Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-05-05

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
408 head
56 vs last sale 464 408 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 to mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 5.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter dairy heifers were trending higher 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
BullsAverage1,78293.111,66014
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71966.641,14636
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,35561.2383059
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11447.5853051
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,37698.261,35216
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,28179.721,0215thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,560107.001,6692thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,50897.711,47349
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30189.411,16316
HeifersChoiceAverage1,228112.361,38019
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,283101.251,2993thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,345120.501,6211thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,298116.111,50740
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,113104.861,16710
SteersSelectAverage1,43995.711,3776thin

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
Bulls1,81193.20/cwt89.00–98.001,6889
Bulls2,145102.71/cwt100.00–105.502,2032
Bulls1,45586.46/cwt84.00–87.501,2583
SteersSelect1,43995.71/cwt92.00–97.001,3776
HeifersChoice1,228112.36/cwt105.00–114.251,38019
SteersChoice1,298116.11/cwt111.50–119.751,50740
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73559.72/cwt59.00–60.001,0363
HeifersSelect and Choice1,283101.25/cwt99.00–103.001,2993
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35060.01/cwt55.00–65.0081041
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47953.47/cwt51.00–54.507915
Dairy HeifersChoice1,37698.26/cwt93.55–99.851,35216
SteersChoice and Prime1,345120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,6211
CowsLean 85-90%1,04648.11/cwt44.00–54.0050328
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,560107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,6692
CowsLean 85-90%1,18656.67/cwt55.00–58.5067210
SteersSelect and Choice1,113104.86/cwt100.00–107.751,16710
CowsLean 85-90%1,20739.43/cwt35.00–43.0047613
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,28179.72/cwt78.00–86.501,0215
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,30189.41/cwt82.00–92.001,16316
Dairy SteersChoice1,50897.71/cwt93.00–103.001,47349
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32468.04/cwt65.50–71.5090113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77364.53/cwt61.00–70.001,14424
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,57174.57/cwt73.00–76.001,1719

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.