Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-08-11

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
468 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 453▲ 468 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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—Average1,586103.141,63513
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71967.071,15313
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49761.7792430
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22451.5963171
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,400115.001,6101thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,401103.391,4484thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,27093.971,1934thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,12083.009301thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,324125.001,6555thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,457106.761,55563
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,271129.001,6403thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,152117.031,34810
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,094103.511,13216
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,388130.001,8045thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,312124.241,63099
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,292114.861,48417
SteersSelectAverage1,09198.981,0803thin

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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,09198.98/cwt95.00–101.001,0803
Steers—Select and Choice1,292114.86/cwt110.00–117.501,48417
Steers—Choice1,312124.24/cwt119.00–129.001,63099
Steers—Choice and Prime1,388130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8045
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,094103.51/cwt95.00–105.001,13216
Heifers—Choice1,152117.03/cwt114.00–118.501,34810
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,271129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6403
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,480101.08/cwt96.00–105.001,4968
Bulls——1,51088.50/cwt88.50–88.501,3361
Bulls——1,816110.92/cwt107.00–116.002,0144
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10540.28/cwt35.00–45.0044521
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23351.43/cwt46.00–56.0063418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29759.10/cwt56.50–64.0076732
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48562.43/cwt58.50–67.0092727
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,60055.83/cwt54.50–57.008933
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62374.85/cwt73.00–77.001,2154
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69065.02/cwt61.00–71.001,0997
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,01058.67/cwt57.00–60.001,1792
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,12083.00/cwt83.00–83.009301
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,27093.97/cwt89.00–98.001,1934
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,400115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,6101
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,401103.39/cwt100.00–108.501,4484
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,324125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,6555
Dairy Steers—Choice1,457106.76/cwt97.50–117.001,55563

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.