Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-02-28

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 28
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
430 head
56 vs last sale 374 47 vs year ago 477 · 9.9%
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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
BullsLow1,668132.422,20912
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,754116.222,03814
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,450115.301,67170
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27895.711,22463
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,454152.042,21119
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,298136.501,7723thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,461153.362,24175
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,422145.672,0716thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,449190.312,75810
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,311177.362,3256thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,330158.502,1083thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,637190.043,11116
SteersChoiceAverage1,390185.042,57231
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,263159.602,01610

Every lot, as filed

22 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
SteersSelect and Choice1,263159.60/cwt156.00–163.002,01610
HeifersSelect and Choice1,311177.36/cwt176.00–178.002,3256
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,733104.99/cwt103.50–107.001,8192
CowsLean 85-90%1,16182.40/cwt79.00–85.0095714
CowsLean 85-90%1,356104.60/cwt99.00–109.001,41826
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,518129.27/cwt125.50–135.001,9622
HeifersSelect1,330158.50/cwt158.50–158.502,1083
HeifersChoice1,449190.31/cwt189.50–191.002,75810
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,805115.85/cwt111.00–120.002,09110
CowsLean 85-90%1,26293.77/cwt88.00–98.001,18323
SteersChoice1,390185.04/cwt179.00–188.002,57231
SteersChoice and Prime1,637190.04/cwt190.00–190.253,11116
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,298136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,7723
Dairy SteersChoice1,461153.36/cwt147.00–157.002,24175
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,422145.67/cwt145.00–146.002,0716
Dairy HeifersChoice1,454152.04/cwt145.50–153.852,21119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,473111.77/cwt106.00–116.001,64633
CowsBoner 80-85%1,243101.66/cwt99.00–105.001,2643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,445119.92/cwt117.00–126.001,73334
Bulls1,395117.69/cwt114.00–120.001,6422
Bulls1,935139.26/cwt139.00–139.502,6952
Bulls1,670134.40/cwt130.00–137.502,2448

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.