Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-01-29

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
207 head
49 vs last sale 256 207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
505 head
5 vs last sale 500 505 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
24 head
8 vs last sale 16 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
68 head
3 vs last sale 71 68 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 3.00 lower and slaughter heifers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 5.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 5.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $113.95/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 124.48 against this barn's trailing median of $238.44.
Average price
$113.95
32 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$623
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$92
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$31.43/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.78
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534116.4362229
Medium and Large 1-257792.505342thin
Medium and Large 284085.007141thin
One grade step is worth $31.43/cwt here — about −$92 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
280254228201median 238.4412/1702/1804/2906/2408/19
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $215.36, median $238.44 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 sale32 hd
113.95
IN average4 barns · 419 hd
118.73
−4.78
This barn, trailing median28 sales
238.44
−124.48
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
BullsHigh1,74189.741,56215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,66661.331,02134
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,43653.5777063
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17844.8752986
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37486.561,1899thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,45078.131,1337thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46690.931,33374
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30679.651,04016
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,395122.001,7021thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,317113.881,50011
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34688.071,1859thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,14080.009121thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,347121.391,63510
SteersChoiceAverage1,317111.451,46833
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,375105.501,4511thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 1Fancy527130.00/cwt130.00–130.006852
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy667128.00/cwt128.00–128.008542
BullsMedium and Large 1620105.00/cwt105.00–105.006513
Dairy SteersLarge 377860.00/cwt60.00–60.004673
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,21584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0211
Dairy SteersLarge 390061.00/cwt61.00–61.005491
HeifersSelect1,14080.00/cwt80.00–80.009121
HeifersSelect and Choice1,34688.07/cwt85.00–90.501,1859
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,30679.65/cwt79.50–82.001,04016
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,45078.13/cwt76.00–79.501,1337
SteersSelect and Choice1,375105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,4511
SteersChoice1,317111.45/cwt108.00–116.501,46833
HeifersChoice and Prime1,395122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7021
SteersChoice and Prime1,347121.39/cwt120.75–122.001,63510
CowsLean 85-90%1,24252.05/cwt50.00–55.5064610
CowsLean 85-90%1,13434.76/cwt30.00–40.0039411
CowsLean 85-90%1,17645.48/cwt40.00–49.5053565
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56652.46/cwt50.50–55.508225
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70162.38/cwt57.00–66.501,06127
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43569.25/cwt68.50–70.009942
Dairy SteersChoice1,46690.93/cwt86.00–94.101,33374
HeifersChoice1,317113.88/cwt107.00–116.001,50011
Dairy HeifersChoice1,37486.56/cwt86.50–87.001,1899
Bulls1,77199.41/cwt93.00–103.001,7616
Bulls1,74584.20/cwt79.00–89.001,4698
Bulls1,53076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,1631
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52747.46/cwt46.00–48.507257
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48858.17/cwt56.00–63.0086616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40052.80/cwt49.00–59.0073940
SteersMedium and Large 284085.00/cwt85.00–85.007141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-278587.50/cwt87.50–87.506871
Baby Bull CalvesN/A9070.98/cwt10.00–110.006421
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A11025.00/cwt25.00–25.00281
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A7523.00/cwt15.00–30.00172
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10789.02/cwt15.00–115.009519
SteersMedium and Large 1312115.00/cwt115.00–115.003592
SteersMedium and Large 1658121.00/cwt121.00–121.007963
HeifersMedium and Large 1505107.50/cwt107.50–107.505431
HeifersMedium and Large 160597.50/cwt97.50–97.505901
HeifersMedium and Large 1583104.53/cwt95.00–110.006095
SteersMedium and Large 1-257792.50/cwt92.50–92.505342
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,05574.02/cwt68.00–77.507813
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,349820.85/cwt800.00–850.0011,07310
HeifersMedium and Large 1657112.50/cwt112.50–112.507392
HeifersMedium and Large 1340118.00/cwt118.00–118.004011
HeifersMedium and Large 1405107.50/cwt107.50–107.504351
SteersMedium and Large 1431110.00/cwt110.00–110.004743
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,079561.03/cwt475.00–585.006,0545
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 21,066520.00/cwt520.00–520.005,5433
SteersMedium and Large 1573116.26/cwt110.00–120.006668
SteersMedium and Large 1517115.22/cwt109.00–123.0059611
HeifersMedium and Large 251580.00/cwt80.00–80.004121
Stock CowsMedium and Large 286040.00/cwt40.00–40.003443

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.