Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-03-02

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 2
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
492 head
▼ 3 vs last sale 495▲ 492 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 6.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 13.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 4.00 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—Average1,912105.992,02610
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,64184.071,38040
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44975.001,08751
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24665.1181182
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,405121.861,7125thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,466105.601,5484thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,40892.641,3043thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,21878.169522thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,527125.441,91523
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478121.201,79169
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,422111.351,58316
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,26597.711,2363thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,422150.842,14525
HeifersChoiceAverage1,354141.541,9167thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,170129.301,5139thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,438117.611,6916thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,464152.322,23012
SteersChoiceAverage1,393144.372,01122
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,430134.191,91915
SteersSelectAverage1,437122.591,7623thin

Every lot

28 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—Choice1,393144.37/cwt139.00–148.502,01122
Steers—Select and Choice1,430134.19/cwt133.00–137.001,91915
Steers—Select1,437122.59/cwt120.50–124.001,7623
Steers—Choice and Prime1,464152.32/cwt150.00–153.752,23012
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,170129.30/cwt124.50–133.501,5139
Heifers—Choice1,354141.54/cwt137.00–146.001,9167
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,422150.84/cwt149.00–153.752,14525
Heifers—Select1,438117.61/cwt112.50–121.501,6916
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,744104.92/cwt102.00–112.001,8306
Bulls——1,943125.17/cwt121.00–128.502,4322
Bulls——2,38390.04/cwt85.00–94.002,1462
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17753.57/cwt46.00–56.006319
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25464.00/cwt58.00–68.5080349
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25571.71/cwt69.00–78.0090024
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44375.02/cwt69.00–79.001,08342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44981.98/cwt80.00–84.001,1886
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54060.70/cwt57.50–64.009353
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58591.16/cwt90.00–92.501,4453
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63784.17/cwt80.00–90.001,37833
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71877.94/cwt77.50–79.001,3394
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,26597.71/cwt94.00–103.001,2363
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,422111.35/cwt105.00–115.001,58316
Dairy Steers—Choice1,478121.20/cwt116.00–124.001,79169
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,527125.44/cwt125.00–129.001,91523
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,21878.16/cwt74.50–81.009522
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,405121.86/cwt120.00–124.501,7125
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,40892.64/cwt86.50–95.501,3043
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,466105.60/cwt102.00–110.501,5484

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.