Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-04-07

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 7
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
400 head
234 vs last sale 634 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available but good demand noted for slaughter cows.

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
BullsAverage1,66280.061,33018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68167.701,13832
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36360.3682332
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14250.7257948
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,355103.751,4062thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29388.091,1392thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,51798.641,49667
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41189.071,2579thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,362118.001,60714
HeifersChoiceAverage1,245109.811,36725
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,498119.011,7837thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,247112.701,40538
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,391103.271,4366thin

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
Bulls1,75879.24/cwt74.00–84.001,3939
Bulls1,62990.34/cwt88.00–94.001,4725
Bulls1,48569.06/cwt64.00–72.501,0264
SteersChoice1,247112.70/cwt108.00–116.501,40538
Dairy HeifersChoice1,355103.75/cwt103.75–103.751,4062
Dairy SteersChoice1,51798.64/cwt93.00–101.351,49667
CowsLean 85-90%1,15951.33/cwt45.00–55.0059526
CowsLean 85-90%1,11657.75/cwt55.50–60.0064413
CowsLean 85-90%1,13138.78/cwt34.00–44.004399
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67765.82/cwt60.50–69.001,10418
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67073.04/cwt70.00–78.001,22012
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77552.61/cwt48.50–57.009342
HeifersChoice1,245109.81/cwt107.00–113.501,36725
HeifersChoice and Prime1,362118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,60714
SteersChoice and Prime1,498119.01/cwt118.50–119.501,7837
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36360.14/cwt56.00–65.5082023
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45369.51/cwt67.50–72.001,0104
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29054.02/cwt51.00–55.006975
SteersSelect and Choice1,391103.27/cwt101.00–104.001,4366
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,29388.09/cwt86.00–90.001,1392
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,41189.07/cwt87.00–91.001,2579

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.