Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-12-07

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 7
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
445 head
65 vs last sale 510 89 vs year ago 534 · 16.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
75 head
13 vs last sale 88 75 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 5.00 higher and slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter Holstein heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 4.00 based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsAverage1,750103.221,80611
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,53470.181,07750
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,84667.721,25027
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,38257.99801112
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,595127.502,0341thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,340111.571,4953thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,22193.221,1384thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,755135.352,3753thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,519127.821,94256
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,349113.011,5255thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,293103.421,3372thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,300150.501,9573thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,276145.381,85517
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253134.041,6805thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,148115.561,3274thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,309155.002,02913
SteersChoiceAverage1,478151.792,24335
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,249138.981,73617
SteersSelectAverage1,217126.381,5383thin

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/A99$13566
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A85$432thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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%1,24146.71/cwt40.00–50.5058018
CowsLean 85-90%1,46764.59/cwt62.00–69.5094839
CowsLean 85-90%1,36757.01/cwt51.00–61.5077955
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,90162.72/cwt57.00–66.501,19214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40590.97/cwt89.00–93.001,2782
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85569.86/cwt67.00–77.001,29611
SteersChoice and Prime1,309155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,02913
SteersChoice1,478151.79/cwt145.00–154.002,24335
HeifersSelect and Choice1,253134.04/cwt129.00–137.001,6805
HeifersSelect1,148115.56/cwt111.00–117.001,3274
HeifersChoice and Prime1,300150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,9573
HeifersChoice1,276145.38/cwt142.75–150.001,85517
Dairy SteersChoice1,519127.82/cwt122.00–132.351,94256
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,22193.22/cwt88.00–99.001,1384
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,595127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,0341
Dairy HeifersChoice1,340111.57/cwt110.00–115.001,4953
SteersSelect and Choice1,249138.98/cwt133.00–143.501,73617
SteersSelect1,217126.38/cwt125.00–127.001,5383
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,349113.01/cwt107.00–118.001,5255
Dairy SteersSelect1,293103.42/cwt101.00–106.001,3372
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,755135.35/cwt135.00–135.502,3753
CowsBoner 80-85%1,71864.65/cwt64.00–65.001,1113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29779.37/cwt77.00–82.501,0293
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53869.93/cwt66.00–76.001,07644
Bulls1,786101.74/cwt97.00–105.001,8176
Bulls1,27090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1431
Bulls1,816108.74/cwt105.00–115.001,9754
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A8542.50/head25.00–60.00432
Baby Bull CalvesN/A105139.81/head30.00–190.0014040
Baby Bull CalvesN/A90127.86/head35.00–220.0012826

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.