Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-12-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
385 head
122 vs last sale 507 36 vs year ago 349 · +10.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as 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
BullsAverage1,516115.221,7475thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,388104.001,44321
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,83685.771,5748thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,28379.271,01793
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,570146.502,3001thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,500127.031,9052thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,285104.501,3431thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,496151.952,2734thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,489146.492,18162
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,477137.802,0357thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,366157.212,14719
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,243131.771,6383thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,539172.682,65810
SteersChoiceAverage1,446165.972,40053
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,395152.542,12818
SteersSelectAverage1,272135.061,7184thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,378109.88/cwt103.00–113.001,5143
Bulls1,723123.22/cwt118.00–128.002,1232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,209101.79/cwt97.00–107.001,2315
CowsBoner 80-85%1,349134.97/cwt133.00–136.001,8214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47594.59/cwt91.00–96.501,39512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85874.29/cwt71.00–77.501,3802
Dairy HeifersSelect1,285104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,3431
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,500127.03/cwt123.00–130.001,9052
Dairy HeifersChoice1,570146.50/cwt146.50–146.502,3001
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,496151.95/cwt151.50–152.102,2734
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,477137.80/cwt136.00–138.502,0357
HeifersChoice1,366157.21/cwt154.00–159.002,14719
SteersSelect and Choice1,395152.54/cwt152.00–157.002,12818
SteersChoice and Prime1,539172.68/cwt171.50–173.002,65810
SteersSelect1,272135.06/cwt132.00–136.001,7184
SteersChoice1,446165.97/cwt160.00–169.752,40053
Dairy SteersChoice1,489146.49/cwt140.00–150.102,18162
HeifersSelect and Choice1,243131.77/cwt127.00–135.001,6383
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,560101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,5761
CowsLean 85-90%1,38986.53/cwt82.00–92.001,20247
CowsLean 85-90%1,19576.37/cwt71.00–81.5091326
CowsLean 85-90%1,14966.00/cwt60.00–70.0075820
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,88287.31/cwt83.00–93.501,6435

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.