Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2019-10-09

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 9
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
460 head
59 vs last sale 519 460 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
534 head
287 vs last sale 821 534 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
12 vs last sale 7 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
97 head
20 vs last sale 117 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Dairy steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. A lower undertone was noted on slaughter bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $106.82/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 132.28 against this barn's trailing median of $239.10.
Average price
$106.82
45 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$58.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
19.04
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1494125.4662030
Medium and Large 1-250589.004492thin
Medium and Large 270866.5447113thin
One grade step is worth $58.92/cwt here — about $149 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
280258235213median 239.1012/1702/1104/1506/1708/12
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $226.80, 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 sale45 hd
106.82
IN average4 barns · 764 hd
125.86
−19.04
This barn, trailing median27 sales
239.10
−132.28
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
BullsHigh1,69172.461,22516
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61149.7580179
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43545.6565563
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16138.6144869
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,32584.641,1219thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26070.008821thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,19156.986794thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47888.931,31458
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34479.251,06513
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,267107.501,3627thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,182105.241,24427
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,08589.269682thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,470117.001,7206thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,290107.621,38888

Every lot, as filed

71 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
HeifersChoice1,182105.24/cwt97.00–106.501,24427
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,34479.25/cwt75.00–82.501,06513
Dairy SteersChoice1,47888.93/cwt85.00–92.001,31458
HeifersMedium and Large 1535108.57/cwt105.00–112.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy636131.00/cwt131.00–131.0083312
BullsMedium and Large 11,03683.00/cwt83.00–83.008603
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45245.90/cwt42.00–50.0066657
HeifersSelect and Choice1,08589.26/cwt87.00–92.009682
SteersMedium and Large 1376113.00/cwt113.00–113.004256
HeifersMedium and Large 1740109.00/cwt109.00–109.008072
SteersMedium and Large 1268121.00/cwt121.00–121.003243
SteersMedium and Large 193090.00/cwt90.00–90.008371
SteersMedium and Large 1560131.00/cwt131.00–131.007344
HeifersMedium and Large 1825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009082
HeifersMedium and Large 1872102.00/cwt102.00–102.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1364122.00/cwt122.00–122.004445
CowsLean 85-90%1,06546.66/cwt46.00–47.004973
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60749.92/cwt45.00–54.0080277
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75343.18/cwt42.00–44.507572
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35852.73/cwt52.50–53.007162
Baby Bull CalvesN/A17541.14/cwt30.00–50.00722
Baby Bull CalvesN/A11340.48/cwt25.00–50.004614
SteersChoice and Prime1,470117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7206
SteersChoice1,290107.62/cwt94.00–113.501,38888
HeifersChoice and Prime1,267107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,3627
Baby Bull CalvesN/A9028.86/cwt20.00–45.002625
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,26070.00/cwt70.00–70.008821
Dairy HeifersSelect1,19156.98/cwt55.00–60.006794
Dairy HeifersChoice1,32584.64/cwt82.50–85.001,1219
CowsLean 85-90%1,06730.04/cwt25.00–33.5032110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23438.59/cwt36.00–40.504764
CowsLean 85-90%1,18339.71/cwt35.00–45.0047056
Bulls1,86277.21/cwt74.00–82.501,43811
Bulls1,38365.01/cwt61.00–69.008994
Bulls1,04550.00/cwt50.00–50.005231
Dairy SteersLarge 367074.22/cwt68.00–76.004978
Dairy SteersLarge 356470.38/cwt65.00–77.003975
Dairy HeifersLarge 340063.00/cwt63.00–63.002521
Dairy SteersLarge 338667.00/cwt67.00–67.002593
Dairy SteersLarge 385060.00/cwt60.00–60.005101
Dairy SteersLarge 333062.45/cwt58.00–64.002064
Dairy SteersLarge 347567.28/cwt58.00–72.003203
Dairy SteersLarge 390065.00/cwt65.00–65.005852
Dairy SteersLarge 396562.00/cwt62.00–62.005981
Dairy SteersLarge 370678.00/cwt78.00–78.005513
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy57680.00/cwt80.00–80.004615
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy33484.96/cwt83.00–88.0028410
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy38083.00/cwt83.00–83.003158
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy63680.00/cwt80.00–80.005094
Dairy HeifersLarge 361560.00/cwt60.00–60.003691
SteersMedium and Large 292065.81/cwt64.00–67.006055
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2909507.65/cwt460.00–550.004,6152
Stock CowsMedium and Large 284249.00/cwt49.00–49.004131
SteersMedium and Large 253066.00/cwt66.00–66.003507
SteersMedium and Large 289074.00/cwt74.00–74.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 285064.00/cwt64.00–64.005441
BullsMedium and Large 21,08555.00/cwt55.00–55.005971
BullsMedium and Large 299555.00/cwt55.00–55.005471
BullsMedium and Large 253069.00/cwt69.00–69.003661
SteersMedium and Large 1-258582.00/cwt82.00–82.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1-242596.00/cwt96.00–96.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-273087.00/cwt87.00–87.006351
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,10585.00/cwt85.00–85.009391
SteersMedium and Large 1330114.00/cwt114.00–114.003761
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy634135.97/cwt135.00–138.008626
HeifersMedium and Large 1555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 1633110.75/cwt102.00–118.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1513117.51/cwt115.00–120.006032
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy519135.00/cwt135.00–135.007015

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.