Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-03-30

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 30
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
506 head
41 vs last sale 465 506 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 reported 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65687.501,44938
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50079.941,19947
CowsLean 85-90%High1,23566.5082189
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,350114.001,5393thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,384102.191,4143thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,11090.009991thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,494123.341,84360
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,200111.241,3353thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,25085.001,0631thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,351145.521,96611
HeifersChoiceAverage1,265137.731,74252
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,244117.811,46610
HeifersSelectAverage1,196106.401,2735thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,413145.332,05420
SteersChoiceAverage1,305137.061,78932
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,324126.801,67928
SteersSelectAverage1,19599.001,1831thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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%1,49880.24/cwt75.00–85.001,20236
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57587.07/cwt85.00–91.501,3715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45372.22/cwt70.00–74.001,0496
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59790.16/cwt86.00–96.001,44014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,466101.48/cwt98.00–108.001,4885
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74981.86/cwt75.50–85.501,43219
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,384102.19/cwt100.00–105.001,4143
Dairy SteersChoice1,494123.34/cwt117.00–125.501,84360
Dairy SteersSelect1,25085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0631
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,200111.24/cwt104.00–114.001,3353
HeifersSelect and Choice1,244117.81/cwt112.00–125.001,46610
SteersChoice1,305137.06/cwt133.75–144.001,78932
SteersSelect1,19599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,1831
SteersSelect and Choice1,324126.80/cwt119.00–132.001,67928
Dairy HeifersChoice1,350114.00/cwt110.00–118.001,5393
CowsLean 85-90%1,25773.42/cwt68.00–78.5092342
Dairy HeifersSelect1,11090.00/cwt90.00–90.009991
CowsLean 85-90%1,20450.98/cwt45.00–55.006149
CowsLean 85-90%1,21762.52/cwt56.50–67.5076138
HeifersChoice1,265137.73/cwt130.00–142.001,74252
HeifersChoice and Prime1,351145.52/cwt143.00–145.751,96611
HeifersSelect1,196106.40/cwt100.00–110.001,2735
SteersChoice and Prime1,413145.33/cwt145.00–146.002,05420

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.