Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-07-05

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 5
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
437 head
214 vs last sale 651 85 vs year ago 522 · 16.3%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
185 head
131 vs last sale 54 185 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 to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 7.00 higher and slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 higher.

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
BullsAverage1,562119.791,87210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,836102.721,88625
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,44599.631,44087
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18978.5293474
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,425143.082,0396thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,521150.372,28749
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,406143.522,01812
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,250191.002,3881thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,271186.532,37126
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,195177.002,1151thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,145153.391,7567thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,408185.832,61621
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,232159.311,9638thin

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$25325
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A80$1801thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
HeifersSelect and Choice1,195177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,1151
HeifersSelect1,145153.39/cwt152.00–163.001,7567
CowsLean 85-90%1,13674.95/cwt69.00–79.0085121
CowsLean 85-90%1,19962.03/cwt55.00–65.0074411
CowsLean 85-90%1,21384.63/cwt80.00–89.001,02742
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6141
HeifersChoice and Prime1,250191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,3881
HeifersChoice1,271186.53/cwt184.00–189.002,37126
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,803111.86/cwt110.00–113.002,0173
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845101.88/cwt96.50–106.501,88021
SteersSelect and Choice1,232159.31/cwt157.00–162.001,9638
SteersChoice1,408185.83/cwt178.00–188.002,61621
Dairy SteersChoice1,521150.37/cwt145.00–154.502,28749
Dairy HeifersChoice1,425143.08/cwt139.50–147.002,0396
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,406143.52/cwt140.00–144.252,01812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34992.14/cwt87.00–95.001,24329
CowsBoner 80-85%1,493110.43/cwt106.00–116.001,64913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,493101.34/cwt96.00–105.501,51345
Bulls1,651121.87/cwt116.00–126.002,0124
Bulls1,400108.97/cwt105.00–113.001,5264
Bulls1,710137.27/cwt134.00–139.002,3472
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A80180.00/head180.00–180.001801
Baby Bull CalvesN/A88238.00/head175.00–350.0023813
Baby Bull CalvesN/A105269.01/head210.00–490.0026912

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.