Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-12-21

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 21
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
349 head
264 vs last sale 613 50 vs year ago 299 · +16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady and slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower and slaughter Holstein heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were trending higher 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
BullsAverage1,47398.981,4583thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,48574.601,10859
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,83973.441,35125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27959.3375878
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,538111.361,7132thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,52098.001,4901thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,23580.189903thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,575134.502,1181thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,518128.511,95124
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,285144.001,8501thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,342140.541,88628
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265129.161,6344thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,415145.002,0522thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,421138.591,96935
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,249125.011,5615thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40387.87/cwt83.00–93.501,2332
SteersSelect and Choice1,249125.01/cwt122.00–128.001,5615
SteersChoice1,421138.59/cwt132.00–142.001,96935
HeifersChoice1,342140.54/cwt137.00–143.001,88628
CowsLean 85-90%1,23656.30/cwt51.00–61.0069623
CowsLean 85-90%1,20345.98/cwt40.00–50.0055317
Dairy HeifersChoice1,538111.36/cwt107.00–117.001,7132
SteersChoice and Prime1,415145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0522
HeifersSelect and Choice1,265129.16/cwt127.00–130.001,6344
HeifersChoice and Prime1,285144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,8501
CowsLean 85-90%1,33867.13/cwt62.00–71.0089838
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,13063.42/cwt60.00–67.001,3512
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,575134.50/cwt134.50–134.502,1181
Dairy HeifersSelect1,23580.18/cwt75.00–85.009903
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,52098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,4901
Dairy SteersChoice1,518128.51/cwt121.50–131.001,95124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54367.85/cwt67.00–69.001,0476
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85373.02/cwt68.00–78.501,35321
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43282.71/cwt81.50–84.001,1847
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48674.25/cwt70.00–80.001,10346
Bulls1,555112.47/cwt112.00–113.001,7492
Bulls1,31072.00/cwt72.00–72.009431

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.