Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-10-18

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
530 head
107 vs last sale 423 44 vs year ago 486 · +9.1%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
70 head
70 vs last sale 0 70 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. Slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein heifers were 3.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 6.00 lower this 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
BullsLow1,551110.681,71714
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,860101.491,88811
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,463100.141,46568
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28180.511,03294
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,264146.181,8485thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,521157.002,3885thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,518154.132,34077
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,413143.752,0312thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,415185.002,61811
HeifersChoiceAverage1,204174.332,09924
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,417164.102,32512
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,377188.502,59616
SteersChoiceAverage1,328182.072,41839
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,383172.192,38111

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/A97$31949
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A110$1101thin

Every lot, as filed

25 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 Prime1,415185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,61811
CowsLean 85-90%1,21277.82/cwt71.00–82.0094339
CowsLean 85-90%1,34587.67/cwt83.00–94.001,17941
CowsLean 85-90%1,28867.04/cwt60.00–70.0086314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,460103.66/cwt99.00–109.501,51335
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,700120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,0401
HeifersChoice1,204174.33/cwt169.00–179.002,09924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,91495.56/cwt90.00–100.001,8296
SteersSelect and Choice1,383172.19/cwt167.00–176.002,38111
SteersChoice and Prime1,377188.50/cwt188.50–188.502,59616
SteersChoice1,328182.07/cwt177.00–187.002,41839
HeifersSelect and Choice1,417164.10/cwt159.00–167.002,32512
Dairy HeifersChoice1,264146.18/cwt143.00–147.001,8485
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,413143.75/cwt143.50–144.002,0312
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,521157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3885
Dairy SteersChoice1,518154.13/cwt148.00–156.752,34077
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,819105.75/cwt102.50–111.001,9244
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45895.40/cwt92.00–98.001,39131
CowsBoner 80-85%1,608111.96/cwt111.00–113.001,8002
Bulls1,23588.49/cwt87.00–90.001,0932
Bulls1,450132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,9141
Bulls1,618112.78/cwt107.00–119.001,82511
Baby Bull CalvesN/A83304.29/head65.00–420.0030422
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A110110.00/head110.00–110.001101
Baby Bull CalvesN/A109330.33/head110.00–420.0033027

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.