Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-06-12

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 12
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
392 head
46 vs last sale 346 186 vs year ago 578 · 32.2%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
124 head
27 vs last sale 97 29 vs year ago 95 · +30.5%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 9.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady. Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were 22.00 higher while Holstein slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 higher.

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 HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,165166.001,9341thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,374182.002,50111
BullsHigh1,808184.313,3338thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,272146.731,86621
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,815141.152,5624thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,673167.332,7998thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,874138.332,5925thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,465133.611,95843
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,298116.501,51247
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,457165.822,41626
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,470148.532,1834thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,461165.192,41358
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,475153.002,2572thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,230193.132,3759thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,348185.312,49820
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,187170.292,0216thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,235198.002,4451thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,355193.042,61637
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,419185.122,62712

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$67434
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A97$3796

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Bulls2,000204.00/cwt204.00–204.004,0801
Dairy Bulls1,641164.62/cwt163.00–167.002,7014
Bulls1,860189.58/cwt185.00–191.503,5264
Bulls1,675170.73/cwt167.00–174.002,8603
Dairy Bulls1,650160.22/cwt158.00–162.002,6442
Dairy Bulls1,760179.86/cwt175.00–185.003,1662
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10084375.52/head130.00–480.003764
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150123384.49/head380.00–390.003842
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10086658.21/head190.00–970.0065825
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150109759.60/head560.00–990.007608
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150–200160400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,888130.03/cwt127.00–133.002,4553
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,258101.58/cwt96.00–105.501,2788
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,313122.78/cwt118.00–128.001,61225
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,558144.74/cwt143.50–146.502,2554
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,485134.99/cwt130.00–140.002,00528
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,293113.81/cwt106.00–116.501,47214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,196155.68/cwt154.00–159.001,8624
CowsBoner 80-85%1,238148.30/cwt142.00–151.001,83613
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,815141.15/cwt138.00–143.502,5624
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,381126.06/cwt121.00–128.501,74111
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,374182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,50111
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,853150.79/cwt147.00–155.002,7942
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,475153.00/cwt153.00–153.002,2572
SteersChoice1,355193.04/cwt186.00–196.502,61637
HeifersChoice1,348185.31/cwt180.00–189.002,49820
Dairy SteersChoice1,461165.19/cwt160.00–168.752,41358
SteersChoice and Prime1,235198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,4451
CowsBoner 80-85%1,456132.67/cwt127.00–137.001,9324
Dairy HeifersChoice1,457165.82/cwt156.50–166.852,41626
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,470148.53/cwt144.00–153.002,1834
SteersSelect and Choice1,419185.12/cwt185.00–185.502,62712
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,165166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,9341
HeifersSelect and Choice1,187170.29/cwt167.00–173.002,0216
HeifersChoice and Prime1,230193.13/cwt192.00–194.002,3759

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.