Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-08-05

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 5
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
174 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 246▼ 158 vs year ago 332 · −47.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
606 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 452▼ 106 vs year ago 712 · −14.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 5▼ 4 vs year ago 10 · −40.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
73 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 87▼ 21 vs year ago 94 · −22.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $113.40/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −130.22 against this barn's trailing median of $243.62.
Average price
$113.40
24 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+10.39
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1664113.4075324
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

27 sales
325286246207median 243.6202/1104/0806/1008/1209/30
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $311.07, low $220.81, median $243.62 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 sale24 hd
113.40
—
IN average5 barns · 437 hd
103.01
+10.39
This barn, trailing median27 sales
243.62
−130.22
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
Bulls—Average1,68591.381,54013
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,70663.331,08021
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37260.2882753
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19047.9057052
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,33092.751,2342thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,41388.481,25010
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22769.998593thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,23195.101,1716thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,48189.841,331154
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30880.791,0576thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,02059.016022thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,311105.001,3773thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,16296.791,12515
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,491106.541,58912
SteersChoiceAverage1,288102.311,318123
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41289.391,26226

Every lot, as filed

62 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 SteersLarge 3Value Added—512104.37/cwt103.00–106.0053411
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added—586102.00/cwt102.00–102.005983
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added—485101.00/cwt101.00–101.004902
Dairy SteersLarge 3—23681.30/cwt72.00–85.001927
Dairy SteersLarge 3—37284.67/cwt72.50–96.003156
Dairy SteersLarge 3—58093.00/cwt93.00–93.005395
Dairy SteersLarge 3—44191.39/cwt91.00–93.004035
Dairy SteersLarge 3—63385.00/cwt85.00–85.005383
Dairy SteersLarge 3—46286.25/cwt83.00–88.003983
Dairy SteersLarge 3—28879.06/cwt75.00–81.002283
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—29090.00/cwt90.00–90.002611
SteersMedium and Large 1—480126.19/cwt120.00–132.006062
SteersMedium and Large 1—615126.00/cwt126.00–126.007751
SteersMedium and Large 1—390106.00/cwt106.00–106.004131
SteersMedium and Large 1—310129.00/cwt129.00–129.004001
SteersMedium and Large 1—285135.00/cwt135.00–135.003851
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—250160.00/cwt160.00–160.004002
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—140155.00/cwt155.00–155.002172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665104.00/cwt104.00–104.006924
HeifersMedium and Large 1—557119.00/cwt119.00–119.006632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433110.83/cwt105.00–117.004802
HeifersMedium and Large 1—96589.00/cwt89.00–89.008591
HeifersMedium and Large 1—85582.00/cwt82.00–82.007011
HeifersMedium and Large 1—81593.00/cwt93.00–93.007581
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725110.00/cwt110.00–110.007981
HeifersMedium and Large 1—645109.00/cwt109.00–109.007031
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—612125.00/cwt125.00–125.007658
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—795121.00/cwt121.00–121.009623
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—78787.00/cwt87.00–87.006852
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—64094.00/cwt94.00–94.006021
BullsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—450106.00/cwt106.00–106.004772
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,30880.79/cwt73.00–83.001,0576
Dairy SteersSelect—1,02059.01/cwt58.00–60.006022
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,23195.10/cwt95.00–95.501,1716
Dairy SteersChoice—1,48189.84/cwt84.50–94.501,331154
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,22769.99/cwt67.00–72.008593
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,33092.75/cwt92.75–92.751,2342
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,41388.48/cwt82.00–90.501,25010
SteersSelect and Choice—1,41289.39/cwt86.50–94.001,26226
SteersChoice and Prime—1,491106.54/cwt106.50–107.001,58912
SteersChoice—1,288102.31/cwt95.00–105.001,318123
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,311105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,3773
HeifersChoice—1,16296.79/cwt94.50–101.001,12515
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19645.38/cwt41.00–51.0054324
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19255.17/cwt52.00–62.0065820
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16937.26/cwt31.00–40.504368
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,78759.17/cwt57.00–60.501,05711
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71663.57/cwt61.00–71.001,0917
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,38778.01/cwt76.00–79.001,0823
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,37060.18/cwt55.00–65.0082446
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,29068.38/cwt66.50–70.008824
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50850.99/cwt48.50–54.007693
Bulls——1,75690.63/cwt85.00–94.501,5919
Bulls——1,698103.64/cwt99.00–106.501,7602
Bulls——1,35582.50/cwt81.00–83.501,1182
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—8230.20/cwt25.00–35.00253
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—10880.75/cwt40.00–100.008715
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—8571.84/cwt10.00–95.006114
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95087.50/cwt87.50–87.508311
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,130967.04/cwt810.00–1,070.0010,9282
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1151,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0011,1501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—975102.50/cwt102.50–102.509991

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.