Name: Shipshewana Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison to last week as sale was not reported. Lighter receipts today were noted due to favorable weather allowing farmers to get much needed field work accomplished.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $112.70/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −127.04 against this barn's trailing median of $239.75.

Average price

$112.70

51 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$36.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.73

vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	614	127.96	786	23
Small and Medium 2	496	116.00	575	8thin
Small and Medium 1	705	104.00	733	2thin
Medium and Large 2	854	93.00	794	15thin
Small and Medium 1-2	600	91.33	548	3thin

One grade step is worth $36.62/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

26 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $209.68, median $239.75 across 26 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale51 hd

112.70

—

IN average4 barns · 401 hd

119.44

−6.73

This barn, trailing median26 sales

239.75

−127.04

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,585	82.89	1,314	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,616	59.38	960	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,395	52.29	729	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,141	44.95	513	33
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,265	84.09	1,064	13
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,332	69.80	930	5thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,355	97.93	1,327	7thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	90.79	1,329	65
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,258	81.79	1,029	10
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,251	117.00	1,464	15
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,159	114.96	1,332	11
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,370	97.00	1,329	1thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,369	120.25	1,646	11
Steers	Choice	Average	1,274	116.27	1,481	51
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,253	108.18	1,355	8thin

Every lot, as filed

80 lots · USDA AMS · Shipshewana Livestock Auction - Shipshewana, 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	8,701	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	59.64/cwt	56.50–62.00	876	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,372	43.53/cwt	40.00–49.50	597	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	46.99/cwt	46.50–47.50	775	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,112	44.58/cwt	40.00–49.00	496	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	619.21/cwt	590.00–650.00	6,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	876	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	63.14/cwt	62.50–65.00	1,070	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	—	1,005.00/cwt	860.00–1,150.00	—	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	535	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	567	4
Stock Cows	Small and Medium 1	—	985	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	983	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	7,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	752	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	895	63.32/cwt	59.00–66.00	567	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	583	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	548	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	586	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	84.21/cwt	81.00–87.50	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	794	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	612	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	649	2
Heifers	Choice	—	1,159	114.96/cwt	114.00–116.00	1,332	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,566	58.74/cwt	54.00–60.50	920	24
Dairy Heifers	Choice	—	1,265	84.09/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,064	13
Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,369	120.25/cwt	120.25–120.25	1,646	11
Steers	Choice	—	1,274	116.27/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,481	51
Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,253	108.18/cwt	106.00–108.50	1,355	8
Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,370	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,329	1
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,251	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,464	15
Dairy Steers	Choice	—	1,464	90.79/cwt	87.00–93.75	1,329	65
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	—	1,258	81.79/cwt	80.00–83.00	1,029	10
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	—	1,355	97.93/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,327	7
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,332	69.80/cwt	65.00–75.00	930	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	52.50/cwt	46.00–56.00	723	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,198	50.83/cwt	49.00–53.50	609	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,156	33.61/cwt	30.00–35.00	389	4
Bulls	—	—	1,618	80.04/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,295	5
Bulls	—	—	1,503	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,353	2
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	965	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	7,817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	113.50/cwt	112.50–114.00	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	837	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	705	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	462	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	895	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	532	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	627	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	577	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	773	2
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	545	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	491	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	86.69/cwt	85.00–90.00	659	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	499	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	549	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	896	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	107.82/cwt	102.00–114.00	618	2
Steers	Small and Medium 2Value Added	—	496	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	575	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	—	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	—	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,175	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	924	84.06/cwt	80.00–88.00	777	5
Bred Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	740	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,034	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	365	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	319	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	99	109.96/cwt	105.00–125.00	109	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	327	114.06/cwt	110.00–115.00	373	14
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	1,042	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	761	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	93	90.70/cwt	85.00–100.00	84	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3Fancy	—	119	115.03/cwt	110.00–130.00	137	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	257	113.25/cwt	110.00–115.00	291	9
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	352	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	326	4
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	466	81.32/cwt	80.00–82.00	379	6
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	113	98.08/cwt	85.00–105.00	111	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	570	76.96/cwt	76.00–78.00	439	2
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	460	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	359	7
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	135	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	97	1

How this sale compares

Indiana weighted averages

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