Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-10-11

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
423 head
10 vs last sale 433 20 vs year ago 443 · 4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is 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
BullsLow1,650119.961,97919
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,77898.811,75711
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46296.231,40752
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26779.801,01168
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,415150.002,1237thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,328142.721,89511
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,455132.271,9252thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,585157.752,5003thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,579153.402,42259
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,405142.422,00116
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,366185.472,53419
HeifersChoiceAverage1,225175.742,15313
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,443145.002,0923thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,610189.003,04310
SteersChoiceAverage1,318181.232,38923
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,480167.502,47917

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
CowsLean 85-90%1,24165.21/cwt60.00–70.0080912
CowsLean 85-90%1,30687.53/cwt83.00–93.001,14332
CowsLean 85-90%1,22976.78/cwt71.00–81.0094424
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,89592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,7431
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,628107.92/cwt106.00–109.501,7572
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80197.39/cwt93.50–103.001,7548
SteersSelect and Choice1,480167.50/cwt164.50–173.002,47917
SteersChoice and Prime1,610189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,04310
SteersChoice1,318181.23/cwt175.00–185.502,38923
HeifersSelect and Choice1,443145.00/cwt140.00–147.502,0923
HeifersChoice and Prime1,366185.47/cwt185.00–186.002,53419
HeifersChoice1,225175.74/cwt172.00–179.002,15313
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,405142.42/cwt135.50–144.002,00116
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,585157.75/cwt157.75–157.752,5003
Dairy SteersChoice1,579153.40/cwt145.00–156.502,42259
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,455132.27/cwt130.00–134.501,9252
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,415150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1237
Dairy HeifersChoice1,328142.72/cwt138.00–148.501,89511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48299.74/cwt97.50–103.501,47815
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45092.94/cwt86.50–96.501,34833
CowsBoner 80-85%1,483110.25/cwt108.00–112.001,6354
Bulls1,562109.04/cwt102.00–112.001,7036
Bulls1,739131.97/cwt128.00–138.002,2956
Bulls1,649119.03/cwt114.00–124.001,9637

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.