Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-06-14

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
578 head
161 vs last sale 417 55 vs year ago 633 · 8.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
95 head
9 vs last sale 104 95 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
BullsHigh1,602125.052,00312
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,812100.471,82018
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,46098.421,43785
CowsLean 85-90%High1,18574.3088184
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,394150.672,10029
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,464137.552,0147thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,485159.002,3611thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,512148.572,24630
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,213189.632,30012
HeifersChoiceAverage1,327178.182,36423
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,031150.001,5479thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,327193.562,56911
SteersChoiceAverage1,276186.452,37966
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,309173.702,2749thin

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/A96$28666
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A79$1024thin

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
HeifersChoice and Prime1,213189.63/cwt185.00–194.002,30012
CowsLean 85-90%1,22580.90/cwt77.00–87.0099140
CowsLean 85-90%1,14760.71/cwt55.00–64.5069614
CowsLean 85-90%1,15071.83/cwt65.00–76.0082630
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39890.50/cwt83.50–94.501,26530
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,829111.05/cwt106.50–114.002,0314
HeifersChoice1,327178.18/cwt170.00–180.002,36423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,786101.37/cwt95.00–105.501,8109
SteersSelect and Choice1,309173.70/cwt170.00–178.002,2749
SteersChoice and Prime1,327193.56/cwt193.00–195.002,56911
SteersChoice1,276186.45/cwt181.00–192.002,37966
HeifersSelect and Choice1,031150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5479
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,485159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,3611
Dairy SteersChoice1,512148.57/cwt145.00–153.502,24630
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,464137.55/cwt133.00–144.002,0147
Dairy HeifersChoice1,394150.67/cwt149.00–150.852,10029
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84490.40/cwt85.00–94.501,6675
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51599.64/cwt95.00–106.001,51042
CowsBoner 80-85%1,425112.78/cwt108.50–118.001,60713
Bulls1,718139.43/cwt134.00–143.502,3952
Bulls1,407125.91/cwt123.00–130.001,7725
Bulls1,751118.43/cwt115.00–121.002,0745
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A79101.90/head65.00–125.001024
Baby Bull CalvesN/A106304.44/head75.00–360.0030427
Baby Bull CalvesN/A160260.00/head260.00–260.002601
Baby Bull CalvesN/A88274.18/head65.00–360.0027438

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.