Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-10-25

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 25
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
527 head
3 vs last sale 530 157 vs year ago 684 · 23.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
105 head
35 vs last sale 70 105 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 4.00 lower. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 8.00 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
BullsHigh1,968111.232,18916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47593.891,38522
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,82890.291,65119
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28579.771,02591
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,468140.002,0554thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,195134.001,6011thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,113120.241,3383thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,562158.042,46910
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,500153.632,30464
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,223138.671,69612
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,080192.002,0741thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,175174.832,05444
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,143158.611,8136thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,565186.582,92015
SteersChoiceAverage1,321177.592,34664
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,378167.572,30919

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/A93$32578
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A65$1132thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
SteersChoice1,321177.59/cwt174.00–182.002,34664
HeifersSelect and Choice1,143158.61/cwt153.00–163.501,8136
CowsLean 85-90%1,25166.32/cwt60.00–71.0083018
CowsLean 85-90%1,33088.09/cwt84.00–94.501,17236
CowsLean 85-90%1,25878.22/cwt72.00–83.0098437
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87690.32/cwt85.00–94.501,69410
HeifersChoice and Prime1,080192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,0741
HeifersChoice1,175174.83/cwt169.00–178.502,05444
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72064.17/cwt60.00–70.001,1042
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,79197.70/cwt96.50–99.501,7507
SteersSelect and Choice1,378167.57/cwt164.00–171.002,30919
SteersChoice and Prime1,565186.58/cwt185.00–188.502,92015
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,223138.67/cwt135.00–143.001,69612
Dairy HeifersChoice1,195134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,6011
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,562158.04/cwt157.25–159.002,46910
Dairy SteersChoice1,500153.63/cwt145.00–155.502,30464
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,113120.24/cwt117.00–122.001,3383
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,468140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0554
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49193.56/cwt89.00–97.501,39514
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45685.47/cwt85.00–86.001,2444
CowsBoner 80-85%1,440103.45/cwt100.00–109.001,4904
Bulls2,069123.64/cwt120.00–131.502,5584
Bulls1,903109.99/cwt104.00–115.002,0939
Bulls2,03098.39/cwt95.00–100.001,9973
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A65112.50/head95.00–130.001132
Baby Bull CalvesN/A86299.51/head85.00–490.0030053
Baby Bull CalvesN/A109377.53/head250.00–470.0037825

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.