Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-03-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
387 head
90 vs last sale 477 105 vs year ago 492 · 21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 6.00 lower. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsLow1,687117.911,98914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,73592.521,60524
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44288.511,27657
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17171.5083878
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,513108.111,6362thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,20595.281,1482thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,312156.332,0516thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,510139.592,10863
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,404131.741,85018
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,351118.291,59812
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,389168.272,33711
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250156.961,96210
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260137.031,7272thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,267100.261,2703thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,578176.142,7797thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,445163.032,35629
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,383147.862,0459thin
SteersSelectAverage1,073130.541,4012thin

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,503102.14/cwt100.00–107.001,5355
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,88183.98/cwt78.00–87.001,5805
CowsLean 85-90%1,06357.33/cwt50.00–61.0060915
CowsLean 85-90%1,21367.49/cwt62.00–72.5081920
CowsLean 85-90%1,19078.31/cwt73.00–84.0093243
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76592.14/cwt87.50–97.501,62614
SteersChoice and Prime1,578176.14/cwt173.00–184.502,7797
SteersChoice1,445163.03/cwt158.00–169.502,35629
HeifersSelect and Choice1,260137.03/cwt131.00–143.501,7272
HeifersSelect1,267100.26/cwt96.50–108.001,2703
HeifersChoice and Prime1,389168.27/cwt162.50–171.502,33711
HeifersChoice1,250156.96/cwt150.00–160.501,96210
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,312156.33/cwt154.00–157.002,0516
Dairy SteersChoice1,510139.59/cwt135.00–147.502,10863
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,20595.28/cwt93.00–98.001,1482
Dairy HeifersChoice1,513108.11/cwt104.50–114.001,6362
SteersSelect and Choice1,383147.86/cwt144.50–155.002,0459
SteersSelect1,073130.54/cwt125.00–136.001,4012
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,404131.74/cwt124.00–134.001,85018
Dairy SteersSelect1,351118.29/cwt113.00–122.001,59812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,242103.92/cwt99.00–109.001,2913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43089.50/cwt85.00–96.001,28042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53581.17/cwt77.00–84.001,24612
Bulls1,340101.08/cwt100.00–102.001,3542
Bulls1,988128.70/cwt122.00–134.002,5596
Bulls1,502112.72/cwt108.00–118.001,6936

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.