Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-05-31

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
417 head
8 vs last sale 409 104 vs year ago 313 · +33.2%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
104 head
8 vs last sale 112 104 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 mostly steady based on a limited comparison; however, offerings have been notably of higher quality compared to previous weeks. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower. Holstein slaughter heifers were 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower.

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
BullsHigh1,654126.312,08911
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,432103.051,47661
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,796101.921,83110
CowsLean 85-90%High1,20376.4392054
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,550147.002,2791thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,300135.911,7672thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,258123.421,5532thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,568154.442,42211
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,546148.002,28863
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,375134.211,84513
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,085121.891,3234thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,402195.872,74614
HeifersChoiceAverage1,262179.282,26316
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,098164.681,8083thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,228119.181,4643thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375193.252,65736
SteersChoiceAverage1,512174.432,63713
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,321160.062,1146thin
SteersSelectAverage1,208129.911,56911

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/A91$17777
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A88$872thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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%1,798103.85/cwt98.00–108.501,8678
CowsBoner 80-85%1,465117.68/cwt112.00–123.001,72411
SteersSelect1,208129.91/cwt128.00–132.001,56911
SteersChoice and Prime1,375193.25/cwt186.00–197.502,65736
HeifersChoice1,262179.28/cwt176.00–186.002,26316
CowsLean 85-90%1,22083.48/cwt78.50–88.001,01828
SteersChoice1,512174.43/cwt170.00–179.002,63713
HeifersSelect and Choice1,098164.68/cwt164.00–165.001,8083
HeifersSelect1,228119.18/cwt117.50–120.001,4643
HeifersChoice and Prime1,402195.87/cwt190.50–197.002,74614
CowsLean 85-90%1,19572.60/cwt68.00–78.0086817
CowsLean 85-90%1,16861.75/cwt56.00–66.007219
Dairy SteersChoice1,546148.00/cwt140.00–149.502,28863
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,258123.42/cwt120.00–128.001,5532
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,375134.21/cwt133.00–138.001,84513
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,550147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,2791
Dairy HeifersChoice1,300135.91/cwt135.00–137.001,7672
SteersSelect and Choice1,321160.06/cwt157.00–168.002,1146
Dairy SteersSelect1,085121.89/cwt120.00–124.001,3234
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,568154.44/cwt152.00–156.752,42211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,513105.51/cwt100.00–111.001,59626
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78894.22/cwt93.50–95.001,6852
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33093.68/cwt89.00–99.501,24624
Bulls1,735134.73/cwt134.50–135.002,3382
Bulls1,615118.12/cwt112.50–120.001,9084
Bulls1,652129.49/cwt124.00–134.002,1395
Baby Bull CalvesN/A108216.28/head125.00–340.0021626
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A8887.43/head85.00–90.00872
Baby Bull CalvesN/A82157.00/head35.00–240.0015751

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.