Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-09-21

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
454 head
60 vs last sale 514 454 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 3.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 5.00 higher while Holstein slaughter heifers were 5.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 7.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 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
BullsAverage1,624106.881,73615
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64985.961,41726
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,51980.951,23054
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,32268.09900124
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,314128.021,68215
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363119.661,6313thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,597139.502,2282thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,467129.191,89555
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,371116.531,5984thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,397150.002,0962thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273140.631,79017
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,117128.991,44117
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,460154.502,25612
SteersChoiceAverage1,349144.091,94428
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,303133.551,74031
SteersSelectAverage1,220112.141,3682thin

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
Bulls1,713111.29/cwt105.50–117.501,9068
Bulls2,035129.50/cwt129.50–129.502,6351
Bulls1,43897.24/cwt92.00–102.001,3986
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50781.67/cwt78.50–86.501,23147
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60076.10/cwt75.00–77.001,2187
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,47589.76/cwt86.00–96.001,32414
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,363119.66/cwt119.00–120.001,6313
Dairy SteersChoice1,467129.19/cwt123.00–132.501,89555
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,371116.53/cwt109.00–120.001,5984
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,597139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,2282
HeifersChoice and Prime1,397150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,0962
SteersChoice1,349144.09/cwt141.00–153.001,94428
SteersChoice and Prime1,460154.50/cwt154.50–154.502,25612
SteersSelect1,220112.14/cwt110.00–115.001,3682
SteersSelect and Choice1,303133.55/cwt127.50–139.001,74031
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,463100.19/cwt98.00–103.001,4662
Dairy HeifersChoice1,314128.02/cwt122.00–131.501,68215
CowsLean 85-90%1,15955.31/cwt50.00–59.0064121
CowsLean 85-90%1,28166.19/cwt60.00–70.0084854
CowsLean 85-90%1,43675.66/cwt71.00–81.001,08649
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,92977.79/cwt73.50–81.501,50110
HeifersChoice1,273140.63/cwt137.50–146.751,79017
HeifersSelect and Choice1,117128.99/cwt124.00–134.001,44117

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.