Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-01-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 26
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
431 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 448▲ 431 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report is available as the 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62073.601,19233
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,39568.0094860
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18455.3965679
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,470113.501,6681thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,340111.251,49113
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,36199.751,35810
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,525114.901,75258
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,304139.001,81312
HeifersChoiceAverage1,305129.471,69013
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,28399.871,2813thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,551145.752,2619thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,438138.161,98732
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,267124.521,5788thin

Every lot

19 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 Choice1,267124.52/cwt122.00–127.001,5788
Steers—Choice1,438138.16/cwt133.00–143.001,98732
Steers—Choice and Prime1,551145.75/cwt145.75–145.752,2619
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,28399.87/cwt96.00–106.001,2813
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,304139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,81312
Heifers—Choice1,305129.47/cwt124.50–133.501,69013
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12342.73/cwt37.00–47.0048018
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18254.32/cwt48.00–58.0064230
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22163.77/cwt59.00–69.0077931
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36373.02/cwt71.00–76.0099518
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37255.51/cwt50.00–60.007625
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41367.24/cwt61.00–71.0095037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55367.87/cwt66.50–68.501,0544
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60073.05/cwt69.00–77.001,16924
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,77080.83/cwt79.00–84.501,4315
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,340111.25/cwt111.25–111.251,49113
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,36199.75/cwt99.75–99.751,35810
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,470113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,6681
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,525114.90/cwt113.00–118.001,75258

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.