Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-02-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 26
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
289 head
59 vs last sale 348 289 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
349 head
94 vs last sale 443 349 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
59 head
20 vs last sale 79 59 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter dairy steers were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 4.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Lighter receipts were noted today as a winter storm moved into the area making transportation challenging.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.71/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 110.00 against this barn's trailing median of $240.71.
Average price
$130.71
14 head · 430 lb average
Value per head Derived
$562
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+14.88
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1430130.7156214thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale14 hd
130.71
IN average4 barns · 238 hd
115.84
+14.88
This barn, trailing median28 sales
240.71
−110.00
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
BullsAverage1,85788.901,6515thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63665.111,06570
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,44160.4087073
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18347.7456528
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,29882.731,07421
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,46795.501,40112
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,44190.381,30218
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29579.971,03612
HeifersChoiceAverage1,251108.721,3606thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,272119.501,5204thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,292114.791,4837thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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 1890106.00/cwt106.00–106.009431
CowsLean 85-90%1,22455.15/cwt55.00–56.006756
CowsLean 85-90%1,18139.17/cwt35.00–44.004638
CowsLean 85-90%1,16649.47/cwt45.00–54.5057714
HeifersMedium and Large 1565107.50/cwt107.50–107.506071
HeifersMedium and Large 1720100.00/cwt100.00–100.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 1454142.50/cwt142.50–142.506475
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy352130.00/cwt130.00–130.004587
Bulls1,85788.90/cwt84.00–93.001,6515
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33852.01/cwt48.50–54.006967
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45261.29/cwt55.00–65.0089066
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2561
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60955.84/cwt54.00–59.008984
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63665.57/cwt62.50–71.001,07365
Dairy SteersChoice1,44190.38/cwt84.50–92.751,30218
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,46795.50/cwt95.50–95.501,40112
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,29579.97/cwt79.75–81.001,03612
Dairy HeifersChoice1,29882.73/cwt80.00–88.001,07421
Dairy SteersLarge 334577.50/cwt77.50–77.502671
Dairy SteersLarge 337477.33/cwt67.50–80.002897
SteersMedium and Large 177595.00/cwt95.00–95.007361
SteersChoice and Prime1,272119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,5204
SteersMedium and Large 173092.50/cwt92.50–92.506751
SteersMedium and Large 1615129.00/cwt129.00–129.007931
HeifersChoice1,251108.72/cwt105.00–112.001,3606
Baby Bull CalvesN/A37845.00/cwt45.00–45.001704
Baby Bull CalvesN/A44055.00/cwt55.00–55.002422
Baby Bull CalvesN/A20775.00/cwt75.00–75.001552
SteersChoice1,292114.79/cwt113.50–117.001,4837
SteersMedium and Large 1323130.69/cwt127.50–140.004224
SteersMedium and Large 1471135.00/cwt135.00–135.006363
Dairy HeifersLarge 341840.00/cwt40.00–40.001673
Dairy HeifersLarge 355042.50/cwt42.50–42.502341
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8779.43/cwt10.00–130.006924
Baby Bull CalvesN/A11395.58/cwt40.00–130.0010818
Baby Bull CalvesN/A29352.69/cwt50.00–55.0015411
Baby Bull CalvesN/A30649.61/cwt44.00–70.001525
Dairy SteersLarge 327680.40/cwt77.50–87.5022219
Dairy SteersLarge 318872.49/cwt70.00–77.5013615
Dairy SteersLarge 321976.87/cwt65.00–80.001689

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.