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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
436 head
36 vs last sale 400 436 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughters steers were 8.00 higher, Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 higher, slaughter heifers were 13.00 higher, and slaughter dairy heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 8.00 higher and slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 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
BullsAverage1,72793.271,61112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74669.121,20748
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33860.5281062
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15747.9855540
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360100.251,3632thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,34996.581,30315
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,29081.561,0522thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,45067.199742thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,471102.751,51164
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33291.441,2187thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,307127.251,6637thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,314123.301,62015
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,233114.511,41213
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,310128.501,6831thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340122.321,63932

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls2,00987.49/cwt83.00–89.001,7585
Bulls1,631110.70/cwt102.00–115.501,8065
Bulls1,26364.16/cwt61.00–67.008102
Dairy HeifersSelect1,45067.19/cwt64.00–72.009742
HeifersChoice1,314123.30/cwt116.00–126.001,62015
SteersChoice1,340122.32/cwt117.50–125.751,63932
CowsLean 85-90%1,08937.75/cwt32.00–41.0041111
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,33291.44/cwt86.00–95.501,2187
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29859.82/cwt55.00–65.0077643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35149.01/cwt43.00–53.006626
Dairy HeifersChoice1,34996.58/cwt89.50–99.251,30315
SteersChoice and Prime1,310128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,6831
CowsLean 85-90%1,22847.89/cwt43.00–53.0058815
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,360100.25/cwt100.25–100.251,3632
CowsLean 85-90%1,13556.11/cwt54.00–58.0063714
HeifersChoice and Prime1,307127.25/cwt127.25–127.251,6637
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53060.57/cwt59.00–62.009272
HeifersSelect and Choice1,233114.51/cwt114.00–115.501,41213
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,29081.56/cwt76.00–86.001,0522
Dairy SteersChoice1,471102.75/cwt97.50–117.001,51164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46268.17/cwt65.50–70.5099713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77667.72/cwt64.50–70.001,20332
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70973.54/cwt71.00–79.001,25714

How this sale compares

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.