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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Name: Shipshewana Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 22

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970

← May 15May 22May 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

351 head

▼ 107 vs last sale 458▲ 351 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

467 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 427▲ 467 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

24 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 73▲ 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts

151 head

▲ 151 vs last sale 0▲ 151 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 mostly steady. Holstein steers were 7.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 3.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 4.00 higher.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $114.50/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −125.89 against this barn's trailing median of $240.39.

Average price

$114.50

45 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$665

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$102

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2

$48.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.00

vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	123.41	661	31
Medium and Large 1-2	713	99.44	709	11thin
Medium and Large 2	475	79.00	375	2thin
Small and Medium 2	745	75.00	559	1thin

One grade step is worth $48.41/cwt here — about $102 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale45 hd

114.50

—

IN average4 barns · 447 hd

116.50

−2.00

This barn, trailing median25 sales

240.39

−125.89

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

25 sales

Steers 0–100 lb: high $265.98, low $209.68, median $240.39 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,653	81.17	1,342	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,526	62.30	951	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,317	52.28	689	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,171	45.31	530	40
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,253	81.70	1,024	14
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,350	67.81	915	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,455	106.45	1,549	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,406	90.47	1,272	108
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,256	80.09	1,006	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,187	114.53	1,359	25
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,373	120.16	1,650	7thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,306	115.52	1,509	38
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,393	105.51	1,470	2thin
Steers	Select	Average	1,258	92.11	1,159	5thin

Every lot

78 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	317	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	355	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	380	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	494	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	437	125.74/cwt	120.00–128.00	549	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	475	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	375	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	613	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	678	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	573	115.65/cwt	115.00–117.00	663	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	600	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	600	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	636	119.67/cwt	118.00–125.00	761	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	715	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	951	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	851	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 2	745	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	559	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	764	99.48/cwt	97.00–100.00	760	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	834	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	365	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	383	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	496	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	469	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	432	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	593	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	629	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	843	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	719	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	720	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	612	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	802	96.71/cwt	95.00–97.00	776	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	830	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	722	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Large 3	540	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	302	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	545	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	436	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	619	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	92.46/cwt	90.00–95.00	536	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	821	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	854	10
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	576	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	409	5
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers10 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	332	81.08/cwt	77.50–82.50	269	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	417	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	346	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	470	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	371	7
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	535	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	444	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3Fancy	622	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	522	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	622	65.79/cwt	64.00–67.50	409	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	789	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	544	13
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	808	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	509	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	890	64.51/cwt	62.00–67.00	574	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	1,035	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	745	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,258	92.11/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,159	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,306	115.52/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,509	38
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,373	120.16/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,650	7
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,393	105.51/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,470	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,187	114.53/cwt	110.50–117.00	1,359	25
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,518	73.90/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,122	9
Bulls	—	—	1,698	83.44/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,417	11
Bulls	—	—	1,892	94.65/cwt	90.50–100.00	1,791	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,057	35.33/cwt	30.00–38.00	373	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	44.80/cwt	40.00–50.00	519	25
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,177	45.67/cwt	44.50–47.00	538	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,279	53.36/cwt	52.00–55.00	682	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,315	61.12/cwt	58.50–65.00	804	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	52.34/cwt	48.00–58.00	704	36
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,348	56.32/cwt	55.00–58.00	759	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,492	72.13/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,076	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,562	62.64/cwt	58.50–68.50	978	37
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,256	80.09/cwt	74.00–83.50	1,006	18
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,311	84.97/cwt	84.50–85.50	1,114	23
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,372	98.61/cwt	98.00–99.00	1,353	14
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,443	90.65/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,308	71
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,455	106.45/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,549	4
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,253	81.70/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,024	14
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,350	67.81/cwt	65.00–70.00	915	3
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,230	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	12,915	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817.18/cwt	750.00–916.00	—	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	—	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	—	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	6,888	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,080	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	626	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,327	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	13,668	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	867	55.51/cwt	51.00–58.00	481	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	895	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	698	1
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Baby Bull Calves2 lots · lightest first
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/A	93	103.30/cwt	35.00–140.00	96	120
Baby Bull Calves	—	N/A	107	112.69/cwt	35.00–140.00	121	30
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Baby Heifer Calves1 lot · lightest first
Baby Heifer Calves	—	N/A	75	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	30	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Shipshewana Livestock Auction - Shipshewana, IN

Wed May 22, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 351Last week 458Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 467Last week 427Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 73Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 151Last week 0Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	502	135.00	135.00
6	—	715	133.00	133.00
1	—	380	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	740	115.00	115.00
1	—	370	119.00	119.00
1	—	490	125.00	125.00
3	—	573	115.00–117.00	115.65
4	—	317	112.00	112.00
4	—	636	118.00–125.00	119.67
7	—	437	120.00–128.00	125.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	600	100.00	100.00
1	—	860	97.00	97.00
6	—	764	97.00–100.00	99.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	802	95.00–97.00	96.71
1	—	435	114.00	114.00
1	—	565	105.00	105.00
1	—	860	84.00	84.00
2	—	660	109.00	109.00
5	—	451	104.00	104.00
1	—	365	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	822	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	629	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	105.00	105.00
2	—	580	90.00–95.00	92.46
10	—	821	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	576	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	622	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	79.00	79.00
1	—	535	83.00	83.00
1	—	1,035	72.00	72.00
13	—	789	69.00	69.00
2	—	890	62.00–67.00	64.51
3	—	808	63.00	63.00
4	—	417	83.00	83.00
4	—	622	64.00–67.50	65.79
7	—	332	77.50–82.50	81.08

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,230	1,050.00	1,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	—	—	750.00–916.00	817.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · n/c wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	—	650.00	650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,327	1,030.00	1,030.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,013	680.00	680.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,080	58.00	58.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	78.00	78.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	867	51.00–58.00	55.51

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,892	90.50–100.00	94.65
9	—	1,518	67.00–77.00	73.90
11	—	1,698	80.00–88.00	83.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,492	71.00–74.00	72.13
7	—	1,348	55.00–58.00	56.32
37	—	1,562	58.50–68.50	62.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,057	30.00–38.00	35.33
9	—	1,279	52.00–55.00	53.36
25	—	1,159	40.00–50.00	44.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,315	58.50–65.00	61.12
7	—	1,177	44.50–47.00	45.67
36	—	1,345	48.00–58.00	52.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,443	86.00–96.00	90.65
14	—	1,372	98.00–99.00	98.61
23	—	1,311	84.50–85.50	84.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,455	105.00–111.00	106.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,256	74.00–83.50	80.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	65.00–70.00	67.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,253	75.00–85.00	81.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,187	110.50–117.00	114.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,306	110.00–118.00	115.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,373	119.00–121.00	120.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	90.00–95.00	92.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	105.00–106.00	105.51

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	120	—	93	35.00–140.00	103.30
—	N/A	30	—	107	35.00–140.00	112.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · actual wt
—	N/A	1	—	75	40.00	40.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.