Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-11-15

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 15
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
450 head
25 vs last sale 475 16 vs year ago 434 · +3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. A good offering of slaughter Holstein heifers today and prices were 11.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 4.00 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
BullsAverage1,664120.772,00916
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49199.481,48442
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,78498.351,75411
CowsLean 85-90%High1,24280.3999987
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,451153.062,22142
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265141.901,7952thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,486158.312,3525thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,483152.712,26535
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,392140.841,9606thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,426184.002,62415
HeifersChoiceAverage1,278173.912,22332
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,333153.242,0438thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,133131.231,4872thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,333174.742,32951

Every lot, as filed

21 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
Bulls1,637120.23/cwt117.00–125.001,9687
Bulls1,789132.70/cwt129.00–139.502,3745
Bulls1,553106.81/cwt101.00–112.001,6594
CowsBoner 80-85%1,501104.99/cwt100.00–112.501,5769
CowsBoner 80-85%1,405119.86/cwt115.00–125.001,6843
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49795.79/cwt91.50–99.501,43430
Dairy SteersChoice1,483152.71/cwt148.00–153.852,26535
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,265141.90/cwt140.00–144.001,7952
Dairy HeifersChoice1,451153.06/cwt152.00–153.352,22142
CowsLean 85-90%1,30088.79/cwt84.00–95.001,15438
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76995.14/cwt88.00–98.001,6837
HeifersSelect1,133131.23/cwt130.00–132.501,4872
HeifersSelect and Choice1,333153.24/cwt152.00–160.002,0438
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,486158.31/cwt157.00–163.002,3525
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,392140.84/cwt140.50–141.501,9606
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,809103.97/cwt101.50–106.001,8814
CowsLean 85-90%1,17465.31/cwt60.00–70.0076719
CowsLean 85-90%1,21279.29/cwt71.00–83.0096130
HeifersChoice and Prime1,426184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,62415
HeifersChoice1,278173.91/cwt167.00–178.002,22332
SteersChoice1,333174.74/cwt169.00–179.002,32951

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.