Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-09-29

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 29
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
539 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 468▲ 98 vs year ago 441 · +22.2%
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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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54566.041,02039
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36359.7781440
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17248.8457264
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,30899.291,2993thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,474111.031,63760
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,440104.891,51015
HeifersChoiceAverage1,285115.241,48116
SteersChoiceAverage1,367119.101,62896

Every lot

14 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,367119.10/cwt113.00–123.001,62896
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,285115.24/cwt115.00–117.001,48116
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08957.24/cwt56.00–59.006235
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16239.33/cwt34.00–44.0045714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18450.86/cwt45.50–55.0060245
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35665.73/cwt65.00–67.008914
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35760.21/cwt56.00–64.0081731
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40352.24/cwt50.00–54.007335
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40772.98/cwt70.00–75.001,0275
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55865.26/cwt60.00–69.001,01733
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80557.00/cwt57.00–57.001,0291
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,30899.29/cwt98.00–100.001,2993
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,440104.89/cwt102.00–108.251,51015
Dairy Steers—Choice1,474111.03/cwt108.25–113.351,63760

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.