Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-12-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
534 head
42 vs last sale 492 534 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as auction was not covered last week.

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
BullsAverage1,69778.621,33414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72959.391,02719
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,53455.6985447
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24246.97583107
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,23798.451,2184thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,228129.511,5905thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,456116.211,69224
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,432111.351,59544
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,275100.821,2852thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,371136.501,8716thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,230132.521,63043
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240119.461,48124
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,425140.001,9958thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390133.541,85634
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,453117.381,7064thin
SteersSelectAverage1,533105.841,6232thin

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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,58251.14/cwt47.00–53.5080917
Bulls1,79779.28/cwt75.00–85.001,4259
Bulls1,70390.84/cwt90.00–92.001,5472
Bulls1,39268.47/cwt64.00–72.009533
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52257.45/cwt54.50–64.0087428
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28369.69/cwt68.00–71.508942
SteersSelect and Choice1,453117.38/cwt113.50–122.501,7064
Dairy HeifersChoice1,23798.45/cwt94.00–100.001,2184
Dairy SteersChoice1,456116.21/cwt115.00–125.001,69224
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,228129.51/cwt128.00–134.501,5905
Dairy SteersSelect1,275100.82/cwt96.00–105.001,2852
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,432111.35/cwt107.00–114.001,59544
HeifersChoice1,230132.52/cwt126.50–135.001,63043
HeifersChoice and Prime1,371136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,8716
HeifersSelect and Choice1,240119.46/cwt117.00–120.001,48124
SteersChoice1,390133.54/cwt126.50–136.751,85634
SteersChoice and Prime1,425140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9958
SteersSelect1,533105.84/cwt100.00–110.001,6232
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68358.56/cwt55.00–63.0098615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,92871.55/cwt68.00–75.001,3792
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87553.50/cwt53.00–54.001,0032
CowsLean 85-90%1,22045.39/cwt40.00–50.0055448
CowsLean 85-90%1,33453.83/cwt50.50–57.0071841
CowsLean 85-90%1,09135.58/cwt30.00–39.0038818

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.