Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-01-04

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 4
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
624 head
247 vs last sale 377 624 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 4.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 6.00 lower based on a limited comparison. 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
BullsAverage1,57399.161,5609thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,79182.081,47024
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,52581.611,24479
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,29966.14859139
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,290149.501,9291thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,492130.951,95448
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,355116.211,5755thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,475145.502,1461thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,514131.981,99865
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,436123.071,76741
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,177110.161,29714
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,655156.002,5821thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,310145.501,90615
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,479158.692,34711
SteersChoiceAverage1,372150.432,06435
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,436137.581,9768thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,13652.27/cwt47.00–57.5059428
CowsLean 85-90%1,23964.15/cwt58.00–68.0079543
CowsLean 85-90%1,40473.11/cwt68.50–78.501,02668
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,417101.20/cwt94.00–106.001,4343
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81285.37/cwt80.00–91.501,54710
HeifersChoice1,310145.50/cwt138.00–146.751,90615
Dairy HeifersChoice1,492130.95/cwt123.50–132.851,95448
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,355116.21/cwt113.00–119.501,5755
SteersSelect and Choice1,436137.58/cwt131.00–141.001,9768
SteersChoice and Prime1,479158.69/cwt157.50–160.002,34711
SteersChoice1,372150.43/cwt143.00–155.002,06435
HeifersChoice and Prime1,655156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,5821
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,436123.07/cwt116.00–127.001,76741
Dairy SteersSelect1,177110.16/cwt103.00–113.001,29714
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,475145.50/cwt145.50–145.502,1461
Dairy SteersChoice1,514131.98/cwt128.00–140.001,99865
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,290149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,9291
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61074.69/cwt71.50–76.001,2034
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53081.33/cwt76.50–86.501,24470
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38491.02/cwt89.00–92.501,2605
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87473.87/cwt69.00–79.501,38411
Bulls1,51397.81/cwt91.00–100.001,4808
Bulls2,050110.00/cwt110.00–110.002,2551

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.