Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-01-25

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 25
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
345 head
208 vs last sale 553 86 vs year ago 431 · 20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not reported last week. Significant snowfall greatly impacted travel and livestock movement which caused lighter receipts.

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
BullsAverage1,49094.031,40211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,78781.251,45223
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44381.001,16958
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24962.8778570
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,350123.541,6684thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,358104.591,4203thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,502132.071,98461
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,290122.271,5779thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360154.772,10512
HeifersChoiceAverage1,220146.141,78317
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,183121.541,4383thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,440157.742,27110
SteersChoiceAverage1,273150.291,91322
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,382135.681,8758thin

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
Bulls1,78595.40/cwt92.00–100.001,7033
Bulls1,586105.96/cwt105.00–108.001,6814
Bulls1,17481.08/cwt77.00–84.009524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47380.72/cwt76.00–85.001,18940
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35289.69/cwt87.00–96.001,2139
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40373.55/cwt70.00–75.001,0329
Dairy SteersChoice1,502132.07/cwt127.00–138.001,98461
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,290122.27/cwt115.00–125.001,5779
HeifersChoice1,220146.14/cwt138.00–148.001,78317
HeifersSelect and Choice1,183121.54/cwt118.00–125.001,4383
SteersSelect and Choice1,382135.68/cwt135.00–139.001,8758
SteersChoice1,273150.29/cwt145.00–152.001,91322
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82174.09/cwt70.00–75.501,3497
CowsLean 85-90%1,29259.54/cwt53.00–64.0076924
Dairy HeifersChoice1,350123.54/cwt115.00–127.501,6684
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,358104.59/cwt100.00–108.001,4203
CowsLean 85-90%1,27970.75/cwt65.00–75.0090534
CowsLean 85-90%1,07847.22/cwt40.00–50.0050912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,83981.56/cwt77.00–86.501,50011
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62690.58/cwt89.00–93.001,4735
HeifersChoice and Prime1,360154.77/cwt154.75–155.002,10512
SteersChoice and Prime1,440157.74/cwt157.00–158.502,27110

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.