00	2,286	1thin
Bulls	—	Average	1,647	133.01	2,191	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	127.00	1,981	2thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,570	111.00	1,743	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,422	107.57	1,530	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	730	64.00	467	2thin
Dairy Steers	Prime	Average	1,614	170.50	2,752	27
Heifers	Prime	Average	1,276	191.64	2,445	68
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,196	187.85	2,247	45
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,226	164.09	2,012	5thin
Steers	Prime	Average	1,413	192.96	2,727	48
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,318	189.40	2,496	51
Steers	Choice	Average	1,176	180.61	2,124	5thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,425	161.00	2,294	1thin

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Prime	—	1,276	191.64/cwt	190.00–192.25	2,445	68
Steers	Choice	—	1,176	180.61/cwt	175.00–182.00	2,124	5
Heifers	Choice	—	1,226	164.09/cwt	161.00–167.00	2,012	5
Bullocks	—	—	1,475	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,286	1
Dairy Steers	Prime	—	1,614	170.50/cwt	170.00–172.00	2,752	27
Beef/Dairy Steers	Prime	—	1,383	185.89/cwt	185.50–187.00	2,571	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,569	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,390	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	991	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,479	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	480	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,582	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,378	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,575	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,317	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	967	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,421	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,162	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,848	2
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,230	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,919	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	722	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,697	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	556	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,390	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	264.19/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,355	13
Steers	Select	—	1,425	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,294	1
Bulls	—	—	1,902	141.44/cwt	132.00–147.00	2,690	3
Bulls	—	—	1,265	120.37/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,523	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	730	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	467	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,570	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,743	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,135	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,373	1
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,318	189.40/cwt	185.00–190.50	2,496	51
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,196	187.85/cwt	182.50–189.25	2,247	45
Steers	Prime	—	1,413	192.96/cwt	192.00–193.00	2,727	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,565	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,111	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,440	110.46/cwt	104.00–114.00	1,591	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,560	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,981	2

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.

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