Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-10-13

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 13
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
416 head
169 vs last sale 585 416 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 10.00 higher and slaughter Holstein steers were 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers and slaughter Holstein heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 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
BullsAverage1,56377.731,21510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67256.7494926
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44454.5078744
CowsLean 85-90%High1,27045.3057582
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410102.001,4381thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,40391.721,2878thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,37881.541,1245thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,457107.801,57139
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26797.701,2387thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,18578.549312thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,370132.001,8083thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,160121.651,41127
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,125109.531,2322thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,09892.371,0142thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,359132.071,79510
SteersChoiceAverage1,296126.191,63548
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,167112.251,3109thin
SteersSelectAverage1,215103.781,2614thin

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
Bulls1,75883.76/cwt82.00–85.001,4734
Bulls1,92096.50/cwt96.50–96.501,8531
Bulls1,33669.15/cwt63.00–73.009245
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44254.93/cwt50.00–60.0079241
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47548.69/cwt48.00–49.007183
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67256.74/cwt50.00–60.0094926
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,37881.54/cwt80.00–85.001,1245
Dairy SteersChoice1,457107.80/cwt103.50–112.001,57139
Dairy SteersSelect1,18578.54/cwt75.00–82.009312
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,26797.70/cwt90.00–100.001,2387
HeifersChoice and Prime1,370132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,8083
SteersSelect1,215103.78/cwt100.00–107.001,2614
SteersChoice1,296126.19/cwt120.00–129.501,63548
SteersSelect and Choice1,167112.25/cwt110.00–119.001,3109
Dairy HeifersChoice1,40391.72/cwt90.00–92.001,2878
CowsLean 85-90%1,37453.41/cwt50.50–57.0073424
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,410102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4381
CowsLean 85-90%1,16934.52/cwt29.00–39.0040419
CowsLean 85-90%1,25645.56/cwt40.50–50.0057239
HeifersChoice1,160121.65/cwt117.00–126.001,41127
HeifersSelect1,09892.37/cwt90.00–95.001,0142
HeifersSelect and Choice1,125109.53/cwt109.00–110.001,2322
SteersChoice and Prime1,359132.07/cwt131.50–133.001,79510

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.