Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-03-06

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 6
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
460 head
30 vs last sale 430 73 vs year ago 387 · +18.9%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
61 head
61 vs last sale 0 61 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steer and heifer classes now include Dairy/Beef cross classifications. Additionally, there is now a Dairy classification for slaughter cows. Due to these additional classes, comparisons will resume next 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,446173.972,51611
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,365169.502,3146thin
BullsHigh1,725144.372,4909thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,787125.742,2473thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,376116.471,60320
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22597.251,19112
Dairy BullsAverage1,682136.932,3036thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,481118.121,74942
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,791114.022,04217
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,323103.891,37561
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,470155.432,2854thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,419141.852,0137thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,217164.001,9962thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,490154.422,30154
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,328144.561,9202thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,220136.001,6591thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,353194.502,6326thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,295180.382,33637
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,331170.552,27010
HeifersSelectAverage1,133159.001,8015thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,443187.832,7108thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,469180.372,65020
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,361167.812,28416
SteersSelectAverage1,025152.001,5581thin

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$53452
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A90$4165

Every lot, as filed

40 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/A50–10086506.95/head160.00–710.0050733
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150105599.31/head300.00–685.0059918
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150–200160250.00/head250.00–250.002501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100485.00/head370.00–600.004852
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10083369.40/head130.00–600.003693
Bulls1,798158.51/cwt158.00–159.002,8502
Bulls1,704140.33/cwt134.50–145.002,3917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,363126.54/cwt125.00–128.001,7253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,273107.86/cwt106.00–109.001,3733
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,787125.74/cwt122.50–130.002,2473
CowsBoner 80-85%1,401116.15/cwt110.00–120.001,62714
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,365169.50/cwt169.50–169.502,3146
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,446173.97/cwt169.00–175.002,51611
Dairy Bulls1,682136.93/cwt132.00–140.002,3036
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76498.23/cwt94.00–101.501,7334
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,437126.28/cwt125.00–129.001,8158
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,458118.24/cwt114.00–124.001,72426
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,831114.37/cwt110.00–119.002,0948
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,748126.08/cwt122.50–129.002,2045
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,241100.43/cwt95.00–105.001,24628
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,427110.24/cwt106.00–116.001,57327
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,23991.45/cwt85.00–94.001,1336
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,419141.85/cwt140.00–144.002,0137
Dairy SteersChoice1,490154.42/cwt152.00–158.002,30154
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,217164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9962
Dairy SteersSelect1,220136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,6591
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,328144.56/cwt143.50–146.001,9202
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,598109.56/cwt108.00–112.001,7518
SteersSelect and Choice1,361167.81/cwt160.00–171.002,28416
CowsLean 85-90%1,20097.74/cwt92.00–103.001,1736
CowsLean 85-90%1,392108.33/cwt105.00–112.001,5083
HeifersSelect and Choice1,331170.55/cwt164.00–173.002,27010
SteersChoice1,469180.37/cwt175.00–185.002,65020
Dairy HeifersChoice1,470155.43/cwt150.00–157.252,2854
CowsLean 85-90%1,10885.18/cwt81.00–89.009443
HeifersChoice1,295180.38/cwt176.00–186.002,33637
HeifersChoice and Prime1,353194.50/cwt194.50–194.502,6326
HeifersSelect1,133159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,8015
SteersChoice and Prime1,443187.83/cwt187.50–189.002,7108
SteersSelect1,025152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,5581

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.