Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-06-28

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 28
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
651 head
176 vs last sale 475 191 vs year ago 460 · +41.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
54 head
54 vs last sale 0 54 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 6.00 lower. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsHigh1,698121.442,06219
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,82299.701,81727
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37393.561,28488
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,51072.501,8201thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19271.0784754
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,367140.881,9263thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,330125.961,6753thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,605118.001,8941thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,21399.241,2044thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,522155.002,3595thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,535150.582,31189
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,291187.002,41414
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300179.092,32866
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,212168.862,0477thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,429192.002,74410
SteersChoiceAverage1,341184.442,47381
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,400166.192,32710

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/A95$28337
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A105$4333thin

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,11455.45/cwt50.00–61.006187
CowsLean 85-90%1,21279.31/cwt76.00–86.0096122
CowsLean 85-90%1,19768.20/cwt63.00–75.0081625
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80893.60/cwt91.00–97.001,6929
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,575113.43/cwt110.50–117.001,7872
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,861101.42/cwt97.50–107.001,88716
SteersChoice and Prime1,429192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,74410
SteersChoice1,341184.44/cwt180.00–190.502,47381
HeifersSelect and Choice1,212168.86/cwt163.00–172.002,0477
HeifersChoice and Prime1,291187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,41414
HeifersChoice1,300179.09/cwt175.00–186.002,32866
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,51072.50/cwt72.50–72.501,8201
Dairy SteersChoice1,535150.58/cwt145.00–154.102,31189
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,605118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8941
Dairy HeifersSelect1,21399.24/cwt95.00–103.001,2044
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,367140.88/cwt139.50–143.501,9263
Dairy HeifersChoice1,330125.96/cwt120.00–131.501,6753
SteersSelect and Choice1,400166.19/cwt162.00–172.002,32710
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,522155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,3595
CowsBoner 80-85%1,437104.57/cwt102.00–108.001,50312
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35695.49/cwt91.50–101.001,29538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36988.15/cwt81.00–91.001,20738
Bulls1,790140.47/cwt135.00–145.002,5142
Bulls1,616124.07/cwt117.00–129.002,00512
Bulls1,859107.51/cwt100.00–113.001,9995
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A105433.33/head340.00–480.004333
Baby Bull CalvesN/A84255.48/head120.00–335.0025521
Baby Bull CalvesN/A109319.31/head240.00–425.0031916

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.