Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-10-06

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
585 head
46 vs last sale 539 68 vs year ago 517 · +13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter Holstein dairy steers 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter Holstein dairy heifers were 7.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 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
BullsAverage1,85588.021,63314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62062.971,02034
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45356.9882827
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20243.8952776
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,306106.681,3934thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30096.951,2602thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,25783.391,0483thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,477109.331,61567
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,455122.911,7883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,266114.741,45344
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,198105.011,2585thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,24695.271,18711
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,493121.001,8078thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,318115.721,52575
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,248107.811,34514
SteersSelectAverage1,33797.081,29812

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,88987.64/cwt83.00–91.501,6569
Bulls2,03897.95/cwt96.00–100.001,9963
Bulls1,42874.81/cwt73.00–76.501,0682
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44656.91/cwt53.00–61.5082322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41262.62/cwt62.00–63.008843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59049.29/cwt48.00–50.507842
SteersSelect1,33797.08/cwt97.00–98.001,29812
SteersSelect and Choice1,248107.81/cwt100.00–110.001,34514
Dairy HeifersChoice1,306106.68/cwt104.00–108.001,3934
Dairy HeifersSelect1,25783.39/cwt82.00–85.501,0483
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,30096.95/cwt95.00–99.001,2602
Dairy SteersChoice1,477109.33/cwt105.00–112.001,61567
HeifersChoice1,266114.74/cwt110.00–120.001,45344
HeifersChoice and Prime1,455122.91/cwt122.50–124.001,7883
HeifersSelect1,24695.27/cwt91.00–96.001,18711
HeifersSelect and Choice1,198105.01/cwt103.00–106.501,2585
SteersChoice1,318115.72/cwt111.00–119.501,52575
SteersChoice and Prime1,493121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,8078
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61263.04/cwt58.00–67.501,01626
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51273.78/cwt69.50–77.001,1163
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72856.09/cwt53.00–59.009695
CowsLean 85-90%1,19745.59/cwt40.50–50.5054642
CowsLean 85-90%1,30153.54/cwt52.00–57.0069711
CowsLean 85-90%1,16336.16/cwt30.00–40.0042123

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.