Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-03-11

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 11
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
429 head
140 vs last sale 289 429 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
343 head
6 vs last sale 349 343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
16 vs last sale 0 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
76 head
17 vs last sale 59 76 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

NOTICE: Shipshewana Hay Auction report is available here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/ams_3364.pdf No comparisons are available as auction was not reported last week but favorable weather conditions have finally moved back into the area which contributed to more livestock movement and good crowd attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $103.24/cwt on 50 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 135.86 against this barn's trailing median of $239.10.
Average price
$103.24
50 head · 496 lb average
Value per head Derived
$512
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$388
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2
$39.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.41
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1580113.4265832
Small and Medium 159596.005711thin
Medium and Large 1-243088.753822thin
Small and Medium 1-226787.002325thin
Medium and Large 234383.332859thin
Small and Medium 236574.002701thin
One grade step is worth $39.42/cwt here — about $388 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
280258235213median 239.1012/1702/1104/1506/1708/12
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $226.80, median $239.10 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 sale50 hd
103.24
IN average4 barns · 353 hd
114.65
−11.41
This barn, trailing median27 sales
239.10
−135.86
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
BullsAverage1,75894.791,6678thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69066.821,12919
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40761.3986457
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17551.5960614
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,49787.191,3057thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,16574.008621thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,51192.721,40127
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,33884.751,1349thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,312109.001,43012
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,285117.501,5103thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,299111.441,44816
SteersChoiceAverage1,353111.071,50328

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Dairy HeifersSelect1,16574.00/cwt74.00–74.008621
SteersSelect and Choice1,299111.44/cwt105.50–113.251,44816
SteersChoice and Prime1,285117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,5103
SteersChoice1,353111.07/cwt106.50–115.001,50328
HeifersChoice1,312109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,43012
CowsLean 85-90%1,23352.49/cwt48.00–55.0064711
CowsLean 85-90%92843.47/cwt42.00–44.504032
CowsLean 85-90%1,03058.00/cwt58.00–58.005971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70765.08/cwt59.00–68.501,11113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65270.59/cwt69.00–77.001,1666
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36360.85/cwt55.00–65.0082943
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55767.55/cwt63.00–71.001,05210
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50851.85/cwt46.50–54.507824
Bulls1,85490.78/cwt87.00–97.001,6834
SteersMedium and Large 236282.50/cwt82.50–82.502992
SteersMedium and Large 226785.00/cwt85.00–85.002272
SteersMedium and Large 284585.00/cwt85.00–85.007181
SteersMedium and Large 1-247590.00/cwt90.00–90.004281
SteersMedium and Large 1-238587.50/cwt87.50–87.503371
SteersMedium and Large 1608118.55/cwt110.00–125.0072112
SteersMedium and Large 1356126.28/cwt125.00–135.004508
SteersMedium and Large 180084.00/cwt84.00–84.006724
SteersMedium and Large 11,14088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,0032
SteersMedium and Large 1740100.97/cwt97.00–105.007472
SteersMedium and Large 1423108.86/cwt102.50–115.004602
SteersMedium and Large 1220125.00/cwt125.00–125.002751
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005671
HeifersSmall and Medium 1320107.50/cwt107.50–107.503441
HeifersMedium and Large 287574.00/cwt74.00–74.006482
HeifersMedium and Large 266574.00/cwt74.00–74.004921
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,04084.00/cwt84.00–84.008742
HeifersMedium and Large 1-244087.50/cwt87.50–87.503851
HeifersMedium and Large 1782111.00/cwt111.00–111.008682
HeifersMedium and Large 1297125.00/cwt125.00–125.003712
HeifersMedium and Large 1415120.00/cwt120.00–120.004981
BullsSmall and Medium 1-21,05068.00/cwt68.00–68.007141
BullsSmall and Medium 1-250080.00/cwt80.00–80.004001
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,19072.00/cwt72.00–72.008571
Bulls1,763104.07/cwt101.00–108.001,8353
Bulls1,36083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1291
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8164.21/cwt15.00–120.005249
Baby Bull CalvesN/A106105.74/cwt20.00–140.0011221
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,263737.07/cwt700.00–780.009,3092
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4051,130.00/cwt1,130.00–1,130.0015,8771
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-449060.00/cwt60.00–60.002943
Dairy SteersLarge 353288.45/cwt79.00–90.0047121
Dairy SteersLarge 339688.25/cwt86.00–92.0034916
Dairy SteersLarge 324175.84/cwt65.00–79.0018312
Dairy SteersLarge 332386.52/cwt73.00–94.0027911
Dairy SteersLarge 326275.00/cwt75.00–75.001976
Dairy SteersLarge 347169.58/cwt60.00–80.003285
Dairy SteersLarge 341280.00/cwt80.00–80.003304
Dairy SteersLarge 371774.06/cwt62.50–80.005313
Dairy SteersLarge 369571.00/cwt71.00–71.004931
Dairy SteersLarge 3150102.50/cwt102.50–102.501541
Dairy HeifersLarge 383565.00/cwt65.00–65.005433
Dairy HeifersLarge 377566.00/cwt66.00–66.005121
Dairy HeifersLarge 356065.00/cwt65.00–65.003641
SteersSmall and Medium 236574.00/cwt74.00–74.002701
SteersSmall and Medium 1-226787.00/cwt87.00–87.002325
SteersSmall and Medium 159596.00/cwt96.00–96.005711
SteersMedium and Large 224582.50/cwt82.50–82.502024
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,49787.19/cwt83.50–87.751,3057
Dairy SteersChoice1,51192.72/cwt89.50–95.751,40127
Dairy SteersSelect1,33884.75/cwt80.00–88.001,1349

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.