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 28 comparable sales and sits 160.07 against this barn's trailing median of $240.71.
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

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 sale36 hd
80.64
IN average4 barns · 365 hd
108.69
−28.06
This barn, trailing median28 sales
240.71
−160.07
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
BullsLow1,68767.871,14512
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 1278100.72/cwt97.50–104.002802
SteersMedium and Large 117586.00/cwt86.00–86.001512
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy523121.00/cwt121.00–121.006333
SteersMedium and Large 154399.96/cwt92.00–108.005432
HeifersMedium and Large 137093.77/cwt90.00–101.003473
HeifersMedium and Large 169083.78/cwt79.50–88.005782
HeifersMedium and Large 188489.00/cwt89.00–89.007875
HeifersMedium and Large 163594.00/cwt94.00–94.005972
HeifersMedium and Large 156592.00/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/A1005.00/cwt5.00–5.0051
SteersChoice and Prime1,527120.99/cwt120.00–122.001,84816
SteersSelect and Choice1,331105.89/cwt101.50–108.501,40919
HeifersSelect1,36080.46/cwt80.00–82.001,0944
HeifersChoice and Prime1,335110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4691
HeifersChoice1,224106.01/cwt101.00–109.001,29810
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10765.16/cwt10.00–100.00709
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8148.32/cwt5.00–95.003924
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,54494.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4518
Dairy SteersChoice1,42790.47/cwt86.50–93.501,29144
Dairy SteersSelect1,85970.50/cwt70.50–70.501,3115
SteersChoice1,321113.80/cwt110.00–118.001,50321
Dairy HeifersChoice1,55070.49/cwt70.00–71.001,0932
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,46279.27/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
Bulls1,43555.00/cwt55.00–55.007891
Bulls1,80464.79/cwt59.00–69.001,1697
Bulls1,54676.49/cwt73.50–79.501,1834
SteersMedium and Large 1470101.13/cwt95.00–107.004752
SteersMedium and Large 1235103.00/cwt103.00–103.002421
SteersMedium and Large 1325105.00/cwt105.00–105.003411
SteersMedium and Large 1682111.00/cwt111.00–111.007572
SteersMedium and Large 1703112.00/cwt112.00–112.007874
SteersMedium and Large 1555115.00/cwt115.00–115.006381
SteersMedium and Large 199091.00/cwt91.00–91.009011
SteersMedium and Large 139097.50/cwt97.50–97.503801
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy652120.00/cwt120.00–120.007822
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,13058.00/cwt58.00–58.006551
HeifersMedium and Large 1-280572.00/cwt72.00–72.005801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-252075.00/cwt75.00–75.003902
HeifersMedium and Large 1-271173.00/cwt73.00–73.005194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-262180.00/cwt80.00–80.004973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-265778.69/cwt74.00–81.005173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278082.00/cwt82.00–82.006405
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,03078.00/cwt78.00–78.008031
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,055650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,8581
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-297549.00/cwt49.00–49.004781
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035630.00/cwt630.00–630.006,5211
SteersMedium and Large 279575.00/cwt75.00–75.005961
HeifersMedium and Large 293565.00/cwt65.00–65.006081
HeifersMedium and Large 277562.00/cwt62.00–62.004813
SteersMedium and Large 264070.00/cwt70.00–70.004482
Dairy SteersLarge 362762.83/cwt54.00–68.003945
Dairy SteersLarge 346663.28/cwt62.00–65.002957
Dairy SteersLarge 368874.46/cwt59.00–78.0051221
Dairy SteersLarge 31,07054.00/cwt54.00–54.005781
Dairy HeifersLarge 341562.00/cwt62.00–62.002571
Dairy SteersLarge 339065.00/cwt65.00–65.002542
Dairy SteersLarge 350071.00/cwt71.00–71.003552
Dairy SteersLarge 381065.00/cwt65.00–65.005272
Dairy SteersLarge 323662.50/cwt62.50–62.501483
Dairy SteersLarge 341560.68/cwt58.00–62.002526
Dairy SteersLarge 374061.00/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.