Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-03-02

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
492 head
3 vs last sale 495 492 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 6.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 13.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 4.00 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
BullsAverage1,912105.992,02610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64184.071,38040
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44975.001,08751
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24665.1181182
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,405121.861,7125thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,466105.601,5484thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40892.641,3043thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,21878.169522thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,527125.441,91523
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478121.201,79169
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,422111.351,58316
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,26597.711,2363thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,422150.842,14525
HeifersChoiceAverage1,354141.541,9167thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,170129.301,5139thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,438117.611,6916thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,464152.322,23012
SteersChoiceAverage1,393144.372,01122
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,430134.191,91915
SteersSelectAverage1,437122.591,7623thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Bulls1,744104.92/cwt102.00–112.001,8306
Bulls1,943125.17/cwt121.00–128.502,4322
Bulls2,38390.04/cwt85.00–94.002,1462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44981.98/cwt80.00–84.001,1886
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54060.70/cwt57.50–64.009353
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44375.02/cwt69.00–79.001,08342
Dairy SteersSelect1,26597.71/cwt94.00–103.001,2363
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,422111.35/cwt105.00–115.001,58316
SteersChoice and Prime1,464152.32/cwt150.00–153.752,23012
SteersSelect and Choice1,430134.19/cwt133.00–137.001,91915
Dairy HeifersSelect1,21878.16/cwt74.50–81.009522
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,40892.64/cwt86.50–95.501,3043
HeifersChoice and Prime1,422150.84/cwt149.00–153.752,14525
HeifersSelect1,438117.61/cwt112.50–121.501,6916
Dairy SteersChoice1,478121.20/cwt116.00–124.001,79169
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,527125.44/cwt125.00–129.001,91523
SteersChoice1,393144.37/cwt139.00–148.502,01122
SteersSelect1,437122.59/cwt120.50–124.001,7623
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71877.94/cwt77.50–79.001,3394
CowsLean 85-90%1,25464.00/cwt58.00–68.5080349
Dairy HeifersChoice1,466105.60/cwt102.00–110.501,5484
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,405121.86/cwt120.00–124.501,7125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63784.17/cwt80.00–90.001,37833
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58591.16/cwt90.00–92.501,4453
CowsLean 85-90%1,25571.71/cwt69.00–78.0090024
CowsLean 85-90%1,17753.57/cwt46.00–56.006319
HeifersChoice1,354141.54/cwt137.00–146.001,9167
HeifersSelect and Choice1,170129.30/cwt124.50–133.501,5139

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.