Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-08-17

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 17
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
465 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 370▲ 465 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%Average1,594101.511,61830
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,47189.111,31060
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20474.4989782
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,404129.831,8238thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,350117.091,5814thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,725139.502,4062thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,448132.551,91973
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,432126.241,80817
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,160108.351,2572thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,246151.501,8886thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,210145.331,75816
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,175135.391,5912thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,427160.002,2839thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,249151.181,88858
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,288139.381,79522
SteersSelectAverage1,240122.651,5214thin

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—Select1,240122.65/cwt118.00–128.001,5214
Steers—Choice1,249151.18/cwt144.00–156.251,88858
Steers—Select and Choice1,288139.38/cwt133.00–142.501,79522
Steers—Choice and Prime1,427160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,2839
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,175135.39/cwt134.00–137.001,5912
Heifers—Choice1,210145.33/cwt139.00–148.001,75816
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,246151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,8886
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04262.20/cwt59.00–65.006489
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17573.08/cwt67.00–77.0085946
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30880.98/cwt78.00–87.501,05927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39080.84/cwt75.00–84.501,1247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46289.26/cwt85.00–95.001,30542
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55593.79/cwt90.50–99.001,45811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,556111.24/cwt108.50–115.001,73111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,562100.39/cwt96.50–106.501,56810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67690.87/cwt85.00–95.001,5239
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,160108.35/cwt105.00–112.001,2572
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,432126.24/cwt123.00–128.001,80817
Dairy Steers—Choice1,448132.55/cwt129.00–139.001,91973
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,725139.50/cwt139.50–139.502,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,350117.09/cwt115.00–120.001,5814
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,404129.83/cwt129.00–132.001,8238

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.