Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-02-14

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 14
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
374 head
126 vs last sale 500 68 vs year ago 442 · 15.4%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
64 head
64 vs last sale 0 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 9.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 9.00 higher. Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower.

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
BullsAverage2,009120.832,42710
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,439106.311,53040
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,809105.731,9137thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,32888.021,16976
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,479143.752,1269thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,508150.582,27121
HeifersChoiceAverage1,449183.852,66445
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,288166.802,14813
HeifersSelectAverage1,095153.501,6814thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,440182.762,63227
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,554161.762,51414
SteersSelectAverage1,238152.001,8823thin

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/A94$42250
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A80$4001thin

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
Baby Bull CalvesN/A85408.86/head105.00–600.0040930
Baby Bull CalvesN/A107441.43/head150.00–660.0044120
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A80400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Bulls2,116119.18/cwt115.00–124.002,5226
Bulls1,967131.42/cwt127.00–136.002,5853
Bulls1,49099.00/cwt99.00–99.001,4751
CowsLean 85-90%1,33387.83/cwt81.00–91.501,17126
CowsLean 85-90%1,16873.38/cwt70.00–80.0085717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,413108.63/cwt104.00–114.001,53522
Dairy HeifersChoice1,479143.75/cwt140.50–150.002,1269
Dairy SteersChoice1,508150.58/cwt145.00–153.252,27121
HeifersChoice1,449183.85/cwt177.00–185.002,66445
SteersSelect1,238152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,8823
SteersSelect and Choice1,554161.76/cwt157.00–168.002,51414
SteersChoice1,440182.76/cwt175.00–185.002,63227
CowsLean 85-90%1,40795.72/cwt92.00–102.001,34733
HeifersSelect1,095153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,6814
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46199.97/cwt96.00–103.001,46115
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,844101.53/cwt95.50–106.001,8724
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,728122.00/cwt119.00–125.502,1082
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,83090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,523121.05/cwt117.00–127.001,8443
HeifersSelect and Choice1,288166.80/cwt163.50–171.002,14813

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.