Sale reports / Indiana / Stoney Pike Livestock Auction / 2024-10-24

Stoney Pike Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Logansport, Indiana · Thu, Oct 24
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1969
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 96 vs last sale 24▲ 8 vs year ago 112 · +7.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
308 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 243▲ 90 vs year ago 218 · +41.3%
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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 classPick one — the panels below update

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

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1529258.781,37021
Medium and Large 2570180.001,0261thin
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,383185.892,57120
Bullocks—Average1,475155.002,2861thin
Bulls—Average1,647133.012,1915thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,560127.001,9812thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,570111.001,7431thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,422107.571,53010
CowsLean 85-90%High73064.004672thin
Dairy SteersPrimeAverage1,614170.502,75227
HeifersPrimeAverage1,276191.642,44568
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,196187.852,24745
HeifersChoiceAverage1,226164.092,0125thin
SteersPrimeAverage1,413192.962,72748
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,318189.402,49651
SteersChoiceAverage1,176180.612,1245thin
SteersSelectAverage1,425161.002,2941thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy480265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2721
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5182
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1712185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3172
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy722235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6972
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy325305.00/cwt305.00–305.009913
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy513264.19/cwt260.00–266.001,35513
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy556250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3908
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2570180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0261
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1663237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,57511
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3905
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,3783
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1879180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5826
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1953173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,6493
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy425320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3607
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy580255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4797
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1688228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5698
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1795175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,3911
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2967147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4212
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 21,162159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,8482
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 21,230156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,9191
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,176180.61/cwt175.00–182.002,1245
Steers—Choice and Prime1,318189.40/cwt185.00–190.502,49651
Steers—Prime1,413192.96/cwt192.00–193.002,72748
Steers—Select1,425161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,2941
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,196187.85/cwt182.50–189.252,24745
Heifers—Choice1,226164.09/cwt161.00–167.002,0125
Heifers—Prime1,276191.64/cwt190.00–192.252,44568
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,265120.37/cwt118.00–122.001,5232
Bulls——1,902141.44/cwt132.00–147.002,6903
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%73064.00/cwt64.00–64.004672
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,135121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,3731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440110.46/cwt104.00–114.001,5918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,9812
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1111
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,570111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,7431
Slaughter Cattle · Bullocks1 lot · lightest first
Bullocks——1,475155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,2861
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Prime1,614170.50/cwt170.00–172.002,75227
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Prime1,383185.89/cwt185.50–187.002,57120

This sale against other markets

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.