Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2019-09-25

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 25
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▼ 180 vs last sale 508▲ 328 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
594 head
▲ 158 vs last sale 436▲ 594 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 28 vs last sale 31▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 64▲ 64 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 1.00 higher. Dairy steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 higher based on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $105.21/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −133.87 against this barn's trailing median of $239.08.
Average price
$105.21
34 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$549
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$48.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.89
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1484119.1457723
Medium and Large 1-259080.674766thin
Medium and Large 261670.604355thin
One grade step is worth $48.54/cwt here — about $142 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
280252224196median 239.0802/1104/0806/1008/0509/30
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $209.68, median $239.08 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 sale34 hd
105.21
—
IN average4 barns · 516 hd
107.10
−1.89
This barn, trailing median26 sales
239.08
−133.87
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—High1,66079.661,32222
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,47756.1482926
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28548.5962458
CowsLean 85-90%High1,11936.4140728
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,40889.901,26611
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41268.499674thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,05553.505641thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,48793.601,3926thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42988.501,26595
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33179.911,0644thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,24768.668566thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,323106.601,41016
HeifersChoiceAverage1,267100.811,27723
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23193.501,1517thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,11075.008331thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,297107.901,3999thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,244101.971,26976
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27895.091,21513
SteersSelectAverage1,29587.261,1302thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—226132.00/cwt132.00–132.002985
BullsMedium and Large 1—523130.00/cwt130.00–130.006803
BullsMedium and Large 1—355101.00/cwt101.00–101.003592
BullsMedium and Large 1—475101.00/cwt101.00–101.004801
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38161.18/cwt60.00–61.508455
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13745.29/cwt42.00–49.0051510
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14924.46/cwt20.00–30.002818
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46656.49/cwt55.00–59.0082816
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,60850.00/cwt50.00–50.008045
Bulls——1,79691.27/cwt88.50–95.501,6394
SteersSelect and Choice—1,27895.09/cwt92.00–96.501,21513
SteersChoice—1,244101.97/cwt98.00–106.001,26976
HeifersChoice—1,267100.81/cwt95.00–104.901,27723
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,23193.50/cwt93.50–93.501,1517
HeifersSelect—1,11075.00/cwt75.00–75.008331
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,323106.60/cwt106.60–106.601,41016
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,05553.50/cwt53.50–53.505641
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,40889.90/cwt89.90–89.901,26611
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—8333.32/cwt10.00–55.002836
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—18035.00/cwt35.00–35.00631
SteersSelect—1,29587.26/cwt85.00–89.001,1302
SteersChoice and Prime—1,297107.90/cwt107.90–107.901,3999
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,48793.60/cwt93.60–93.601,3926
Dairy SteersChoice—1,42988.50/cwt82.00–93.001,26595
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,33179.91/cwt77.00–84.001,0644
Dairy SteersSelect—1,24768.66/cwt65.00–73.008566
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,41268.49/cwt67.00–73.009674
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—10546.77/cwt35.00–80.004918
Bulls——1,66380.62/cwt77.50–87.001,34111
Bulls——1,57871.51/cwt66.00–75.501,1287
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30749.17/cwt44.00–52.5064338
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,22639.29/cwt35.00–42.004829
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25654.21/cwt53.00–57.0068111
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07637.09/cwt31.00–40.0039910
Dairy SteersLarge 3—60380.00/cwt80.00–80.004824
Dairy SteersLarge 3—46782.00/cwt82.00–82.003832
Dairy SteersLarge 3—36276.00/cwt76.00–76.002752
Dairy SteersLarge 3—33377.32/cwt74.00–79.002573
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—94538.00/cwt38.00–38.003591
SteersMedium and Large 2—77871.00/cwt71.00–71.005523
SteersMedium and Large 2—37270.00/cwt70.00–70.002602
HeifersMedium and Large 2—67777.00/cwt77.00–77.005212
HeifersMedium and Large 2—61565.00/cwt65.00–65.004003
BullsMedium and Large 2—68074.00/cwt74.00–74.005031
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—98070.00/cwt70.00–70.006861
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,35555.00/cwt55.00–55.007451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—53080.00/cwt80.00–80.004241
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—70281.00/cwt81.00–81.005694
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—20080.00/cwt80.00–80.001601
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—51580.00/cwt80.00–80.004121
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—34095.00/cwt95.00–95.003231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—450103.00/cwt103.00–103.004642
HeifersMedium and Large 1—540117.01/cwt115.00–120.006325
HeifersMedium and Large 1—210130.00/cwt130.00–130.002734
SteersMedium and Large 1—282117.74/cwt115.00–122.003323
SteersMedium and Large 1—330112.50/cwt112.50–112.503711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—322110.37/cwt109.00–111.003553
SteersMedium and Large 1—410127.00/cwt127.00–127.005211
SteersMedium and Large 1—375127.50/cwt127.50–127.504781
SteersMedium and Large 1—145130.00/cwt130.00–130.001891
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—478138.00/cwt138.00–138.006603
SteersMedium and Large 1—512131.51/cwt130.00–132.006734
SteersMedium and Large 1—560116.00/cwt103.00–129.006502
SteersMedium and Large 1—472115.00/cwt115.00–115.005432
SteersMedium and Large 1—654100.26/cwt90.00–107.006564
SteersMedium and Large 1—87087.00/cwt87.00–87.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418109.00/cwt97.50–114.004567
HeifersMedium and Large 1—61093.00/cwt93.00–93.005671

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.