Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-09-30

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 30
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
441 head
▲ 19 vs last sale 422▼ 380 vs year ago 821 · −46.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter dairy steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 3.00 lower and slaughter bulls were 10.00 lower based on a limited comparison.

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
Bulls—Low1,59379.371,26412
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,56154.7585426
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30351.3766926
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13139.9645247
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,56190.001,4056thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,46078.651,1482thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31563.048292thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,27454.2669113
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,49091.881,36986
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30481.371,0615thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,187105.751,2555thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,26599.391,2577thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41487.121,2328thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,313108.751,42810
SteersChoiceAverage1,283104.501,34155
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29691.531,1864thin

Every lot

24 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,283104.50/cwt98.00–107.001,34155
Steers—Select and Choice1,29691.53/cwt88.00–95.501,1864
Steers—Choice and Prime1,313108.75/cwt108.75–108.751,42810
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,187105.75/cwt105.75–105.751,2555
Heifers—Choice1,26599.39/cwt95.00–103.001,2577
Heifers—Select and Choice1,41487.12/cwt85.00–89.501,2328
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,37863.01/cwt61.00–66.008682
Bulls——1,58877.27/cwt73.00–83.001,2276
Bulls——1,70890.69/cwt85.00–94.001,5494
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09331.56/cwt25.00–35.0034518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12342.90/cwt37.00–47.0048221
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,14046.78/cwt46.50–47.005332
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23651.13/cwt49.00–54.506328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30251.14/cwt48.00–55.0066621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41556.05/cwt55.00–58.007933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55756.74/cwt51.00–61.0088315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55945.33/cwt40.00–48.507077
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57863.75/cwt61.50–66.001,0064
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,27454.26/cwt54.00–57.5069113
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,31563.04/cwt60.00–66.508292
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,46078.65/cwt74.50–83.501,1482
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,56190.00/cwt90.00–90.001,4056
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,30481.37/cwt75.00–84.001,0615
Dairy Steers—Choice1,49091.88/cwt86.00–94.501,36986

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.