Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-02-24

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
634 head
241 vs last sale 393 285 vs year ago 349 · +81.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers down 8.00 based on a limited comparison. Dairy steers were mostly steady. Heifers down 3.00 and dairy heifers down 5.00 based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

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
BullsAverage1,80493.631,68910
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,65066.421,09630
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39958.1281371
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17348.2056664
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,33189.021,18526
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,68871.931,2142thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,44896.041,39198
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36289.281,2164thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,17376.248947thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,530112.501,7211thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,281107.191,37315
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22195.721,1696thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,370116.661,5988thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,396109.251,52535
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,196100.611,20324

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69355.91/cwt54.00–57.009473
CowsLean 85-90%1,15956.19/cwt54.00–61.5065113
CowsLean 85-90%1,06935.23/cwt30.00–40.0037713
HeifersSelect and Choice1,22195.72/cwt94.00–96.501,1696
SteersSelect and Choice1,196100.61/cwt95.00–104.501,20324
SteersChoice and Prime1,370116.66/cwt116.00–117.001,5988
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40558.13/cwt54.00–64.0081749
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38864.22/cwt60.00–67.0089112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38450.76/cwt48.00–53.0070310
Bulls1,80493.63/cwt86.00–96.001,68910
Dairy HeifersSelect1,68871.93/cwt68.50–75.001,2142
Dairy SteersSelect1,17376.24/cwt69.50–79.008947
Dairy SteersChoice1,44896.04/cwt92.25–100.001,39198
SteersChoice1,396109.25/cwt105.00–115.001,52535
HeifersChoice and Prime1,530112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,7211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61865.95/cwt62.00–70.001,06721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73873.34/cwt71.50–75.501,2756
CowsLean 85-90%1,21449.91/cwt44.50–53.5060638
HeifersChoice1,281107.19/cwt98.00–109.501,37315
Dairy HeifersChoice1,33189.02/cwt87.50–90.001,18526
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,36289.28/cwt87.00–90.001,2164

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.