Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-12-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 8
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
534 head
▲ 42 vs last sale 492▲ 534 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as auction was not covered 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—Average1,69778.621,33414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72959.391,02719
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,53455.6985447
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24246.97583107
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,23798.451,2184thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,228129.511,5905thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,456116.211,69224
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,432111.351,59544
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,275100.821,2852thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,371136.501,8716thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,230132.521,63043
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240119.461,48124
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,425140.001,9958thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,390133.541,85634
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,453117.381,7064thin
SteersSelectAverage1,533105.841,6232thin

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—Choice1,390133.54/cwt126.50–136.751,85634
Steers—Choice and Prime1,425140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9958
Steers—Select and Choice1,453117.38/cwt113.50–122.501,7064
Steers—Select1,533105.84/cwt100.00–110.001,6232
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,230132.52/cwt126.50–135.001,63043
Heifers—Select and Choice1,240119.46/cwt117.00–120.001,48124
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,371136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,8716
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39268.47/cwt64.00–72.009533
Bulls——1,70390.84/cwt90.00–92.001,5472
Bulls——1,79779.28/cwt75.00–85.001,4259
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09135.58/cwt30.00–39.0038818
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22045.39/cwt40.00–50.0055448
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28369.69/cwt68.00–71.508942
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33453.83/cwt50.50–57.0071841
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52257.45/cwt54.50–64.0087428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,58251.14/cwt47.00–53.5080917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68358.56/cwt55.00–63.0098615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,87553.50/cwt53.00–54.001,0032
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,92871.55/cwt68.00–75.001,3792
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,23798.45/cwt94.00–100.001,2184
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,228129.51/cwt128.00–134.501,5905
Dairy Steers—Select1,275100.82/cwt96.00–105.001,2852
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,432111.35/cwt107.00–114.001,59544
Dairy Steers—Choice1,456116.21/cwt115.00–125.001,69224

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.