Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-11-16

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 16
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
434 head
59 vs last sale 493 434 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
133 head
133 vs last sale 0 133 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 2.00 lower while Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher.

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
BullsLow1,61699.051,60011
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73477.711,34821
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,43774.791,07573
CowsLean 85-90%High1,27859.4476087
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410126.501,7841thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,516119.211,8075thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,520107.701,6372thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,26092.221,1622thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,405145.502,0441thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,511128.221,93782
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,371116.421,5969thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,367109.541,4973thin
HeifersPrimeAverage1,312163.002,1392thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,365153.002,0883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,276145.541,85730
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,131126.121,4264thin
HeifersSelectAverage945100.009451thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,441159.002,2914thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,267149.911,89929
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,327141.261,87515
SteersSelectAverage1,433124.521,7842thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Baby Bull CalvesN/A101$10615

Every lot, as filed

31 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,35366.50/cwt62.50–71.0090036
CowsLean 85-90%1,25958.01/cwt52.00–62.0073036
CowsLean 85-90%1,14445.95/cwt40.00–50.0052615
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76177.35/cwt74.00–84.001,36214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,88972.97/cwt71.50–75.501,3784
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40385.69/cwt84.50–87.501,2023
SteersChoice1,267149.91/cwt146.00–157.001,89929
HeifersSelect and Choice1,131126.12/cwt120.00–131.001,4264
HeifersSelect945100.00/cwt100.00–100.009451
HeifersPrime1,312163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,1392
HeifersChoice and Prime1,365153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,0883
HeifersChoice1,276145.54/cwt139.00–148.501,85730
Dairy HeifersSelect1,26092.22/cwt86.00–97.001,1622
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,410126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,7841
Dairy HeifersChoice1,516119.21/cwt114.50–124.001,8075
SteersSelect and Choice1,327141.26/cwt136.00–145.001,87515
SteersSelect1,433124.52/cwt124.00–125.001,7842
SteersChoice and Prime1,441159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,2914
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,371116.42/cwt111.00–121.501,5969
Dairy SteersSelect1,367109.54/cwt108.50–110.001,4973
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,405145.50/cwt145.50–145.502,0441
Dairy SteersChoice1,511128.22/cwt122.00–133.101,93782
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,520107.70/cwt105.00–110.001,6372
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49667.13/cwt63.00–69.001,0047
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45482.41/cwt80.50–85.001,1985
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42975.04/cwt70.00–79.001,07261
Bulls1,15082.13/cwt80.00–84.009442
Bulls1,780116.18/cwt115.00–117.502,0682
Bulls1,70298.99/cwt93.00–103.001,6857
Baby Bull CalvesN/A9079.58/head50.00–100.00806
Baby Bull CalvesN/A109123.06/head100.00–220.001239

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.