Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-08-24

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 24
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
540 head
▲ 75 vs last sale 465▲ 540 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, both slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 5.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower.

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—Average1,392110.241,53416
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64795.511,57337
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47687.951,29856
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26172.1090995
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,292122.971,58934
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,185110.631,3118thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,19592.001,0991thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,401138.081,9353thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,415129.651,83541
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,339117.141,56926
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,579108.651,7166thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,175146.751,7246thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,177139.661,64436
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,122127.781,4344thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,248105.711,3192thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,498159.932,39613
SteersChoiceAverage1,329148.811,97856
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,183138.451,63821
SteersSelectAverage1,117118.121,3195thin

Every lot

27 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—Select1,117118.12/cwt117.00–119.501,3195
Steers—Select and Choice1,183138.45/cwt134.00–143.001,63821
Steers—Choice1,329148.81/cwt144.00–157.501,97856
Steers—Choice and Prime1,498159.93/cwt159.00–160.002,39613
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,122127.78/cwt125.00–130.001,4344
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,175146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,7246
Heifers—Choice1,177139.66/cwt134.50–144.001,64436
Heifers—Select1,248105.71/cwt101.00–111.001,3192
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,08090.66/cwt87.00–94.009792
Bulls——1,314105.30/cwt99.00–110.001,3846
Bulls——1,528118.83/cwt115.00–123.001,8168
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15658.79/cwt55.00–63.0068015
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27571.05/cwt65.00–75.0090647
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28879.64/cwt75.50–84.001,02633
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40579.42/cwt79.00–80.001,1163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,431103.40/cwt100.00–108.001,48011
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47887.60/cwt83.00–92.001,29545
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49393.12/cwt92.50–95.001,3908
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69294.05/cwt90.00–99.001,59122
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,99581.84/cwt78.00–86.001,6334
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,185110.63/cwt109.00–112.501,3118
Dairy Heifers—Select1,19592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0991
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,292122.97/cwt115.50–125.001,58934
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,339117.14/cwt112.50–122.001,56926
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,401138.08/cwt136.00–141.501,9353
Dairy Steers—Choice1,415129.65/cwt123.50–133.851,83541
Dairy Steers—Select1,579108.65/cwt102.00–110.001,7166

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.