Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
461 head
25 vs last sale 436 461 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter dairy heifers were mostly steady 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
BullsAverage1,58781.681,29612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74967.651,18352
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41461.7487380
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13748.7355452
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39596.691,3498thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40588.141,2386thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,310108.001,4151thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,40699.451,39861
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32588.061,1672thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16777.799085thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273113.331,4434thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34381.051,0892thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340123.741,65826
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,398109.251,5274thin
SteersSelectAverage1,113100.201,1153thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,56682.44/cwt81.00–85.001,2917
Bulls1,56091.00/cwt90.00–92.001,4202
Bulls1,65273.69/cwt72.00–76.001,2173
SteersSelect1,113100.20/cwt96.00–104.001,1153
Dairy SteersSelect1,16777.79/cwt77.00–81.009085
HeifersChoice1,273113.33/cwt109.00–118.501,4434
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75160.44/cwt55.50–62.501,0588
HeifersSelect and Choice1,34381.05/cwt80.00–82.001,0892
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41760.85/cwt56.50–66.0086255
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40652.27/cwt47.00–55.007358
SteersChoice1,340123.74/cwt116.00–125.001,65826
Dairy HeifersChoice1,39596.69/cwt93.00–101.001,3498
CowsLean 85-90%1,13150.85/cwt45.00–55.0057522
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,310108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,4151
CowsLean 85-90%1,14758.43/cwt55.50–62.0067012
SteersSelect and Choice1,398109.25/cwt107.00–111.001,5274
CowsLean 85-90%1,13939.67/cwt35.00–44.5045218
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,40588.14/cwt85.00–90.001,2386
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,32588.06/cwt87.00–89.001,1672
Dairy SteersChoice1,40699.45/cwt94.00–102.501,39861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40769.09/cwt67.00–75.0097217
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78467.22/cwt63.00–71.001,19932
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65573.59/cwt72.00–80.001,21812

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.