Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2021-12-22

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 22
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
299 head
▼ 334 vs last sale 633▲ 299 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 mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 4.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher based on a limited comparison and slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 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—Low1,91393.971,7988thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,63364.961,06125
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,47860.8589939
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23449.4761052
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,324105.601,3987thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,578113.461,79045
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,374106.091,45817
HeifersChoiceAverage1,213124.661,51217
SteersChoiceAverage1,418128.201,8189thin

Every lot

16 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—Choice1,418128.20/cwt125.00–130.001,8189
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,213124.66/cwt119.00–128.001,51217
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,87986.03/cwt81.50–89.001,6174
Bulls——1,920105.72/cwt104.50–107.002,0302
Bulls——1,97598.11/cwt96.00–100.001,9382
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21149.32/cwt44.00–54.0059729
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22837.96/cwt31.00–41.004669
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28457.19/cwt54.50–62.5073414
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47661.08/cwt56.00–65.5090238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53373.05/cwt71.00–75.001,1202
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56052.00/cwt52.00–52.008111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62964.68/cwt60.50–68.001,05422
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,93055.00/cwt55.00–55.001,0621
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,324105.60/cwt102.00–108.001,3987
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,374106.09/cwt102.00–108.001,45817
Dairy Steers—Choice1,578113.46/cwt110.00–120.001,79045

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.