Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-02-23

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 23
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
495 head
▲ 64 vs last sale 431▼ 139 vs year ago 634 · −21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison summary is available as the auction was not reported 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—Average1,565105.691,6549thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67379.911,33740
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44573.681,06546
CowsLean 85-90%High1,24761.0276163
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,215117.001,4221thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,250104.671,3083thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,348131.181,7683thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,458119.001,735118
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,295107.821,39617
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,37099.041,3579thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,249143.591,79311
HeifersChoiceAverage1,260128.191,6156thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,255109.361,3723thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,19392.381,1022thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,412160.142,26113
SteersChoiceAverage1,355151.192,04936
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,123140.401,5778thin
SteersSelectAverage1,439123.081,77115

Every lot

25 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 Choice1,123140.40/cwt138.00–142.001,5778
Steers—Choice1,355151.19/cwt144.00–153.502,04936
Steers—Choice and Prime1,412160.14/cwt156.00–162.502,26113
Steers—Select1,439123.08/cwt121.50–128.001,77115
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,19392.38/cwt88.50–96.001,1022
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,249143.59/cwt139.00–147.501,79311
Heifers—Select and Choice1,255109.36/cwt100.00–118.001,3723
Heifers—Choice1,260128.19/cwt125.00–129.501,6156
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,565111.70/cwt105.00–114.501,7485
Bulls——1,56698.17/cwt93.00–103.501,5374
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15080.64/cwt79.00–82.509272
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23456.99/cwt52.00–62.0070329
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24444.67/cwt40.00–49.005564
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26167.09/cwt62.50–72.5084630
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45266.04/cwt65.00–67.009593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45973.90/cwt68.00–78.001,07841
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63783.84/cwt80.50–89.501,37219
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68777.28/cwt70.00–80.001,30419
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,88867.53/cwt66.00–69.001,2752
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,295107.82/cwt103.00–112.001,39617
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,348131.18/cwt129.00–132.001,7683
Dairy Steers—Select1,37099.04/cwt94.00–101.001,3579
Dairy Steers—Choice1,458119.00/cwt113.00–123.501,735118
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,215117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,4221
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,250104.67/cwt104.00–105.001,3083

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.