Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2019-11-13

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 13
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
333 head
▼ 29 vs last sale 362▲ 333 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
381 head
▼ 119 vs last sale 500▲ 381 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 6 vs last sale 12▲ 6 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
37 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 58▲ 37 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers were mostly steady to 4.00 higher and dairy steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. A winter storm slowed livestock movement as area farmers are trying to finish harvest.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $80.64/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −161.91 against this barn's trailing median of $242.55.
Average price
$80.64
36 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$570
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.55/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.06
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 167390.3060713thin
Medium and Large 1-270877.7955119thin
Medium and Large 281562.755114thin
One grade step is worth $27.55/cwt here — about $96 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
282257232207median 242.5501/2103/2505/2707/2909/16
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $267.56, low $220.81, median $242.55 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 sale36 hd
80.64
—
IN average4 barns · 365 hd
108.69
−28.06
This barn, trailing median27 sales
242.55
−161.91
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—Low1,68767.871,14512
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56653.5583939
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34044.1959254
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20735.1242442
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,55070.491,0932thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,54494.001,4518thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,42790.471,29144
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,46279.271,15912
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,85970.501,3115thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,335110.001,4691thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,224106.011,29810
HeifersSelectAverage1,36080.461,0944thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,527120.991,84816
SteersChoiceAverage1,321113.801,50321
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,331105.891,40919

Every lot, as filed

70 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—278100.72/cwt97.50–104.002802
SteersMedium and Large 1—17586.00/cwt86.00–86.001512
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—523121.00/cwt121.00–121.006333
SteersMedium and Large 1—54399.96/cwt92.00–108.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—37093.77/cwt90.00–101.003473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—69083.78/cwt79.50–88.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—88489.00/cwt89.00–89.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 1—63594.00/cwt94.00–94.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 1—56592.00/cwt92.00–92.005201
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56753.52/cwt49.00–56.0083923
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33736.36/cwt33.50–40.004869
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36151.53/cwt50.00–52.007014
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,49456.39/cwt56.25–57.5084212
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,77945.22/cwt40.00–48.008044
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33845.19/cwt39.00–49.0060541
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—1005.00/cwt5.00–5.0051
SteersChoice and Prime—1,527120.99/cwt120.00–122.001,84816
SteersSelect and Choice—1,331105.89/cwt101.50–108.501,40919
HeifersSelect—1,36080.46/cwt80.00–82.001,0944
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,335110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4691
HeifersChoice—1,224106.01/cwt101.00–109.001,29810
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—10765.16/cwt10.00–100.00709
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—8148.32/cwt5.00–95.003924
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,54494.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4518
Dairy SteersChoice—1,42790.47/cwt86.50–93.501,29144
Dairy SteersSelect—1,85970.50/cwt70.50–70.501,3115
SteersChoice—1,321113.80/cwt110.00–118.001,50321
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,55070.49/cwt70.00–71.001,0932
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,46279.27/cwt78.50–83.001,15912
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25337.28/cwt32.00–42.0046728
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09027.10/cwt24.50–31.0029511
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21244.31/cwt43.00–45.005373
Bulls——1,43555.00/cwt55.00–55.007891
Bulls——1,80464.79/cwt59.00–69.001,1697
Bulls——1,54676.49/cwt73.50–79.501,1834
SteersMedium and Large 1—470101.13/cwt95.00–107.004752
SteersMedium and Large 1—235103.00/cwt103.00–103.002421
SteersMedium and Large 1—325105.00/cwt105.00–105.003411
SteersMedium and Large 1—682111.00/cwt111.00–111.007572
SteersMedium and Large 1—703112.00/cwt112.00–112.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1—555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
SteersMedium and Large 1—99091.00/cwt91.00–91.009011
SteersMedium and Large 1—39097.50/cwt97.50–97.503801
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—652120.00/cwt120.00–120.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,13058.00/cwt58.00–58.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—80572.00/cwt72.00–72.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—52075.00/cwt75.00–75.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—71173.00/cwt73.00–73.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—62180.00/cwt80.00–80.004973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—65778.69/cwt74.00–81.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—78082.00/cwt82.00–82.006405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,03078.00/cwt78.00–78.008031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,055650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8581
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—97549.00/cwt49.00–49.004781
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,035630.00/cwt630.00–630.006,5211
SteersMedium and Large 2—79575.00/cwt75.00–75.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 2—93565.00/cwt65.00–65.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 2—77562.00/cwt62.00–62.004813
SteersMedium and Large 2—64070.00/cwt70.00–70.004482
Dairy SteersLarge 3—62762.83/cwt54.00–68.003945
Dairy SteersLarge 3—46663.28/cwt62.00–65.002957
Dairy SteersLarge 3—68874.46/cwt59.00–78.0051221
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,07054.00/cwt54.00–54.005781
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—41562.00/cwt62.00–62.002571
Dairy SteersLarge 3—39065.00/cwt65.00–65.002542
Dairy SteersLarge 3—50071.00/cwt71.00–71.003552
Dairy SteersLarge 3—81065.00/cwt65.00–65.005272
Dairy SteersLarge 3—23662.50/cwt62.50–62.501483
Dairy SteersLarge 3—41560.68/cwt58.00–62.002526
Dairy SteersLarge 3—74061.00/cwt61.00–61.004511

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.