Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-01-03

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 3
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
492 head
107 vs last sale 385 132 vs year ago 624 · 21.2%
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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
BullsLow1,769115.482,04214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,844108.722,00511
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,46598.551,44459
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27377.96993101
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,372143.481,9699thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,364129.461,7664thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,263118.581,4982thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,138104.761,1924thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375162.002,2281thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,416150.212,12738
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,413142.822,01823
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,498181.042,71221
HeifersChoiceAverage1,292169.512,19018
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,312162.132,12710
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,401182.002,5504thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,358174.902,37538
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,411164.932,32722

Every lot, as filed

25 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%1,49492.67/cwt90.00–94.501,38419
Dairy HeifersChoice1,364129.46/cwt125.00–135.001,7664
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,372143.48/cwt142.00–144.751,9699
Dairy HeifersSelect1,138104.76/cwt100.00–109.001,1924
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,375162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,2281
CowsBoner 80-85%1,555112.52/cwt109.00–115.501,7509
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42298.09/cwt95.00–104.501,39531
Bulls1,758104.61/cwt100.50–109.001,8397
Bulls1,710131.79/cwt130.00–133.002,2543
Bulls1,831122.28/cwt116.00–126.002,2394
Dairy SteersChoice1,416150.21/cwt147.00–157.002,12738
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,263118.58/cwt115.00–122.001,4982
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,413142.82/cwt135.00–145.002,01823
CowsLean 85-90%1,25876.57/cwt71.00–82.0096340
CowsLean 85-90%1,36487.43/cwt83.00–93.001,19336
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,05597.00/cwt97.00–97.001,9931
HeifersSelect and Choice1,312162.13/cwt161.50–164.002,12710
HeifersChoice1,292169.51/cwt165.00–175.002,19018
HeifersChoice and Prime1,498181.04/cwt177.50–181.252,71221
CowsLean 85-90%1,16766.54/cwt60.00–70.0077725
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,802109.32/cwt104.00–114.001,9709
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,015115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,3171
SteersChoice and Prime1,401182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,5504
SteersSelect and Choice1,411164.93/cwt160.00–170.002,32722
SteersChoice1,358174.90/cwt170.00–179.002,37538

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.