Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-07-21

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
405 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 435▼ 44 vs year ago 449 · −9.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not reported last week.

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—Low1,71795.781,6449thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58568.611,08827
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36964.5988437
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16555.2364358
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,28593.011,1956thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22582.001,0051thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,20573.278833thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,695115.001,9491thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,469109.771,61381
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34298.511,32213
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,26487.551,1079thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368123.001,6836thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,127116.371,3115thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,485103.001,5301thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,444124.251,7949thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,330121.521,61679
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,279110.121,40816

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—Select and Choice1,279110.12/cwt110.00–112.001,40816
Steers—Choice1,330121.52/cwt115.00–124.001,61679
Steers—Choice and Prime1,444124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,7949
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,127116.37/cwt114.00–119.001,3115
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,368123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,6836
Heifers—Select and Choice1,485103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,5301
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,60888.17/cwt83.50–92.001,4184
Bulls——1,655114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,8871
Bulls——1,84198.83/cwt94.00–103.001,8194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13639.09/cwt34.50–41.004446
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16653.39/cwt47.00–57.0062325
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17060.53/cwt57.50–65.0070827
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,21368.59/cwt67.50–71.008328
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41263.49/cwt57.00–67.0089629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50874.29/cwt72.50–76.501,1205
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60367.32/cwt62.00–72.001,07922
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,26487.55/cwt80.00–90.001,1079
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,34298.51/cwt92.00–102.001,32213
Dairy Steers—Choice1,469109.77/cwt105.00–113.001,61381
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,695115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,9491
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,20573.27/cwt72.00–75.008833
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,22582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0051
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,28593.01/cwt89.00–96.501,1956

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.