Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-06-01

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 1
● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
313 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 393▼ 20 vs year ago 333 · −6.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. No other comparison data is available to trend because of light receipts. Livestock movement was slow this week because a lot of farmers were busy doing field work.

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%Low1,69990.741,54227
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42683.631,19229
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25567.2684472
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,515125.951,90813
HeifersChoiceAverage1,241137.501,7066thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,536149.502,2966thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,328143.601,90715
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,148135.001,5502thin

Every lot

14 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 Choice1,148135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5502
Steers—Choice1,328143.60/cwt138.00–147.251,90715
Steers—Choice and Prime1,536149.50/cwt149.50–149.502,2966
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,241137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,7066
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17965.96/cwt60.00–71.0077826
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21052.52/cwt45.00–59.0063516
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23291.55/cwt88.00–98.501,1283
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34476.24/cwt72.00–82.001,02530
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41783.90/cwt80.00–87.501,18921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,57977.72/cwt76.00–79.001,2275
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,633104.91/cwt100.00–110.501,7133
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66990.92/cwt86.50–96.001,51718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,82383.11/cwt81.00–85.001,5156
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,515125.95/cwt120.00–129.501,90813

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.