Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-05-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 8
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
408 head
89 vs last sale 319 29 vs year ago 379 · +7.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
135 head
61 vs last sale 74 51 vs year ago 84 · +60.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 lower while Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 higher. Both slaughter heifers and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 7.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 4.00 higher. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,565170.002,6611thin
BullsAverage1,555157.372,4474thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,343129.451,73944
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,125129.002,7411thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,428127.951,8276thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,057109.501,1589thin
Dairy BullsHigh2,192145.673,1936thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,406121.611,70919
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,037119.372,4316thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,247105.311,31360
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,445150.002,1681thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,535175.682,6973thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,516163.192,47440
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,410156.202,20215
HeifersChoiceAverage1,442178.542,5753thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,080165.001,7821thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,332190.002,5312thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,456186.342,71331
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,211174.212,1106thin

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$46179
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A89$3254thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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 Bulls2,148154.77/cwt154.50–155.003,3242
Bulls1,620153.75/cwt151.00–157.002,4912
Dairy Bulls2,503138.67/cwt137.00–140.503,4712
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150115675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150109500.94/head160.00–830.0050137
Bulls1,490160.98/cwt160.00–162.002,3992
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10080208.62/head140.00–240.002093
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10085425.15/head155.00–810.0042542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,324120.42/cwt115.00–125.501,59415
CowsLean 85-90%1,025117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1991
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,125129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,7411
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,966122.61/cwt117.50–126.502,4114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,329131.45/cwt126.00–136.001,74718
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,403121.96/cwt117.50–126.501,71114
SteersChoice and Prime1,332190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,5312
CowsLean 85-90%1,026110.36/cwt105.00–115.001,1327
SteersSelect and Choice1,211174.21/cwt173.00–177.002,1106
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,588136.90/cwt134.50–140.502,1743
CowsLean 85-90%1,31096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,2581
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,438115.33/cwt115.00–116.001,6583
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,565170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,6611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,393138.48/cwt136.50–146.001,92911
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,375128.55/cwt128.00–129.001,7682
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,218104.17/cwt98.00–108.001,26922
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,178112.90/cwt112.00–114.002,4592
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,410156.20/cwt149.50–157.752,20215
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,13392.31/cwt88.00–97.001,04612
SteersChoice1,456186.34/cwt181.00–189.002,71331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,268119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5093
Dairy SteersChoice1,516163.19/cwt158.00–168.002,47440
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,323112.28/cwt108.50–118.001,48526
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,535175.68/cwt175.00–177.002,6973
Dairy HeifersChoice1,445150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,1681
HeifersChoice1,442178.54/cwt175.00–182.502,5753
Dairy Bulls1,925143.58/cwt143.00–144.502,7642
HeifersSelect and Choice1,080165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7821

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.