Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-08-19

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 19
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
244 head
84 vs last sale 328 87 vs year ago 331 · 26.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
613 head
162 vs last sale 451 230 vs year ago 383 · +60.1%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
101 head
20 vs last sale 81 52 vs year ago 49 · +106.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher with slaughter heifers trending higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady and slaughter bulls were 6.00 higher based on a limited comparison. No comparisons are available on slaughter cows.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $99.26/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 141.45 against this barn's trailing median of $240.71.
Average price
$99.26
33 head · 624 lb average
Value per head Derived
$620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$427
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
7.78
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1696110.3576816thin
Small and Medium 1568105.425996thin
Medium and Large 1-256182.504639thin
Medium and Large 250567.503412thin
One grade step is worth $42.85/cwt here — about $427 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

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 sale33 hd
99.26
IN average5 barns · 293 hd
107.04
−7.78
This barn, trailing median28 sales
240.71
−141.45
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
BullsAverage1,60894.451,51911
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,29383.591,08121
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36073.039934thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,71093.001,5901thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,49990.161,351119
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31576.441,00513
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,39065.719133thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,339106.501,42611
HeifersChoiceAverage1,224105.001,28517
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34480.041,07612
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,482109.001,6156thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340104.361,398100
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26595.791,2128thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 HeifersSelect and Choice1,36073.03/cwt69.00–78.009934
Dairy SteersChoice1,49990.16/cwt82.00–92.001,351119
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,71093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,5901
Dairy SteersSelect1,39065.71/cwt60.00–68.009133
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,31576.44/cwt71.00–80.001,00513
BullsMedium and Large 1570107.50/cwt107.50–107.506131
BullsMedium and Large 11,13093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0511
BullsMedium and Large 183389.00/cwt89.00–89.007414
BullsMedium and Large 11,0651,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0011,4491
HeifersMedium and Large 1575125.00/cwt125.00–125.007191
HeifersMedium and Large 1655115.00/cwt115.00–115.007531
HeifersMedium and Large 184598.00/cwt98.00–98.008281
HeifersMedium and Large 1890107.00/cwt107.00–107.009521
HeifersMedium and Large 1392126.00/cwt126.00–126.004942
HeifersMedium and Large 1973100.72/cwt99.00–102.509802
HeifersMedium and Large 1948100.00/cwt100.00–100.009483
HeifersMedium and Large 1518113.42/cwt107.50–120.005885
HeifersMedium and Large 1-273077.50/cwt77.50–77.505661
HeifersMedium and Large 1-285072.50/cwt72.50–72.506161
HeifersMedium and Large 1-241777.50/cwt77.50–77.503232
HeifersMedium and Large 1-252787.50/cwt87.50–87.504615
HeifersMedium and Large 250567.50/cwt67.50–67.503412
HeifersSmall and Medium 1465117.50/cwt117.50–117.505461
HeifersSmall and Medium 1589103.00/cwt103.00–103.006075
SteersMedium and Large 1520120.00/cwt120.00–120.006241
SteersMedium and Large 1425117.38/cwt112.50–122.504992
Dairy HeifersChoice1,29383.59/cwt79.50–89.001,08121
SteersSelect and Choice1,26595.79/cwt90.00–98.501,2128
SteersChoice and Prime1,482109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,6156
SteersChoice1,340104.36/cwt100.00–107.501,398100
HeifersSelect and Choice1,34480.04/cwt75.00–85.001,07612
HeifersChoice and Prime1,339106.50/cwt106.50–106.501,42611
HeifersChoice1,224105.00/cwt100.00–105.251,28517
Bulls1,62594.10/cwt89.00–97.001,5299
Bulls1,780107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,9051
Bulls1,28585.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0921
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A7939.81/cwt30.00–60.00315
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A155100.00/cwt100.00–100.001551
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8269.13/cwt10.00–170.005769
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10794.26/cwt40.00–130.0010117
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150150.00/cwt150.00–150.002251
Dairy SteersLarge 357995.00/cwt95.00–95.0055010
Dairy SteersLarge 3398107.50/cwt107.50–107.504286
Dairy SteersLarge 3404107.50/cwt107.50–107.504345
Dairy SteersLarge 352794.00/cwt94.00–94.004954
Dairy SteersLarge 326297.50/cwt97.50–97.502552
Dairy SteersLarge 384096.00/cwt96.00–96.008061
SteersSmall and Medium 1590101.00/cwt101.00–101.005961
SteersMedium and Large 1317147.26/cwt142.50–152.504678
SteersMedium and Large 1567123.30/cwt104.00–128.006997
SteersMedium and Large 11,043106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,1064
SteersMedium and Large 1375122.67/cwt117.50–125.004603
SteersMedium and Large 1607114.00/cwt114.00–114.006922

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.