Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-08-12

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 12
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
328 head
▲ 154 vs last sale 174▲ 100 vs year ago 228 · +43.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
451 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 606▼ 209 vs year ago 660 · −31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 6▼ 5 vs year ago 8 · −62.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
81 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 73▲ 25 vs year ago 56 · +44.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.92/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −106.19 against this barn's trailing median of $239.10.
Average price
$132.92
36 head · 468 lb average
Value per head Derived
$622
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+23.12
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1468132.9262236
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
280252224196median 239.1001/2804/0106/0308/0509/30
Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $209.68, 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 sale36 hd
132.92
—
IN average3 barns · 363 hd
109.80
+23.12
This barn, trailing median27 sales
239.10
−106.19
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—Average1,59188.591,40910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64263.861,04829
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33458.3777955
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18349.3658455
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37288.051,20820
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,33665.668775thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,520104.001,5811thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,48989.841,33895
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32380.251,06211
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,386107.001,4833thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,19099.251,1812thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,365120.001,6381thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,311102.661,34656
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35192.371,2485thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16749.50/cwt45.00–55.0057838
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17040.21/cwt35.00–44.004709
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27359.00/cwt55.50–62.507518
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67563.43/cwt60.00–69.001,06222
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,46071.27/cwt70.00–73.001,0414
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,64257.11/cwt56.00–58.009383
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36358.34/cwt54.00–63.0079534
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36065.96/cwt64.00–70.5089711
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20850.15/cwt47.00–52.5060610
Dairy SteersLarge 3—71383.00/cwt83.00–83.005922
Dairy SteersLarge 3—58074.00/cwt74.00–74.004291
Dairy SteersLarge 3—52593.00/cwt93.00–93.004881
Dairy SteersLarge 3—33570.00/cwt70.00–70.002351
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—300110.00/cwt110.00–110.003305
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—475101.66/cwt101.00–102.004833
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—795102.00/cwt102.00–102.008111
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—33378.11/cwt71.00–88.0026014
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—28674.60/cwt65.00–77.5021314
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—54275.00/cwt75.00–75.004072
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—60076.00/cwt76.00–76.004561
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—38072.00/cwt72.00–72.002741
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—23570.00/cwt70.00–70.001651
SteersMedium and Large 1—377125.72/cwt112.50–129.004745
SteersMedium and Large 1—877109.59/cwt90.00–116.009614
SteersMedium and Large 1—280107.16/cwt101.00–110.003003
SteersMedium and Large 1—915112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0252
SteersMedium and Large 1—795107.00/cwt107.00–107.008512
SteersMedium and Large 1—480107.50/cwt107.50–107.505161
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—361151.00/cwt151.00–151.005457
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—419147.00/cwt147.00–147.006166
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—280152.00/cwt152.00–152.004266
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—82583.98/cwt80.00–88.006932
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—78080.00/cwt80.00–80.006241
Bulls——1,58387.99/cwt84.00–93.501,3938
Bulls——1,955100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,9551
Bulls——1,29082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0581
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—7319.55/cwt15.00–25.00143
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—8360.52/cwt10.00–105.005046
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—10999.53/cwt80.00–140.0010822
Baby Bull CalvesN/A—15070.00/cwt70.00–70.001051
BullsN/A—1,45086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,2471
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1551,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.0011,8972
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,24598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2201
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 4—26288.00/cwt88.00–88.002315
Dairy SteersLarge 3—23166.73/cwt65.00–71.0015420
Dairy SteersLarge 3—39194.37/cwt88.00–95.0036910
Dairy SteersLarge 3—915100.00/cwt100.00–100.009157
Dairy SteersLarge 3—27680.42/cwt77.50–90.002227
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,17786.38/cwt80.00–90.001,0176
Dairy SteersLarge 3—46376.58/cwt75.00–77.003555
Dairy SteersLarge 3—42089.00/cwt89.00–89.003745
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,00382.51/cwt77.00–88.008282
HeifersMedium and Large 1—329130.00/cwt130.00–130.004285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—666109.00/cwt109.00–109.007264
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416125.00/cwt125.00–125.005204
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700116.00/cwt116.00–116.008122
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460128.00/cwt128.00–128.005891
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,32380.25/cwt74.00–83.001,06211
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,520104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,5811
Dairy SteersChoice—1,48989.84/cwt83.50–93.501,33895
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,33665.66/cwt63.00–72.008775
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,37288.05/cwt83.00–90.001,20820
SteersSelect and Choice—1,35192.37/cwt87.00–95.501,2485
SteersChoice and Prime—1,365120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6381
SteersChoice—1,311102.66/cwt97.00–106.001,34656
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,386107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,4833
HeifersChoice—1,19099.25/cwt98.50–100.001,1812

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.