Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-10-07

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 7
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
517 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 441▼ 17 vs year ago 534 · −3.2%
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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—High1,81181.191,47018
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61155.0388733
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38350.0369265
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15839.2045462
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,28884.521,0894thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39174.731,0394thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,24060.177462thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,61793.851,5187thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46689.751,31670
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39581.911,1433thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16169.808107thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,190102.001,2141thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,16696.811,12911
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30085.981,1182thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,522106.001,6139thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,288102.441,319128
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26991.741,1645thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,30085.98/cwt85.00–87.001,1182
HeifersChoice—1,16696.81/cwt91.00–99.501,12911
Dairy SteersChoice—1,46689.75/cwt85.50–92.251,31670
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,28884.52/cwt79.00–89.001,0894
SteersSelect and Choice—1,26991.74/cwt89.00–95.501,1645
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28349.61/cwt48.50–52.006366
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,39581.91/cwt80.00–83.001,1433
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17442.07/cwt38.00–47.5049435
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,47156.06/cwt55.00–58.508258
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,59863.24/cwt60.50–66.001,0113
Bulls——1,74589.85/cwt89.00–91.001,5683
Bulls——2,50266.90/cwt61.00–71.001,6743
Bulls——1,65482.60/cwt80.00–87.501,36612
Dairy SteersSelect—1,16169.80/cwt67.00–72.008107
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,24060.17/cwt59.50–61.007462
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,39174.73/cwt74.00–76.001,0394
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38650.18/cwt45.00–54.0069550
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,190102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2141
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,26242.10/cwt40.00–44.505317
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,61793.85/cwt93.85–93.851,5187
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09631.45/cwt27.00–37.0034521
SteersChoice—1,288102.44/cwt96.00–105.751,319128
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,58555.48/cwt50.50–60.0087925
SteersChoice and Prime—1,522106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6139
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,74847.88/cwt45.00–50.008375

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.