Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2019-06-19

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▲ 131 vs last sale 269▲ 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
627 head
▲ 115 vs last sale 512▲ 627 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 38 vs last sale 106▲ 68 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as market not reported last week. As rain continues in the area this has kept a lot of farmers out of the fields. The auction had good attendance today and also an increase in the number of receipts. Good demand also noted on slaughter cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $100.39/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −138.71 against this barn's trailing median of $239.10.
Average price
$100.39
23 head · 782 lb average
Value per head Derived
$785
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.12
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1772109.4284514thin
Medium and Large 1-21,14892.331,0603thin
Medium and Large 262283.335196thin
One grade step is worth $26.09/cwt here — about $326 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

27 sales
280252224196median 239.1001/2804/0106/0308/0509/30
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $209.68, median $239.10 across 27 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 sale23 hd
100.39
—
IN average4 barns · 471 hd
112.51
−12.12
This barn, trailing median27 sales
239.10
−138.71
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
Bulls—High1,70388.861,51328
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,53961.3494431
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34652.8371157
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23342.9953056
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,16085.009861thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,42568.009691thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,41491.681,29627
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41188.741,252113
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,28382.341,05615
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,27974.1694913
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,220115.001,4032thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,193108.571,29568
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22389.461,0943thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,31575.009861thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,299118.261,5364thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,291111.861,444117
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,28797.031,24913
SteersSelectAverage1,47586.321,2732thin

Every lot, as filed

64 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1—853113.00/cwt113.00–113.009643
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,76347.95/cwt46.00–50.008452
Dairy SteersLarge 3—61066.00/cwt66.00–66.004031
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,35452.69/cwt47.50–57.5071338
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22833.98/cwt30.00–38.0041716
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54161.84/cwt55.00–65.0095327
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,28382.34/cwt80.00–87.001,05615
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—10668.36/cwt35.00–80.007220
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—8520.00/cwt20.00–20.00171
Dairy SteersChoice—1,41188.74/cwt82.00–91.001,252113
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,41491.68/cwt91.50–92.501,29627
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,22389.46/cwt88.00–93.001,0943
SteersChoice and Prime—1,299118.26/cwt116.00–119.001,5364
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—8762.57/cwt25.00–85.005433
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,42568.00/cwt68.00–68.009691
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,16085.00/cwt85.00–85.009861
Dairy SteersSelect—1,27974.16/cwt72.00–76.0094913
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,220115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,4032
HeifersSelect—1,31575.00/cwt75.00–75.009861
HeifersChoice—1,193108.57/cwt100.00–112.001,29568
SteersChoice—1,291111.86/cwt106.00–115.001,444117
SteersSelect—1,47586.32/cwt84.00–88.001,2732
SteersSelect and Choice—1,28797.03/cwt94.50–104.501,24913
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17452.27/cwt51.00–54.506144
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25844.63/cwt40.00–47.005618
Bulls——1,923102.10/cwt98.00–106.001,9635
Bulls——1,59879.05/cwt74.00–84.001,2638
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38359.28/cwt58.00–62.0082011
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,29567.94/cwt66.00–70.008802
BullsMedium and Large 1—51095.00/cwt95.00–95.004851
BullsMedium and Large 1—63590.00/cwt90.00–90.005721
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 1—87094.00/cwt94.00–94.008181
HeifersMedium and Large 1—708117.00/cwt117.00–117.008285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—588103.88/cwt103.00–104.006118
SteersMedium and Large 1—620112.50/cwt112.50–112.506981
SteersMedium and Large 1—660100.00/cwt100.00–100.006601
SteersMedium and Large 1—545100.00/cwt100.00–100.005451
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—490122.00/cwt122.00–122.005981
SteersMedium and Large 1—490114.00/cwt114.00–114.005591
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365118.00/cwt118.00–118.004311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—440117.00/cwt117.00–117.005151
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,048105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1004
SteersMedium and Large 1—581115.48/cwt110.00–118.006713
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—46777.50/cwt77.50–77.503621
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—62281.00/cwt81.00–81.005042
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—440102.50/cwt102.50–102.504512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—65595.00/cwt95.00–95.006221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—1,39591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,2692
BullsMedium and Large 2—63070.00/cwt70.00–70.004412
BullsMedium and Large 2—48074.00/cwt74.00–74.003554
HeifersMedium and Large 2—70788.00/cwt88.00–88.006222
SteersMedium and Large 2—47382.50/cwt82.50–82.503903
SteersMedium and Large 2—81085.00/cwt85.00–85.006892
SteersMedium and Large 2—69582.50/cwt82.50–82.505731
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—77089.00/cwt89.00–89.006851
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—37384.00/cwt84.00–84.003133
Dairy SteersLarge 3—56674.00/cwt74.00–74.004193
Dairy SteersLarge 3—73065.00/cwt65.00–65.004751
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,18674.99/cwt71.00–79.008894
Dairy SteersLarge 3—37665.00/cwt65.00–65.002447
Dairy SteersLarge 3—28170.81/cwt69.00–72.501998
CowsLean 85-90%—1,24245.96/cwt40.00–50.0057136
Bulls——1,68589.68/cwt86.00–95.001,51115

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.