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 26 comparable sales and sits −132.93 against this barn's trailing median of $239.75.
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

26 sales
280253226199median 239.7501/2103/2505/2707/2209/16
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $213.44, 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 sale45 hd
106.82
—
IN average4 barns · 764 hd
125.86
−19.04
This barn, trailing median26 sales
239.75
−132.93
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
Bulls—High1,69172.461,22516
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
HeifersChoice—1,182105.24/cwt97.00–106.501,24427
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,34479.25/cwt75.00–82.501,06513
Dairy SteersChoice—1,47888.93/cwt85.00–92.001,31458
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535108.57/cwt105.00–112.005812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—636131.00/cwt131.00–131.0083312
BullsMedium and Large 1—1,03683.00/cwt83.00–83.008603
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45245.90/cwt42.00–50.0066657
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,08589.26/cwt87.00–92.009682
SteersMedium and Large 1—376113.00/cwt113.00–113.004256
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740109.00/cwt109.00–109.008072
SteersMedium and Large 1—268121.00/cwt121.00–121.003243
SteersMedium and Large 1—93090.00/cwt90.00–90.008371
SteersMedium and Large 1—560131.00/cwt131.00–131.007344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—825110.00/cwt110.00–110.009082
HeifersMedium and Large 1—872102.00/cwt102.00–102.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1—364122.00/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/A—17541.14/cwt30.00–50.00722
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—11340.48/cwt25.00–50.004614
SteersChoice and Prime—1,470117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,7206
SteersChoice—1,290107.62/cwt94.00–113.501,38888
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,267107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,3627
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—9028.86/cwt20.00–45.002625
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,26070.00/cwt70.00–70.008821
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,19156.98/cwt55.00–60.006794
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,32584.64/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
Bulls——1,86277.21/cwt74.00–82.501,43811
Bulls——1,38365.01/cwt61.00–69.008994
Bulls——1,04550.00/cwt50.00–50.005231
Dairy SteersLarge 3—67074.22/cwt68.00–76.004978
Dairy SteersLarge 3—56470.38/cwt65.00–77.003975
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—40063.00/cwt63.00–63.002521
Dairy SteersLarge 3—38667.00/cwt67.00–67.002593
Dairy SteersLarge 3—85060.00/cwt60.00–60.005101
Dairy SteersLarge 3—33062.45/cwt58.00–64.002064
Dairy SteersLarge 3—47567.28/cwt58.00–72.003203
Dairy SteersLarge 3—90065.00/cwt65.00–65.005852
Dairy SteersLarge 3—96562.00/cwt62.00–62.005981
Dairy SteersLarge 3—70678.00/cwt78.00–78.005513
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—57680.00/cwt80.00–80.004615
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—33484.96/cwt83.00–88.0028410
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—38083.00/cwt83.00–83.003158
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—63680.00/cwt80.00–80.005094
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—61560.00/cwt60.00–60.003691
SteersMedium and Large 2—92065.81/cwt64.00–67.006055
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—909507.65/cwt460.00–550.004,6152
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2—84249.00/cwt49.00–49.004131
SteersMedium and Large 2—53066.00/cwt66.00–66.003507
SteersMedium and Large 2—89074.00/cwt74.00–74.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2—85064.00/cwt64.00–64.005441
BullsMedium and Large 2—1,08555.00/cwt55.00–55.005971
BullsMedium and Large 2—99555.00/cwt55.00–55.005471
BullsMedium and Large 2—53069.00/cwt69.00–69.003661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—58582.00/cwt82.00–82.004801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—42596.00/cwt96.00–96.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—73087.00/cwt87.00–87.006351
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,10585.00/cwt85.00–85.009391
SteersMedium and Large 1—330114.00/cwt114.00–114.003761
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—355132.00/cwt132.00–132.004691
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—634135.97/cwt135.00–138.008626
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555110.00/cwt110.00–110.006114
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—475137.00/cwt137.00–137.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633110.75/cwt102.00–118.007013
SteersMedium and Large 1—513117.51/cwt115.00–120.006032
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—519135.00/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.