Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-04-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 26
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
366 head
175 vs last sale 541 152 vs year ago 518 · 29.3%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
85 head
85 vs last sale 0 85 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 15 .00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 14.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady and Holstein slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady and slaughter cows were mostly steady.

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
BullsLow1,785114.312,0407thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,85687.001,61528
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50086.161,29364
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27568.9787963
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,384140.981,95120
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,280124.681,5962thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,735145.002,5161thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,439142.222,04711
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,442127.641,8416thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,372171.002,3462thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,208166.032,00615
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,138150.221,7105thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,520176.502,68311
SteersChoiceAverage1,296165.552,14631
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,342145.301,9503thin

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/A97$15849
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A85$1501thin

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%1,48984.90/cwt81.00–91.001,26443
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52478.29/cwt75.00–80.501,1937
SteersSelect and Choice1,342145.30/cwt140.00–150.001,9503
SteersChoice and Prime1,520176.50/cwt176.50–176.502,68311
CowsLean 85-90%1,24467.93/cwt62.00–72.0084523
CowsLean 85-90%1,34877.18/cwt73.00–80.501,04026
SteersChoice1,296165.55/cwt160.00–170.002,14631
HeifersSelect and Choice1,138150.22/cwt145.00–155.001,7105
HeifersChoice and Prime1,372171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,3462
HeifersChoice1,208166.03/cwt160.00–170.002,00615
CowsLean 85-90%1,19155.41/cwt50.00–60.0066014
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78081.26/cwt80.50–82.001,4462
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,442127.64/cwt123.00–132.001,8416
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,735145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,5161
Dairy SteersChoice1,439142.22/cwt136.00–143.002,04711
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,280124.68/cwt123.00–126.001,5962
Dairy HeifersChoice1,384140.98/cwt135.00–146.001,95120
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52393.96/cwt91.50–98.001,43114
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71394.13/cwt93.50–95.001,6123
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,88186.57/cwt82.50–92.501,62823
Bulls2,84092.00/cwt92.00–92.002,6131
Bulls1,750125.03/cwt121.00–129.002,1882
Bulls1,538114.52/cwt110.00–119.001,7614
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A85150.00/head150.00–150.001501
Baby Bull CalvesN/A87140.00/head85.00–205.0014025
Baby Bull CalvesN/A107177.44/head135.00–220.0017724

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.