Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-05-11

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
400 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 487▲ 400 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 3.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on light receipts. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Favorable weather conditions contributed to lighter receipts this week as many producers were in the fields taking advantage of the good weather.

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%Average1,60587.231,40130
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47283.411,22833
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19667.7481064
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,299115.101,4956thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,18592.171,0922thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,18584.269982thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,470123.561,81654
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,336112.961,5094thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,17099.661,16610
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,380145.002,0011thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,140135.001,53922
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,130126.841,4333thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,320107.731,4222thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,477155.862,3027thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,386147.392,04360
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,277134.981,72422
SteersSelectAverage1,287126.701,6319thin

Every lot

22 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 Choice1,277134.98/cwt130.00–140.001,72422
Steers—Select1,287126.70/cwt121.00–129.501,6319
Steers—Choice1,386147.39/cwt142.00–153.002,04360
Steers—Choice and Prime1,477155.86/cwt155.00–156.002,3027
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,130126.84/cwt123.00–129.001,4333
Heifers—Choice1,140135.00/cwt130.00–140.501,53922
Heifers—Select1,320107.73/cwt105.00–110.001,4222
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,380145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0011
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02350.02/cwt45.00–55.005129
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13663.11/cwt57.00–68.0071717
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26474.01/cwt69.00–79.0093538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45382.84/cwt77.50–87.501,20428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56190.54/cwt88.00–95.001,4134
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56389.07/cwt85.00–95.001,39223
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,64071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74581.20/cwt77.00–84.501,4177
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,17099.66/cwt96.00–105.001,16610
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,336112.96/cwt107.00–115.001,5094
Dairy Steers—Choice1,470123.56/cwt116.00–125.851,81654
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,18592.17/cwt87.00–97.001,0922
Dairy Heifers—Select1,18584.26/cwt83.00–86.009982
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,299115.10/cwt113.00–120.001,4956

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.