Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-04-21

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
461 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 436▲ 461 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 to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter dairy heifers were mostly steady 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—Average1,58781.681,29612
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74967.651,18352
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41461.7487380
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13748.7355452
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39596.691,3498thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40588.141,2386thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,310108.001,4151thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,40699.451,39861
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32588.061,1672thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,16777.799085thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,273113.331,4434thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34381.051,0892thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340123.741,65826
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,398109.251,5274thin
SteersSelectAverage1,113100.201,1153thin

Every lot

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. 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—Select1,113100.20/cwt96.00–104.001,1153
Steers—Choice1,340123.74/cwt116.00–125.001,65826
Steers—Select and Choice1,398109.25/cwt107.00–111.001,5274
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,273113.33/cwt109.00–118.501,4434
Heifers—Select and Choice1,34381.05/cwt80.00–82.001,0892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56091.00/cwt90.00–92.001,4202
Bulls——1,56682.44/cwt81.00–85.001,2917
Bulls——1,65273.69/cwt72.00–76.001,2173
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13150.85/cwt45.00–55.0057522
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13939.67/cwt35.00–44.5045218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14758.43/cwt55.50–62.0067012
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40652.27/cwt47.00–55.007358
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40769.09/cwt67.00–75.0097217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41760.85/cwt56.50–66.0086255
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65573.59/cwt72.00–80.001,21812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75160.44/cwt55.50–62.501,0588
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,78467.22/cwt63.00–71.001,19932
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,16777.79/cwt77.00–81.009085
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,310108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,4151
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,32588.06/cwt87.00–89.001,1672
Dairy Steers—Choice1,40699.45/cwt94.00–102.501,39861
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,39596.69/cwt93.00–101.001,3498
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,40588.14/cwt85.00–90.001,2386

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.