Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-06-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
591 head
199 vs last sale 392 60 vs year ago 651 · 9.2%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
123 head
1 vs last sale 124 69 vs year ago 54 · +127.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as the auction was not covered last 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,215183.002,2234thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,295170.512,2082thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,264175.752,2216thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage945150.001,4181thin
BullsAverage1,824183.643,3509thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,279142.401,82214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,675136.502,2861thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,058120.891,27912
Dairy BullsAverage1,607157.602,5325thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,918139.822,6825thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,460136.571,99553
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,279116.961,49651
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,436162.582,3353thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,456166.882,43035
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,326154.532,0494thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,223205.662,5153thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,174194.112,27932
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,245181.412,25912
SteersChoiceAverage1,387203.382,82184
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305194.732,54119

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/A92$42491
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A90$2143thin

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
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10090214.44/head210.00–225.002143
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10083395.88/head125.00–800.0039654
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150105464.08/head120.00–705.0046437
Dairy Bulls1,423159.33/cwt158.00–160.002,2673
Bulls1,759173.60/cwt168.00–179.003,0545
Dairy HeifersChoice1,436162.58/cwt160.00–164.002,3353
Dairy SteersChoice1,456166.88/cwt161.00–169.002,43035
SteersChoice1,387203.38/cwt196.00–206.002,82184
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,899137.52/cwt135.00–140.002,6124
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,446128.92/cwt126.00–130.501,86410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,275124.75/cwt123.00–126.501,5912
SteersSelect and Choice1,305194.73/cwt192.50–195.502,54119
HeifersSelect and Choice1,245181.41/cwt178.00–186.002,25912
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect945150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4181
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,253116.14/cwt110.00–120.001,45526
CowsLean 85-90%943109.32/cwt106.50–114.501,0313
CowsLean 85-90%1,023133.62/cwt132.50–135.501,3673
CowsLean 85-90%1,133120.32/cwt116.00–125.001,3636
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,177103.93/cwt98.00–107.501,2239
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,378125.63/cwt121.00–130.001,73116
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,995149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,9731
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,675136.50/cwt136.50–136.502,2861
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,444146.82/cwt143.00–153.002,1209
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,469136.11/cwt131.00–141.001,99934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245150.50/cwt147.00–154.001,8748
CowsBoner 80-85%1,350135.02/cwt130.50–140.001,8234
Dairy Bulls1,740170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,9581
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,295170.51/cwt170.00–171.002,2082
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,326154.53/cwt150.00–158.002,0494
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,264175.75/cwt174.50–177.002,2216
Dairy Bulls2,025140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,8351
Bulls1,906196.19/cwt190.50–199.503,7394
HeifersChoice and Prime1,223205.66/cwt205.00–206.002,5153
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,215183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,2234
HeifersChoice1,174194.11/cwt188.50–197.002,27932

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.