Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-10-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 20
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
406 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 416▲ 406 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 4.00 higher and slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 8.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein heifers and slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher.

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—Average1,75892.341,6236thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64261.671,01336
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44458.2284153
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20245.3054571
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,18396.031,1362thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,19774.298893thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,350116.001,5661thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,465107.621,57729
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41995.251,3524thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,229133.501,64110
HeifersChoiceAverage1,239130.381,61530
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,247118.221,4748thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,13086.769802thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,391136.001,8928thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,289130.931,68820
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,215120.541,46535

Every lot

22 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 Choice1,215120.54/cwt116.00–124.001,46535
Steers—Choice1,289130.93/cwt125.00–134.501,68820
Steers—Choice and Prime1,391136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8928
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,13086.76/cwt85.00–89.009802
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,229133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,64110
Heifers—Choice1,239130.38/cwt123.00–132.501,61530
Heifers—Select and Choice1,247118.22/cwt111.00–120.001,4748
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,53084.50/cwt84.50–84.501,2931
Bulls——1,80393.91/cwt90.00–98.501,6935
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15732.74/cwt28.00–37.5037913
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17544.33/cwt38.00–48.0052132
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25952.78/cwt48.50–58.5066526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33050.60/cwt49.00–52.506734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37964.40/cwt62.50–68.008888
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46857.76/cwt54.50–62.0084841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58868.51/cwt66.50–71.501,0888
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65859.72/cwt55.00–65.0099028
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,350116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,5661
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,41995.25/cwt91.00–98.001,3524
Dairy Steers—Choice1,465107.62/cwt102.00–112.251,57729
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,18396.03/cwt94.00–98.001,1362
Dairy Heifers—Select1,19774.29/cwt72.00–79.008893

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.