Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-04-19

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 19
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
541 head
200 vs last sale 341 160 vs year ago 381 · +42.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison summary 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
BullsLow1,707121.872,08117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,84490.301,66518
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43288.271,26476
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17571.0983591
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,610155.002,4961thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,427144.342,06058
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,424129.581,84513
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,278114.061,4583thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410161.002,2701thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,643151.432,48810
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,451142.592,06969
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,297128.261,66422
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,298178.532,31718
HeifersChoiceAverage1,445165.302,3898thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,345140.581,8912thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,232124.521,5343thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,315186.002,4461thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,372180.552,47758
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,298166.812,16515
SteersSelectAverage1,438147.622,1234thin

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%1,82878.21/cwt75.00–81.501,4302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43387.88/cwt83.00–93.001,25954
SteersChoice and Prime1,315186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,4461
SteersChoice1,372180.55/cwt172.00–182.752,47758
CowsLean 85-90%1,05252.92/cwt47.00–59.0055713
CowsLean 85-90%1,19078.58/cwt75.00–85.0093539
HeifersSelect1,232124.52/cwt119.50–131.001,5343
HeifersSelect and Choice1,345140.58/cwt134.00–148.001,8912
HeifersChoice and Prime1,298178.53/cwt177.00–179.002,31718
HeifersChoice1,445165.30/cwt159.00–175.002,3898
CowsLean 85-90%1,20069.65/cwt63.00–74.0083639
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85691.06/cwt86.00–95.501,69015
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,451142.59/cwt137.00–148.502,06969
Dairy SteersSelect1,297128.26/cwt123.00–130.001,66422
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,610155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4961
Dairy HeifersChoice1,427144.34/cwt137.00–149.002,06058
SteersSelect and Choice1,298166.81/cwt157.00–169.752,16515
SteersSelect1,438147.62/cwt142.00–150.002,1234
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,410161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,2701
Dairy SteersChoice1,643151.43/cwt149.00–159.002,48810
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,424129.58/cwt121.00–135.001,84513
Dairy HeifersSelect1,278114.06/cwt109.00–120.001,4583
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39279.59/cwt75.00–82.501,1089
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,700103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45695.90/cwt93.50–101.001,39613
Bulls1,515104.85/cwt92.00–110.001,5883
Bulls1,812139.64/cwt133.00–144.002,5306
Bulls1,701114.92/cwt111.00–119.001,9558

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.