Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-05-24

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 24
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
409 head
30 vs last sale 379 16 vs year ago 393 · +4.1%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
112 head
28 vs last sale 84 112 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are 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
BullsHigh1,829122.612,24314
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,401107.401,50574
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,887107.372,02612
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16681.9995646
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,455140.002,0371thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,260134.091,6903thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,492118.251,7643thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,175107.921,2682thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,485148.292,20268
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,329191.452,54438
HeifersChoiceAverage1,251181.252,2679thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,475110.051,6233thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,353193.062,61227
SteersChoiceAverage1,373180.992,48522
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,251166.332,0819thin

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/A94$17767
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A75$351thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,16482.34/cwt77.00–88.0095826
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,89399.84/cwt98.00–101.501,8903
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,878108.49/cwt103.00–112.002,0378
CowsBoner 80-85%1,406116.12/cwt111.00–121.001,63324
SteersSelect and Choice1,251166.33/cwt160.00–170.002,0819
CowsLean 85-90%1,28996.45/cwt90.00–100.501,2438
SteersChoice and Prime1,353193.06/cwt187.00–197.002,61227
SteersChoice1,373180.99/cwt174.00–185.502,48522
HeifersSelect1,475110.05/cwt106.00–112.001,6233
HeifersChoice and Prime1,329191.45/cwt186.00–194.002,54438
HeifersChoice1,251181.25/cwt175.00–184.002,2679
CowsLean 85-90%1,09071.60/cwt65.00–75.5078012
Dairy SteersChoice1,485148.29/cwt145.00–155.002,20268
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,492118.25/cwt115.50–120.001,7643
Dairy HeifersSelect1,175107.92/cwt107.00–109.001,2682
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,455140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0371
Dairy HeifersChoice1,260134.09/cwt127.00–137.001,6903
CowsBoner 80-85%1,415106.01/cwt100.00–110.001,50036
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35696.02/cwt90.00–99.001,30214
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,945121.00/cwt121.00–121.002,3531
Bulls2,155139.88/cwt137.00–143.003,0142
Bulls1,809123.68/cwt118.00–129.002,2379
Bulls1,673107.87/cwt105.50–109.001,8053
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A7535.00/head35.00–35.00351
Baby Bull CalvesN/A84131.01/head35.00–300.0013136
Baby Bull CalvesN/A106229.50/head110.00–275.0023031

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.