Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-09-18

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 18
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
427 head
144 vs last sale 571 6 vs year ago 433 · 1.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as the auction was not reported 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,393175.092,4392thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,125155.001,7441thin
BullsAverage1,787157.002,80510
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,057122.222,5143thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,364121.361,6557thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,009106.621,0765thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,520147.562,2434thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,433116.521,67031
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,647115.521,90310
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,379102.161,40863
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,469168.272,4727thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,345135.001,8161thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,185130.001,5411thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,482164.972,44565
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,432156.452,2403thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,340127.001,7021thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,285186.692,39956
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,570195.503,0691thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,323186.102,46225
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240171.002,1201thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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 HeifersSelect1,345135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,8161
Dairy HeifersChoice1,469168.27/cwt167.75–172.002,4727
SteersSelect and Choice1,240171.00/cwt171.00–171.002,1201
SteersChoice and Prime1,570195.50/cwt195.50–195.503,0691
SteersChoice1,323186.10/cwt184.00–192.002,46225
HeifersChoice1,285186.69/cwt182.00–192.002,39956
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect1,125155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7441
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,433116.52/cwt101.00–133.501,67031
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,432156.45/cwt149.00–161.502,2403
Dairy SteersSelect1,340127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,7021
Dairy SteersChoice1,482164.97/cwt153.00–169.002,44565
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,185130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5411
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,393175.09/cwt172.00–178.502,4392
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,10782.40/cwt80.00–87.009123
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,46580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1721
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,391103.54/cwt75.00–117.001,44059
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,647115.52/cwt105.00–130.001,90310
Dairy Bulls1,520147.56/cwt106.00–160.002,2434
CowsLean 85-90%1,009106.62/cwt96.00–115.001,0765
CowsBoner 80-85%1,364121.36/cwt115.00–128.001,6557
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,057122.22/cwt118.00–125.002,5143
Bulls1,759161.70/cwt158.00–166.502,8444
Bulls1,488172.73/cwt171.00–175.002,5702
Bulls1,964144.44/cwt140.00–151.002,8374

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.