Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-10-07

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 7
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
517 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 441▼ 17 vs year ago 534 · −3.2%
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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—High1,81181.191,47018
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61155.0388733
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38350.0369265
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15839.2045462
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,28884.521,0894thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39174.731,0394thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,24060.177462thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,61793.851,5187thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,46689.751,31670
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,39581.911,1433thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16169.808107thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,190102.001,2141thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,16696.811,12911
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30085.981,1182thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,522106.001,6139thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,288102.441,319128
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26991.741,1645thin

Every lot

25 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—Select and Choice1,26991.74/cwt89.00–95.501,1645
Steers—Choice1,288102.44/cwt96.00–105.751,319128
Steers—Choice and Prime1,522106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,6139
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,16696.81/cwt91.00–99.501,12911
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,190102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2141
Heifers—Select and Choice1,30085.98/cwt85.00–87.001,1182
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,65482.60/cwt80.00–87.501,36612
Bulls——1,74589.85/cwt89.00–91.001,5683
Bulls——2,50266.90/cwt61.00–71.001,6743
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09631.45/cwt27.00–37.0034521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17442.07/cwt38.00–47.5049435
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26242.10/cwt40.00–44.505317
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28349.61/cwt48.50–52.006366
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38650.18/cwt45.00–54.0069550
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47156.06/cwt55.00–58.508258
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58555.48/cwt50.50–60.0087925
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59863.24/cwt60.50–66.001,0113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74847.88/cwt45.00–50.008375
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,16169.80/cwt67.00–72.008107
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,39581.91/cwt80.00–83.001,1433
Dairy Steers—Choice1,46689.75/cwt85.50–92.251,31670
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,61793.85/cwt93.85–93.851,5187
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,24060.17/cwt59.50–61.007462
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,28884.52/cwt79.00–89.001,0894
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,39174.73/cwt74.00–76.001,0394

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.