Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2022-12-28

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 28
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
377 head
28 vs last sale 349 377 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
145 head
145 vs last sale 0 145 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 7.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 6.00 higher and slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Lighter receipts were noted this week with increased buyer participation which created good demand.

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
BullsLow1,890103.571,9579thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,83680.901,48521
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,49979.171,18764
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24259.4673999
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,740123.502,1491thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26390.411,1422thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,18574.498832thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,682131.632,21426
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,508122.641,8493thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,201149.741,7984thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,335141.721,8928thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,231115.241,4195thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,419104.721,48612
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,552153.662,3859thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,343145.691,95738
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,368131.241,7955thin
SteersSelectAverage1,241120.651,4974thin

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/A102$15827
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A103$704thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Baby Bull CalvesN/A89122.57/head50.00–180.0012310
Baby Bull CalvesN/A109179.62/head105.00–300.0018017
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A9570.00/head70.00–70.00702
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A11070.00/head70.00–70.00702
Bulls1,59393.34/cwt92.00–95.001,4872
Bulls1,939104.14/cwt100.00–108.002,0195
Bulls2,063112.37/cwt112.00–113.002,3182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47672.69/cwt70.00–74.001,0738
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,90073.72/cwt70.00–79.001,40111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50179.25/cwt75.00–85.001,19051
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,508122.64/cwt120.00–124.501,8493
SteersSelect and Choice1,368131.24/cwt126.00–135.001,7955
SteersSelect1,241120.65/cwt115.00–124.001,4974
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,26390.41/cwt85.00–95.001,1422
Dairy SteersChoice1,682131.63/cwt125.00–135.252,21426
Dairy HeifersChoice1,740123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,1491
Dairy HeifersSelect1,18574.49/cwt74.00–75.008832
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62893.04/cwt91.00–99.001,5154
CowsLean 85-90%1,23658.30/cwt52.00–62.5072137
HeifersChoice1,335141.72/cwt136.00–148.001,8928
HeifersChoice and Prime1,201149.74/cwt149.00–150.001,7984
HeifersSelect and Choice1,231115.24/cwt112.00–123.001,4195
HeifersSelect1,419104.72/cwt98.00–107.501,48612
CowsLean 85-90%1,27267.41/cwt63.00–73.0085742
CowsLean 85-90%1,19244.93/cwt40.00–50.0053620
SteersChoice1,343145.69/cwt138.00–150.001,95738
SteersChoice and Prime1,552153.66/cwt151.50–154.002,3859
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51888.70/cwt86.00–94.001,3465
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85685.97/cwt80.00–90.001,5966

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.