Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2020-10-28

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 28
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
481 head
▲ 481 vs last sale 0▲ 481 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data available this week. Good demand noted for slaughter cattle and slaughter cows.

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—High1,64681.191,3366thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,66455.4692335
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,40650.5571177
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17042.9050289
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,41684.331,1944thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,31875.189912thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,43566.689574thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,41490.561,28172
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,435105.501,5141thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273100.911,28519
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,359110.001,4956thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,398105.431,47429
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32895.241,26512

Every lot

20 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 Choice1,32895.24/cwt91.00–98.001,26512
Steers—Choice and Prime1,359110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4956
Steers—Choice1,398105.43/cwt101.00–109.001,47429
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,273100.91/cwt97.50–103.501,28519
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,435105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,5141
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54478.67/cwt75.50–82.501,2154
Bulls——1,85086.23/cwt86.00–86.501,5952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06634.16/cwt30.00–38.0036418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14451.16/cwt49.50–54.505854
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19944.75/cwt39.00–49.0053767
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22556.94/cwt55.50–59.506986
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36346.01/cwt44.00–47.5062710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43150.66/cwt47.00–55.0072561
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49061.26/cwt58.00–66.0091311
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71849.11/cwt42.50–52.008449
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76055.01/cwt53.00–57.5096815
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,41490.56/cwt86.00–94.251,28172
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,31875.18/cwt71.00–80.009912
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,41684.33/cwt83.00–88.001,1944
Dairy Heifers—Select1,43566.68/cwt63.00–68.009574

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.