Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-03-01

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 1
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
477 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 442▼ 15 vs year ago 492 · −3.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report 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
Bulls—Low1,698120.782,05110
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74992.271,61443
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,47589.701,32386
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22972.6389388
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,850138.002,5531thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,665125.142,0845thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,374117.171,6107thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,23795.381,1803thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,750146.752,5682thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,508139.122,09874
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,439124.961,7989thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,360104.901,4274thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,345172.392,31922
HeifersChoiceAverage1,290159.812,06222
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,262131.411,6585thin
HeifersSelectAverage995116.821,1623thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,435180.002,5831thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,447169.422,45226
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,307156.662,0488thin
SteersSelectAverage1,000129.991,3003thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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%—1,75885.32/cwt82.00–88.001,50012
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,76994.27/cwt90.00–98.501,66829
CowsLean 85-90%—1,19773.25/cwt68.00–78.0087749
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,46383.62/cwt77.00–87.001,22332
SteersChoice and Prime—1,435180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,5831
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35681.14/cwt78.50–87.001,10021
SteersChoice—1,447169.42/cwt160.00–174.502,45226
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,262131.41/cwt125.00–140.001,6585
HeifersSelect—995116.82/cwt113.00–123.001,1623
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,345172.39/cwt171.00–175.002,31922
HeifersChoice—1,290159.81/cwt149.00–165.002,06222
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16861.01/cwt57.00–67.0071318
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,374117.17/cwt111.00–119.501,6107
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,850138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,5531
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,665125.14/cwt122.00–130.502,0845
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,23795.38/cwt90.00–99.001,1803
SteersSelect and Choice—1,307156.66/cwt148.00–159.502,0488
SteersSelect—1,000129.99/cwt125.00–137.001,3003
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,439124.96/cwt120.00–130.001,7989
Dairy SteersSelect—1,360104.90/cwt100.00–112.001,4274
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,750146.75/cwt146.75–146.752,5682
Dairy SteersChoice—1,508139.12/cwt131.00–142.002,09874
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,368107.02/cwt103.00–111.001,4643
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,48892.50/cwt87.50–98.001,37651
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,398105.03/cwt104.00–106.001,4682
Bulls——1,670109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,8202
Bulls——1,726131.00/cwt128.00–138.502,2614
Bulls——1,685116.46/cwt113.00–123.001,9624

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.