Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-10-27

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 27
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
620 head
214 vs last sale 406 139 vs year ago 481 · +28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 lower and slaughter Holstein steers were 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 7.00

lower. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 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
BullsAverage1,72388.931,53218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68458.4398442
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37755.8076969
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21445.25549104
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,471107.681,58419
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29594.571,22510
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,31082.801,0853thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,464110.631,62046
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,468104.201,53020
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,22294.741,1583thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,183122.901,45478
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,309108.761,4244thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,505136.002,0473thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,329127.721,69746
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,199117.741,41227
SteersSelectAverage1,379106.651,47117

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
Bulls1,65189.64/cwt86.50–93.501,4808
Bulls1,85196.12/cwt94.00–98.501,7795
Bulls1,71080.60/cwt79.00–83.001,3785
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38555.90/cwt49.00–59.0077456
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40463.09/cwt60.00–67.008865
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30850.55/cwt48.00–52.006618
Dairy HeifersChoice1,471107.68/cwt103.50–111.001,58419
Dairy HeifersSelect1,31082.80/cwt79.00–87.001,0853
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,29594.57/cwt88.00–98.001,22510
Dairy SteersChoice1,464110.63/cwt109.00–119.001,62046
Dairy SteersSelect1,22294.74/cwt92.00–97.001,1583
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,468104.20/cwt98.00–108.001,53020
HeifersChoice1,183122.90/cwt117.00–127.001,45478
HeifersSelect and Choice1,309108.76/cwt105.00–115.001,4244
SteersChoice1,329127.72/cwt123.00–133.001,69746
SteersChoice and Prime1,505136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,0473
SteersSelect1,379106.65/cwt100.00–109.751,47117
SteersSelect and Choice1,199117.74/cwt110.00–120.001,41227
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70658.46/cwt54.00–64.0099737
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34068.53/cwt68.00–69.009182
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63551.35/cwt50.50–52.008403
CowsLean 85-90%1,25946.20/cwt41.00–51.0058256
CowsLean 85-90%1,21353.78/cwt51.50–56.0065224
CowsLean 85-90%1,10934.50/cwt29.00–38.0038324

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.