Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2019-06-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
344 head
75 vs last sale 269 344 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
483 head
29 vs last sale 512 483 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
8 vs last sale 16 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
56 head
50 vs last sale 106 56 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 7.00 lower. Holstein steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 9.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $87.78/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 152.93 against this barn's trailing median of $240.71.
Average price
$87.78
16 head · 706 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$144
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$34.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.33
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1673104.297027thin
Medium and Large 1-259885.175103thin
Medium and Large 279969.835586thin
One grade step is worth $34.46/cwt here — about $144 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

28 sales
282257232207median 240.7112/1702/1804/2906/2408/19
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $267.56, low $220.81, median $240.71 across 28 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 sale16 hd
87.78
IN average4 barns · 446 hd
107.11
−19.33
This barn, trailing median28 sales
240.71
−152.93
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
BullsAverage1,67479.671,33321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63558.5595731
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36252.7071882
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10541.1345454
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,35180.491,0877thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,00055.745572thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeHigh1,27094.001,1941thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,44687.281,26265
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,18774.2288113
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,12567.847633thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,303107.501,4014thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,112105.281,17154
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22184.131,0274thin
HeifersSelectAverage92567.066202thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,379109.461,5099thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,248104.841,30856
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,05192.009677thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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
Bulls1,72680.19/cwt75.50–84.501,3849
Bulls1,52569.49/cwt63.50–73.001,0606
Bulls1,74489.06/cwt85.00–93.501,5536
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63460.28/cwt56.00–65.0098522
CowsLean 85-90%1,19552.54/cwt51.00–54.006284
CowsLean 85-90%1,05735.43/cwt30.00–40.0037425
Dairy SteersChoice1,44687.28/cwt80.00–90.001,26265
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,27094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,1941
Dairy SteersSelect1,12567.84/cwt65.50–70.007633
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,18774.22/cwt71.00–79.0088113
SteersSelect and Choice1,05192.00/cwt92.00–92.009677
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added46082.35/cwt80.00–87.003799
Dairy SteersLarge 328062.00/cwt62.00–62.001747
Dairy SteersLarge 356171.00/cwt71.00–71.003984
Dairy SteersLarge 349363.00/cwt63.00–63.003114
Dairy SteersLarge 366069.00/cwt69.00–69.004552
Dairy SteersLarge 363073.00/cwt73.00–73.004602
Dairy SteersLarge 378370.00/cwt70.00–70.005488
Dairy SteersLarge 371573.00/cwt73.00–73.005227
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2990635.00/cwt635.00–635.006,2871
SteersMedium and Large 265579.00/cwt79.00–79.005171
HeifersMedium and Large 280870.00/cwt70.00–70.005663
HeifersMedium and Large 279069.65/cwt68.00–73.005503
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,154800.75/cwt775.00–875.009,2415
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297857.54/cwt56.00–59.005632
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,060690.00/cwt690.00–690.007,3141
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2940490.00/cwt490.00–490.004,6061
HeifersMedium and Large 1-245092.50/cwt92.50–92.504161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-279083.00/cwt83.00–83.006561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-255580.00/cwt80.00–80.004441
BullsSmall and Medium 1-21,0551,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,3411
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,08574.00/cwt74.00–74.008031
BullsMedium and Large 1-274074.00/cwt74.00–74.005481
BullsMedium and Large 1-250077.50/cwt77.50–77.503881
SteersMedium and Large 164095.00/cwt95.00–95.006081
SteersMedium and Large 154091.00/cwt91.00–91.004911
SteersMedium and Large 141099.13/cwt92.00–101.004065
SteersMedium and Large 1723101.00/cwt101.00–101.007303
HeifersMedium and Large 1717102.00/cwt102.00–102.007313
HeifersMedium and Large 1603109.00/cwt109.00–109.006573
HeifersMedium and Large 175097.00/cwt97.00–97.007281
BullsSmall and Medium 153095.00/cwt95.00–95.005041
BullsMedium and Large 177790.00/cwt90.00–90.006992
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71150.67/cwt45.00–53.508677
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,37367.10/cwt66.00–69.009212
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35752.55/cwt47.00–57.0071358
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35358.62/cwt57.00–62.0079315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41043.77/cwt41.00–46.006179
CowsLean 85-90%1,13845.00/cwt41.00–50.0051225
SteersChoice and Prime1,379109.46/cwt109.00–109.751,5099
SteersChoice1,248104.84/cwt100.00–107.501,30856
HeifersChoice and Prime1,303107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,4014
HeifersChoice1,112105.28/cwt99.00–106.251,17154
HeifersSelect and Choice1,22184.13/cwt81.00–90.001,0274
HeifersSelect92567.06/cwt64.00–70.006202
Dairy HeifersChoice1,35180.49/cwt75.00–83.501,0877
Dairy HeifersSelect1,00055.74/cwt55.00–56.505572
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A7035.00/cwt35.00–35.00251
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8546.68/cwt25.00–65.004030
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10860.10/cwt40.00–70.006518

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.