Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-03-30

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 30
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
506 head
▲ 41 vs last sale 465▲ 506 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65687.501,44938
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50079.941,19947
CowsLean 85-90%High1,23566.5082189
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,350114.001,5393thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,384102.191,4143thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,11090.009991thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,494123.341,84360
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,200111.241,3353thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,25085.001,0631thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,351145.521,96611
HeifersChoiceAverage1,265137.731,74252
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,244117.811,46610
HeifersSelectAverage1,196106.401,2735thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,413145.332,05420
SteersChoiceAverage1,305137.061,78932
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,324126.801,67928
SteersSelectAverage1,19599.001,1831thin

Every lot

23 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—Select1,19599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,1831
Steers—Choice1,305137.06/cwt133.75–144.001,78932
Steers—Select and Choice1,324126.80/cwt119.00–132.001,67928
Steers—Choice and Prime1,413145.33/cwt145.00–146.002,05420
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,196106.40/cwt100.00–110.001,2735
Heifers—Select and Choice1,244117.81/cwt112.00–125.001,46610
Heifers—Choice1,265137.73/cwt130.00–142.001,74252
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,351145.52/cwt143.00–145.751,96611
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20450.98/cwt45.00–55.006149
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21762.52/cwt56.50–67.5076138
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25773.42/cwt68.00–78.5092342
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45372.22/cwt70.00–74.001,0496
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,466101.48/cwt98.00–108.001,4885
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49880.24/cwt75.00–85.001,20236
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57587.07/cwt85.00–91.501,3715
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59790.16/cwt86.00–96.001,44014
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74981.86/cwt75.50–85.501,43219
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,11090.00/cwt90.00–90.009991
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,350114.00/cwt110.00–118.001,5393
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,384102.19/cwt100.00–105.001,4143
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,200111.24/cwt104.00–114.001,3353
Dairy Steers—Select1,25085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0631
Dairy Steers—Choice1,494123.34/cwt117.00–125.501,84360

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.