Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
406 head
10 vs last sale 416 406 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 4.00 higher and slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 8.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein heifers and slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher.

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
BullsAverage1,75892.341,6236thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64261.671,01336
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44458.2284153
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20245.3054571
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,18396.031,1362thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,19774.298893thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,350116.001,5661thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,465107.621,57729
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41995.251,3524thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,229133.501,64110
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239130.381,61530
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,247118.221,4748thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,13086.769802thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,391136.001,8928thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,289130.931,68820
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,215120.541,46535

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls1,80393.91/cwt90.00–98.501,6935
Bulls1,53084.50/cwt84.50–84.501,2931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46857.76/cwt54.50–62.0084841
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37964.40/cwt62.50–68.008888
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33050.60/cwt49.00–52.506734
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,65859.72/cwt55.00–65.0099028
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,41995.25/cwt91.00–98.001,3524
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,350116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5661
HeifersChoice1,239130.38/cwt123.00–132.501,61530
HeifersSelect and Choice1,247118.22/cwt111.00–120.001,4748
SteersChoice and Prime1,391136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8928
Dairy HeifersChoice1,18396.03/cwt94.00–98.001,1362
CowsLean 85-90%1,17544.33/cwt38.00–48.0052132
CowsLean 85-90%1,25952.78/cwt48.50–58.5066526
Dairy HeifersSelect1,19774.29/cwt72.00–79.008893
Dairy SteersChoice1,465107.62/cwt102.00–112.251,57729
CowsLean 85-90%1,15732.74/cwt28.00–37.5037913
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58868.51/cwt66.50–71.501,0888
HeifersChoice and Prime1,229133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,64110
HeifersSelect1,13086.76/cwt85.00–89.009802
SteersChoice1,289130.93/cwt125.00–134.501,68820
SteersSelect and Choice1,215120.54/cwt116.00–124.001,46535

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.