Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-02-15

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 15
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
442 head
97 vs last sale 345 442 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not reported last week.

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
BullsLow1,947113.352,2078thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71186.241,47519
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50682.441,24191
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21067.7181968
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,514129.921,9679thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,232117.761,4513thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,09894.081,0332thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,573140.002,2023thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,562134.972,10886
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,336126.761,69429
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,288104.151,3412thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,268159.002,0165thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,105140.311,5504thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265120.681,5272thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,04199.881,0407thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,380171.502,3674thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,402165.232,31733
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,338152.732,04413
SteersSelectAverage1,295134.681,7442thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50382.26/cwt77.00–87.001,23685
CowsBoner 80-85%1,66075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2452
SteersSelect1,295134.68/cwt132.00–139.001,7442
SteersChoice and Prime1,380171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,3674
HeifersChoice and Prime1,268159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,0165
CowsLean 85-90%1,15765.64/cwt60.00–70.0075932
SteersChoice1,402165.23/cwt160.00–169.002,31733
HeifersSelect and Choice1,265120.68/cwt117.00–125.001,5272
HeifersSelect1,04199.88/cwt96.00–104.001,0407
HeifersChoice1,105140.31/cwt134.00–147.001,5504
CowsLean 85-90%1,16554.60/cwt50.00–59.0063610
CowsLean 85-90%1,29375.30/cwt71.00–78.5097426
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,232117.76/cwt113.00–120.001,4513
Dairy HeifersSelect1,09894.08/cwt90.00–98.001,0332
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,336126.76/cwt119.00–128.501,69429
Dairy SteersSelect1,288104.15/cwt99.00–109.001,3412
Dairy HeifersChoice1,514129.92/cwt125.00–134.501,9679
SteersSelect and Choice1,338152.73/cwt148.00–155.002,04413
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,573140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,2023
Dairy SteersChoice1,562134.97/cwt129.50–139.752,10886
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48989.96/cwt87.50–93.001,3404
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84276.63/cwt75.00–80.001,4123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68688.04/cwt84.00–94.001,48416
Bulls1,745105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8321
Bulls1,908122.13/cwt117.00–127.502,3302
Bulls2,003111.50/cwt110.00–113.002,2335

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.