Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-07-29

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 29
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
246 head
0 vs last sale 246 246 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
452 head
0 vs last sale 452 452 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
5 head
0 vs last sale 5 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
87 head
0 vs last sale 87 87 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 1.00 lower and slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 5.00 higher with good demand noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.62/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 136.09 against this barn's trailing median of $240.71.
Average price
$104.62
22 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$640
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.47
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612104.6264022
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 sale22 hd
104.62
IN average5 barns · 280 hd
101.15
+3.47
This barn, trailing median28 sales
240.71
−136.09
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
BullsHigh1,89599.311,8828thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64171.111,16728
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29863.5682548
CowsLean 85-90%High1,13552.5559746
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,42788.551,26414
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,16475.428787thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,14067.537702thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47892.421,36685
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,28383.621,07314
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,06074.757923thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,211105.501,2783thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,179100.021,17910
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,03785.588873thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,13076.138602thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,325106.501,4117thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,32599.691,32147
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,09991.741,0087thin

Every lot, as filed

49 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 1Fancy420130.00/cwt130.00–130.005462
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy598125.00/cwt125.00–125.007484
Bulls1,880109.41/cwt108.00–111.002,0572
Bulls1,90095.94/cwt91.50–100.001,8236
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,540112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,7331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63263.60/cwt57.00–67.001,0386
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60972.00/cwt67.50–76.501,15819
CowsLean 85-90%1,17461.45/cwt58.00–65.5072110
Dairy SteersSelect1,06074.75/cwt70.00–78.007923
Dairy SteersLarge 365585.00/cwt85.00–85.005573
Dairy SteersLarge 351575.00/cwt75.00–75.003864
Dairy SteersLarge 339589.00/cwt89.00–89.003521
Dairy SteersLarge 31,09068.00/cwt68.00–68.007412
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,16475.42/cwt73.00–78.508787
Dairy HeifersLarge 384045.00/cwt45.00–45.003781
Dairy HeifersLarge 358549.00/cwt49.00–49.002874
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 485870.00/cwt70.00–70.006013
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,28383.62/cwt79.00–86.001,07314
Dairy SteersChoice1,47892.42/cwt88.00–97.501,36685
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10773.84/cwt50.00–105.007923
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8250.75/cwt15.00–100.004245
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A6329.40/cwt25.00–35.00192
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,18563.68/cwt58.00–68.007557
Dairy HeifersChoice1,42788.55/cwt84.00–91.001,26414
Dairy HeifersSelect1,14067.53/cwt65.00–70.007702
SteersMedium and Large 1865104.00/cwt104.00–104.009001
SteersChoice and Prime1,325106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,4117
SteersMedium and Large 1225102.50/cwt102.50–102.502312
SteersSelect and Choice1,09991.74/cwt89.00–93.501,0087
SteersChoice1,32599.69/cwt95.00–105.001,32147
Baby Bull CalvesN/A15090.00/cwt90.00–90.001351
HeifersMedium and Large 186388.97/cwt86.00–90.007684
HeifersMedium and Large 1631110.59/cwt110.00–111.006985
HeifersChoice1,179100.02/cwt94.50–101.501,17910
HeifersChoice and Prime1,211105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,2783
HeifersSelect1,13076.13/cwt75.50–77.008602
HeifersSelect and Choice1,03785.58/cwt82.00–88.508873
HeifersMedium and Large 142097.00/cwt97.00–97.004071
HeifersMedium and Large 150597.00/cwt97.00–97.004901
HeifersMedium and Large 1270127.92/cwt120.00–135.003452
HeifersMedium and Large 182082.50/cwt82.50–82.506772
HeifersMedium and Large 1793102.00/cwt102.00–102.008093
HeifersMedium and Large 1341118.00/cwt118.00–118.004024
CowsLean 85-90%1,04443.38/cwt40.00–47.5045312
CowsLean 85-90%1,16553.43/cwt49.00–57.5062224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85880.53/cwt77.00–84.001,4963
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38852.76/cwt51.50–54.007322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30968.69/cwt65.50–74.0089918
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28461.04/cwt55.00–65.0078428

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.