Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-05-01

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
319 head
100 vs last sale 419 47 vs year ago 366 · 12.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
74 head
74 vs last sale 0 11 vs year ago 85 · 12.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available because the auction was not reported last week. The day prior to this sale, Shipshewana hosted a special Sheep and Goat sale which impacted lighter receipts for the auction today. Favorable weather conditions also kept many area farmers in the fields this week which impacted receipts.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,540165.502,5491thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,502161.312,4236thin
BullsHigh1,454139.032,0213thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,518134.942,0484thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,311121.571,59411
CowsLean 85-90%High94397.839224thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,898138.002,6192thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,920116.392,2347thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,439116.161,67234
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15898.651,14232
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,438155.552,23721
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,468159.052,33550
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,486149.172,2177thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,345190.242,55931
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,276176.722,2554thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,335189.682,53214

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/A96$51434
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A85$2882thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Dairy Bulls1,898138.00/cwt136.00–140.002,6192
Bulls1,315146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,9201
Bulls1,523135.54/cwt134.00–138.002,0642
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10085287.65/head250.00–330.002882
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10087500.85/head250.00–570.0050119
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108530.43/head350.00–690.0053015
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,12896.92/cwt92.00–101.001,09311
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,937114.79/cwt112.50–117.502,2236
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,525147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,2421
CowsLean 85-90%900111.00/cwt111.00–111.009991
CowsLean 85-90%998101.15/cwt97.00–105.001,0092
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4032
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,440120.16/cwt115.50–124.001,73016
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%99983.29/cwt80.00–87.008327
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,260107.68/cwt104.00–113.501,35714
CowsBoner 80-85%1,470131.27/cwt131.00–131.501,9302
CowsBoner 80-85%1,276122.10/cwt116.00–126.001,5587
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,815126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,2871
Dairy HeifersChoice1,438155.55/cwt153.50–159.002,23721
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,486149.17/cwt145.00–151.002,2177
HeifersSelect and Choice1,276176.72/cwt170.00–179.002,2554
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,515130.92/cwt129.00–133.001,9833
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,468110.70/cwt104.00–114.001,62516
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,203127.91/cwt127.00–129.001,5392
CowsLean 85-90%87578.00/cwt78.00–78.006831
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,502161.31/cwt160.50–164.002,4236
Dairy SteersChoice1,468159.05/cwt153.00–162.852,33550
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,540165.50/cwt165.50–165.502,5491
SteersChoice1,335189.68/cwt185.00–193.002,53214
HeifersChoice1,345190.24/cwt184.00–194.002,55931

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.