Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-04-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
381 head
111 vs last sale 492 80 vs year ago 461 · 17.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady based on light receipts. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were trending lower based on light receipts. Dairy heifers were mostly steady based on light receipts. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

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
BullsAverage1,51793.691,4219thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71479.301,35937
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,50776.521,15373
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26964.16814101
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,219110.541,3474thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,280101.001,2931thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,505128.001,9261thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,528121.281,85364
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,266107.481,3618thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,256132.921,6694thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,150112.001,2882thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,465147.252,1575thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,263138.051,74415
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,343119.231,6012thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Bulls1,58898.70/cwt93.50–100.001,5676
Bulls2,205110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,4261
Bulls96070.52/cwt69.00–72.006772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12384.26/cwt84.00–84.509462
CowsBoner 80-85%1,67471.16/cwt68.00–72.001,1917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50176.86/cwt73.00–83.001,15464
Dairy SteersChoice1,528121.28/cwt114.00–124.001,85364
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,505128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,9261
HeifersChoice1,256132.92/cwt132.00–135.501,6694
HeifersSelect and Choice1,150112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2882
SteersSelect and Choice1,343119.23/cwt118.50–120.001,6012
Dairy HeifersChoice1,219110.54/cwt107.00–114.501,3474
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,91174.34/cwt72.00–75.001,4215
CowsLean 85-90%1,20561.65/cwt56.00–67.0074344
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,280101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2931
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,266107.48/cwt103.00–112.001,3618
CowsLean 85-90%1,38871.95/cwt67.50–78.5099941
CowsLean 85-90%1,13951.11/cwt45.00–55.0058216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71879.39/cwt75.50–84.501,36429
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34786.72/cwt85.00–89.501,1683
SteersChoice1,263138.05/cwt135.00–145.501,74415
SteersChoice and Prime1,465147.25/cwt147.25–147.252,1575

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.