Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-03-16

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
465 head
27 vs last sale 492 465 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the 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
BullsAverage1,650113.871,87916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66886.851,44935
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41779.931,13348
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21366.4680674
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,460121.001,7671thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,488111.731,6635thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,405101.071,4202thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,25594.681,1882thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,560135.002,1061thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,471124.191,82745
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,383116.471,61112
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,410100.921,4232thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,445148.102,14012
HeifersChoiceAverage1,251138.131,72815
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,184123.851,4664thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,10596.721,0693thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,468155.472,28218
SteersChoiceAverage1,347146.151,96952
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,257135.361,70117

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,899116.55/cwt112.00–119.502,2135
Bulls1,693124.63/cwt121.00–130.002,1106
Bulls1,35098.27/cwt95.00–102.001,3275
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42080.34/cwt75.00–85.001,14134
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51487.39/cwt85.50–90.001,3237
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30670.47/cwt65.00–74.509207
SteersSelect and Choice1,257135.36/cwt129.00–139.501,70117
Dairy HeifersChoice1,488111.73/cwt108.00–115.001,6635
Dairy HeifersSelect1,25594.68/cwt93.00–97.001,1882
HeifersChoice and Prime1,445148.10/cwt145.50–149.002,14012
HeifersSelect1,10596.72/cwt90.00–100.001,0693
HeifersChoice1,251138.13/cwt131.00–142.001,72815
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,560135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,1061
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,383116.47/cwt113.00–119.001,61112
Dairy SteersSelect1,410100.92/cwt100.00–102.001,4232
CowsLean 85-90%1,19461.41/cwt57.00–66.0073326
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68486.41/cwt80.50–90.001,45525
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51092.31/cwt90.50–94.001,3947
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,405101.07/cwt100.00–102.001,4202
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,460121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,7671
Dairy SteersChoice1,471124.19/cwt121.00–130.501,82745
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,90777.75/cwt76.00–80.001,4833
CowsLean 85-90%1,23971.61/cwt67.00–77.0088743
CowsLean 85-90%1,09048.44/cwt45.00–53.005285
HeifersSelect and Choice1,184123.85/cwt118.00–130.001,4664
SteersChoice1,347146.15/cwt140.00–152.001,96952
SteersChoice and Prime1,468155.47/cwt155.00–155.502,28218

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.