Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-11-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
475 head
52 vs last sale 527 18 vs year ago 493 · 3.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
125 head
20 vs last sale 105 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report is available because 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
BullsHigh1,758120.202,11322
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,79798.181,76416
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,45893.691,36640
CowsLean 85-90%High1,27577.9999595
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,395142.001,9811thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,068119.051,2712thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,383154.502,13711
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,378150.862,07970
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,395182.432,54524
HeifersChoiceAverage1,280172.582,20913
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,194161.871,9336thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,337182.502,4404thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,275177.812,26721
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,338166.312,22526

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$25397
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A97$1633thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
SteersChoice and Prime1,337182.50/cwt182.50–182.502,4404
SteersChoice1,275177.81/cwt171.00–181.002,26721
SteersSelect and Choice1,338166.31/cwt164.00–169.502,22526
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,715118.94/cwt115.00–123.002,0402
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80996.86/cwt93.00–102.501,75211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80789.17/cwt87.00–91.001,6113
HeifersSelect and Choice1,194161.87/cwt160.00–166.001,9336
HeifersChoice1,280172.58/cwt169.00–179.002,20913
HeifersChoice and Prime1,395182.43/cwt182.00–183.002,54524
CowsLean 85-90%1,34884.47/cwt80.00–90.001,13946
CowsBoner 80-85%1,553101.42/cwt100.00–102.501,5754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45194.09/cwt89.00–99.501,36531
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,383154.50/cwt154.50–154.502,13711
Dairy SteersChoice1,378150.86/cwt144.50–154.002,07970
Dairy HeifersSelect1,068119.05/cwt118.00–120.001,2712
Dairy HeifersChoice1,395142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,9811
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42685.00/cwt77.00–87.501,2125
CowsLean 85-90%1,21874.78/cwt69.00–79.0091138
CowsLean 85-90%1,17061.94/cwt56.00–67.0072511
Bulls1,695147.53/cwt147.00–148.002,5012
Bulls1,858122.93/cwt120.00–130.002,2846
Bulls1,724115.13/cwt110.00–118.001,98514
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A12550.00/head50.00–50.00501
Baby Bull CalvesN/A87238.72/head70.00–420.0023968
Baby Bull CalvesN/A106287.39/head100.00–410.0028729
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A83219.09/head150.00–270.002192

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.