Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-11-03

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 3
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
492 head
128 vs last sale 620 492 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 2.00 higher and slaughter Holstein steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter Holstein heifers 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69358.4699037
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40455.6678178
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18243.1351097
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,433103.851,4883thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21289.151,0803thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,414106.751,50949
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27591.871,1713thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,317128.001,6862thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,268123.871,57137
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,161112.411,30517
HeifersSelectAverage1,02597.521,0005thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,580139.002,1964thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,393130.501,81831
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273117.901,50121
SteersSelectAverage1,284109.131,4014thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40355.99/cwt50.00–60.0078664
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42063.53/cwt61.00–67.009026
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39647.16/cwt45.00–50.006588
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69658.91/cwt55.00–65.0099931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62366.25/cwt66.00–66.501,0752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70651.04/cwt50.00–54.008714
HeifersSelect and Choice1,161112.41/cwt106.00–116.001,30517
SteersChoice and Prime1,580139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,1964
SteersSelect1,284109.13/cwt105.00–112.001,4014
CowsLean 85-90%1,14342.78/cwt38.00–47.5048950
CowsLean 85-90%1,28152.56/cwt48.50–57.0067326
CowsLean 85-90%1,15032.29/cwt27.00–37.0037121
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,21289.15/cwt86.50–94.001,0803
Dairy SteersChoice1,414106.75/cwt102.00–110.501,50949
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,27591.87/cwt90.00–96.001,1713
HeifersChoice1,268123.87/cwt117.00–127.001,57137
HeifersChoice and Prime1,317128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,6862
HeifersSelect1,02597.52/cwt93.00–103.001,0005
SteersChoice1,393130.50/cwt125.00–135.001,81831
SteersSelect and Choice1,273117.90/cwt114.00–123.001,50121
Dairy HeifersChoice1,433103.85/cwt100.00–106.501,4883

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.