Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-07-22

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 22
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
312 head
110 vs last sale 202 58 vs year ago 254 · +22.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
449 head
50 vs last sale 499 181 vs year ago 630 · 28.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
16 head
7 vs last sale 9 1 vs year ago 15 · +6.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
54 head
33 vs last sale 87 42 vs year ago 96 · 43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 8.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 5.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were 9.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 1.00 to 3.00 higher with good demand noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $113.39/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 125.72 against this barn's trailing median of $239.10.
Average price
$113.39
70 head · 446 lb average
Value per head Derived
$505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$24.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.59
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1455118.2353856
Medium and Large 1-240894.0038414thin
One grade step is worth $24.23/cwt here — about $154 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 sale70 hd
113.39
IN average5 barns · 359 hd
101.79
+11.59
This barn, trailing median27 sales
239.10
−125.72
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
BullsHigh1,65193.751,54817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63062.851,02428
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37157.2778535
CowsLean 85-90%High1,12345.2850831
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,32090.421,1942thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,46077.501,1321thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,41995.001,3487thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46588.531,29777
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30379.771,0392thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,20871.358624thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,200109.501,3141thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,22299.451,21517
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,333105.501,4068thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,238101.221,25371
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,45689.111,29711

Every lot, as filed

52 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 1481111.86/cwt105.00–123.0053825
SteersMedium and Large 1645112.50/cwt112.50–112.507263
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,43063.00/cwt63.00–63.009011
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A6530.00/cwt30.00–30.00201
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8253.45/cwt15.00–135.004422
Baby Bull CalvesN/A110106.91/cwt25.00–135.001185
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2731,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,6854
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4701,282.42/cwt1,250.00–1,400.0018,8528
Dairy HeifersLarge 335072.50/cwt72.50–72.502541
Dairy HeifersSelect1,46077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,1321
Dairy HeifersChoice1,32090.42/cwt90.00–91.001,1942
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04856.77/cwt54.00–58.005953
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,045725.00/cwt725.00–725.007,5761
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1721,085.92/cwt900.00–1,200.0012,7273
Dairy SteersLarge 338690.00/cwt90.00–90.0034711
Dairy SteersLarge 374295.00/cwt95.00–95.007052
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,30379.77/cwt77.00–82.001,0392
Dairy SteersSelect1,20871.35/cwt66.00–75.008624
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,41995.00/cwt95.00–95.001,3487
Dairy SteersChoice1,46588.53/cwt83.00–93.001,29777
CowsLean 85-90%1,26153.80/cwt52.50–57.506787
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63663.31/cwt59.00–69.001,03618
Bulls1,733109.56/cwt107.50–113.001,8993
Bulls1,61187.24/cwt82.00–91.001,40510
Bulls1,68998.17/cwt94.00–102.001,6584
BullsMedium and Large 1604105.00/cwt105.00–105.006345
SteersChoice and Prime1,333105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,4068
SteersSelect and Choice1,45689.11/cwt85.00–90.501,29711
SteersMedium and Large 1320115.78/cwt110.00–125.003707
SteersMedium and Large 1357120.00/cwt120.00–120.004287
HeifersChoice1,22299.45/cwt92.00–102.001,21517
HeifersChoice and Prime1,200109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,3141
SteersChoice1,238101.22/cwt94.50–104.001,25371
SteersMedium and Large 1-240894.00/cwt94.00–94.0038414
SteersMedium and Large 176097.75/cwt97.50–98.007432
SteersMedium and Large 1431122.00/cwt122.00–122.005263
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37558.97/cwt55.00–65.0081122
HeifersMedium and Large 1455112.50/cwt112.50–112.505121
HeifersMedium and Large 197598.00/cwt98.00–98.009561
HeifersMedium and Large 131097.50/cwt97.50–97.503022
HeifersMedium and Large 1350102.50/cwt102.50–102.503593
HeifersMedium and Large 1630105.70/cwt102.50–110.006667
CowsLean 85-90%1,09335.64/cwt30.00–40.0039010
CowsLean 85-90%1,07547.90/cwt42.00–52.0051514
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51772.52/cwt70.00–75.001,1003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66157.54/cwt55.00–59.509567
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42066.01/cwt64.50–68.009372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35552.27/cwt49.00–54.5070811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added510143.81/cwt137.50–150.007334
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added345155.00/cwt155.00–155.005351
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added443140.00/cwt140.00–140.006203
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added458140.00/cwt140.00–140.006415

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.