Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-10-06

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 6
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
585 head
▲ 46 vs last sale 539▲ 68 vs year ago 517 · +13.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. slaughter steers were 3.00 lower with slaughter Holstein dairy steers 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter Holstein dairy heifers were 7.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

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—Average1,85588.021,63314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62062.971,02034
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45356.9882827
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20243.8952776
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,306106.681,3934thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,30096.951,2602thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,25783.391,0483thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,477109.331,61567
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,455122.911,7883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,266114.741,45344
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,198105.011,2585thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,24695.271,18711
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,493121.001,8078thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,318115.721,52575
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,248107.811,34514
SteersSelectAverage1,33797.081,29812

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—Select and Choice1,248107.81/cwt100.00–110.001,34514
Steers—Choice1,318115.72/cwt111.00–119.501,52575
Steers—Select1,33797.08/cwt97.00–98.001,29812
Steers—Choice and Prime1,493121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,8078
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,198105.01/cwt103.00–106.501,2585
Heifers—Select1,24695.27/cwt91.00–96.001,18711
Heifers—Choice1,266114.74/cwt110.00–120.001,45344
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,455122.91/cwt122.50–124.001,7883
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42874.81/cwt73.00–76.501,0682
Bulls——1,88987.64/cwt83.00–91.501,6569
Bulls——2,03897.95/cwt96.00–100.001,9963
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16336.16/cwt30.00–40.0042123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19745.59/cwt40.50–50.5054642
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30153.54/cwt52.00–57.0069711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41262.62/cwt62.00–63.008843
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44656.91/cwt53.00–61.5082322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51273.78/cwt69.50–77.001,1163
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,59049.29/cwt48.00–50.507842
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61263.04/cwt58.00–67.501,01626
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72856.09/cwt53.00–59.009695
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,25783.39/cwt82.00–85.501,0483
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,30096.95/cwt95.00–99.001,2602
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,306106.68/cwt104.00–108.001,3934
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,477109.33/cwt105.00–112.001,61567

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.