Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-03-27

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 27
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
417 head
30 vs last sale 387 417 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
103 head
25 vs last sale 78 103 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 11.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 6.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 7.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 3.00 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,375148.592,0432thin
BullsAverage1,770155.492,75316
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,591132.982,1166thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,284123.941,59116
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,387102.781,4254thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,882122.612,3077thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,476120.871,78438
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,236101.591,25651
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,406134.301,8884thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,615168.102,71515
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478165.212,44222
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410188.002,6513thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,396183.262,55812
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,253173.332,17212
HeifersSelectAverage1,179159.381,8794thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,386179.502,4886thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,363176.752,40920
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,185160.741,9054thin

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/A95$50483
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A92$42210

Every lot, as filed

34 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
Bulls1,757156.41/cwt151.00–161.002,7487
Bulls1,978169.35/cwt163.00–178.003,3504
Bulls1,623143.11/cwt138.00–148.002,3235
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10078383.33/head220.00–475.003836
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150113480.00/head285.00–735.004804
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10085468.89/head185.00–620.0046948
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150107564.16/head285.00–850.0056434
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150–200180175.00/head175.00–175.001751
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,482137.50/cwt137.50–137.502,0384
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,810123.95/cwt123.50–124.502,2432
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,473120.87/cwt116.00–126.501,78031
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,438114.80/cwt114.00–115.501,6513
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,14190.13/cwt84.00–95.001,02815
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,250102.70/cwt96.00–106.001,28421
CowsLean 85-90%1,367105.20/cwt103.00–108.001,4383
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,525125.38/cwt118.50–128.001,9124
CowsBoner 80-85%1,474115.19/cwt111.50–118.001,6984
CowsBoner 80-85%1,308134.91/cwt130.00–138.501,7652
CowsBoner 80-85%1,203125.24/cwt120.00–129.001,50710
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,907119.85/cwt115.00–124.002,2865
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,311111.50/cwt107.00–117.001,46215
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,615168.10/cwt168.10–168.102,71515
SteersChoice and Prime1,386179.50/cwt179.50–179.502,4886
SteersSelect and Choice1,185160.74/cwt155.00–164.001,9054
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,375148.59/cwt147.00–150.002,0432
CowsLean 85-90%1,44595.50/cwt95.50–95.501,3801
Dairy HeifersChoice1,406134.30/cwt130.00–139.001,8884
SteersChoice1,363176.75/cwt169.00–179.002,40920
HeifersChoice1,396183.26/cwt177.00–186.502,55812
HeifersChoice and Prime1,410188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,6513
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,818129.52/cwt129.00–130.002,3552
HeifersSelect and Choice1,253173.33/cwt169.00–175.502,17212
HeifersSelect1,179159.38/cwt158.00–162.001,8794
Dairy SteersChoice1,478165.21/cwt157.00–167.002,44222

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.