Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-04-05

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 5
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
341 head
171 vs last sale 512 165 vs year ago 506 · 32.6%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
43 head
43 vs last sale 0 43 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 5.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. 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
BullsLow1,800116.582,09914
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44590.111,30246
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,76889.361,58017
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24070.8087848
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,333134.571,7949thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,465158.002,3151thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,413137.621,94535
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,268119.111,5105thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,350171.852,32017
HeifersChoiceAverage1,344164.722,21439
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,573112.991,7772thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,25196.861,2125thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,395170.682,3813thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,374164.592,26131
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,473146.912,1643thin
SteersSelectAverage1,278135.961,7383thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Baby Bull CalvesN/A93$27220
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A70$751thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
HeifersSelect1,25196.86/cwt94.50–100.001,2125
HeifersSelect and Choice1,573112.99/cwt107.00–119.001,7772
CowsLean 85-90%1,19055.61/cwt50.00–62.0066211
CowsLean 85-90%1,22678.76/cwt75.00–85.0096622
CowsLean 85-90%1,29870.27/cwt64.00–74.0091215
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86881.49/cwt80.00–83.001,5222
HeifersChoice and Prime1,350171.85/cwt171.00–173.502,32017
HeifersChoice1,344164.72/cwt154.00–169.502,21439
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75189.28/cwt85.00–95.001,56313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78097.79/cwt96.00–99.501,7412
SteersChoice and Prime1,395170.68/cwt170.00–172.002,3813
SteersChoice1,374164.59/cwt157.50–169.502,26131
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,268119.11/cwt113.00–122.501,5105
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,465158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,3151
Dairy SteersChoice1,413137.62/cwt130.00–142.501,94535
Dairy HeifersChoice1,333134.57/cwt127.00–136.751,7949
SteersSelect and Choice1,473146.91/cwt142.00–153.502,1643
SteersSelect1,278135.96/cwt130.00–138.501,7383
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44290.42/cwt85.00–95.001,30429
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47682.38/cwt80.00–84.501,2168
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42795.99/cwt95.50–97.001,3709
Bulls1,660100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6602
Bulls1,957124.41/cwt121.00–129.002,4355
Bulls1,728115.73/cwt109.00–119.502,0007
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A7075.00/head75.00–75.00751
Baby Bull CalvesN/A83245.81/head75.00–350.0024612
Baby Bull CalvesN/A107310.99/head250.00–360.003118

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.