Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-12-19

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Dec 19
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
61 head
37 vs last sale 24 3 vs year ago 58 · +5.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
264 head
27 vs last sale 237 122 vs year ago 142 · +85.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week slaughter steers were 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher on a good offering of steers and heifers with better packer inquiry today. No comparison on Holstein slaughter steers due to no offering last week but they were trending higher this week. Dairy/Beef steers were 2.00 higher and Dairy/Beef heifers were trending higher with high quality on both steers and heifers today. Cows had instances of higher/lower and bulls7.00 higher today. Feeder steers were trending lower and feeder heifers significantly higher and feeder bulls instances of higher/lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $268.28/cwt on 16 head.
Average price
$268.28
16 head · 536 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,437
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.99
vs IN average
16.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536268.281,43716thin
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 sale16 hd
268.28
IN average4 barns · 48 hd
244.29
+23.99
National average180 barns · 17,940 hd
284.95
−16.67
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 HeifersPrimeAverage1,337186.922,4999thin
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,463189.482,77212
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,428163.222,3312thin
BullocksAverage1,278160.822,0553thin
BullsAverage2,015129.972,6192thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,578101.501,6012thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,545100.321,5502thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,31521.002761thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,611169.132,72517
HeifersPrimeAverage1,290194.702,51276
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,225190.102,3297thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,228168.492,0694thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,165160.001,8641thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,425194.962,77896
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,448190.092,75321
SteersChoiceAverage1,455180.502,6261thin

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
HeifersChoice and Prime1,225190.10/cwt184.00–191.502,3297
SteersChoice1,455180.50/cwt180.50–180.502,6261
CowsLean 85-90%1,31521.00/cwt21.00–21.002761
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,545100.32/cwt98.00–102.501,5502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,73092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,5921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,425111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5821
SteersMedium and Large 1Full800–850800200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6001
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600595220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3091
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650610207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2662
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750746240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7904
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0582
HeifersMedium and Large 2950–1000970112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,0911
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy400–450415285.37/cwt275.00–287.501,1846
BullsMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600567260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,47414
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550531272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,44713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy550–600555250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3883
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy600–650613250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5333
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400388282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,0966
Bullocks1,278160.82/cwt157.50–165.002,0553
Bulls2,015129.97/cwt124.00–136.002,6192
Beef/Dairy SteersPrime1,463189.48/cwt180.00–190.502,77212
Beef/Dairy HeifersPrime1,337186.92/cwt186.75–188.002,4999
SteersPrime1,425194.96/cwt194.00–195.752,77896
Dairy SteersLarge 3750–800751107.50/cwt107.50–107.508073
Dairy SteersPrime1,611169.13/cwt167.00–170.002,72517
HeifersPrime1,290194.70/cwt193.00–200.002,51276
HeifersChoice1,228168.49/cwt162.00–180.002,0694
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,428163.22/cwt162.50–164.002,3312
SteersChoice and Prime1,448190.09/cwt190.00–190.252,75321
HeifersSelect1,165160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,8641

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.