Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-09-30

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 30
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
441 head
19 vs last sale 422 380 vs year ago 821 · 46.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter dairy steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 10.00 lower based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsLow1,59379.371,26412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56154.7585426
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30351.3766926
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13139.9645247
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,56190.001,4056thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,46078.651,1482thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31563.048292thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,27454.2669113
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,49091.881,36986
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30481.371,0615thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,187105.751,2555thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,26599.391,2577thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41487.121,2328thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,313108.751,42810
SteersChoiceAverage1,283104.501,34155
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29691.531,1864thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,37863.01/cwt61.00–66.008682
Bulls1,70890.69/cwt85.00–94.001,5494
Bulls1,58877.27/cwt73.00–83.001,2276
Dairy HeifersSelect1,27454.26/cwt54.00–57.5069113
HeifersSelect and Choice1,41487.12/cwt85.00–89.501,2328
SteersSelect and Choice1,29691.53/cwt88.00–95.501,1864
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,31563.04/cwt60.00–66.508292
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,30481.37/cwt75.00–84.001,0615
Dairy SteersChoice1,49091.88/cwt86.00–94.501,36986
HeifersChoice and Prime1,187105.75/cwt105.75–105.751,2555
SteersChoice and Prime1,313108.75/cwt108.75–108.751,42810
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,56190.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4056
HeifersChoice1,26599.39/cwt95.00–103.001,2577
SteersChoice1,283104.50/cwt98.00–107.001,34155
Dairy HeifersChoice1,46078.65/cwt74.50–83.501,1482
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14046.78/cwt46.50–47.005332
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41556.05/cwt55.00–58.007933
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30251.14/cwt48.00–55.0066621
CowsLean 85-90%1,12342.90/cwt37.00–47.0048221
CowsLean 85-90%1,23651.13/cwt49.00–54.506328
CowsLean 85-90%1,09331.56/cwt25.00–35.0034518
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57863.75/cwt61.50–66.001,0064
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55945.33/cwt40.00–48.507077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55756.74/cwt51.00–61.0088315

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.