Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-11-22

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 22
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
371 head
79 vs last sale 450 63 vs year ago 434 · 14.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
76 head
76 vs last sale 0 57 vs year ago 133 · 42.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 4.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsAverage1,738129.072,2432thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,785104.101,8586thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,409100.411,41546
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,25082.991,03775
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,197159.501,9095thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,480147.852,1884thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,507157.002,3666thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,408153.032,15517
HeifersChoiceAverage1,444178.612,57923
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,395163.182,2765thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,503179.102,69213
SteersChoiceAverage1,421175.992,50123

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$26716
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A90$851thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41195.20/cwt93.00–97.001,34319
CowsLean 85-90%1,24177.78/cwt73.00–83.0096526
CowsLean 85-90%1,21466.47/cwt60.00–70.508078
SteersChoice and Prime1,503179.10/cwt179.10–179.102,69213
HeifersChoice1,444178.61/cwt171.00–179.252,57923
HeifersSelect and Choice1,395163.18/cwt159.00–165.002,2765
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,507157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,3666
Dairy HeifersChoice1,480147.85/cwt143.00–149.502,1884
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,197159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,9095
Dairy SteersChoice1,408153.03/cwt147.00–155.002,15517
SteersChoice1,421175.99/cwt172.00–178.752,50123
CowsLean 85-90%1,26289.51/cwt84.00–94.501,13041
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,878113.23/cwt113.00–113.502,1262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73899.54/cwt96.50–105.001,7304
CowsBoner 80-85%1,423111.36/cwt109.50–114.501,5856
CowsBoner 80-85%1,404101.99/cwt98.00–108.501,43221
Bulls1,738129.07/cwt124.00–137.002,2432
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A9085.00/head85.00–85.00851
Baby Bull CalvesN/A106326.00/head250.00–370.003264
Baby Bull CalvesN/A89247.68/head85.00–360.0024812

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.