Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-10-02

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 2
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
457 head
107 vs last sale 564 24 vs year ago 433 · +5.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
137 head
137 vs last sale 0 137 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 6.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 8.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 4.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady. 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,391177.262,4663thin
BullsLow1,680159.622,6829thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,753126.272,2143thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,538123.601,9018thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,287113.781,4643thin
Dairy BullsLow1,290137.301,7723thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,463118.171,72816
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,844108.972,0105thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,376104.981,44572
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,310164.002,1481thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,223147.091,7992thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,515170.002,5761thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,507165.772,49862
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,192156.921,8709thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,335193.002,57714
HeifersChoiceAverage1,387190.072,63643
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,289167.062,1534thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,382194.982,6958thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,364188.352,56923
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,334176.462,35421
SteersSelectAverage1,301159.092,0705thin

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/A86$41246
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A93$2803thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 Bull CalvesN/A100–150105461.16/head130.00–560.004619
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150120150.00/head150.00–150.001501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10080345.31/head275.00–425.003452
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10081400.63/head225.00–550.0040137
Bulls1,606147.22/cwt143.00–154.002,3644
Bulls1,740169.54/cwt167.00–174.002,9505
CowsLean 85-90%1,287113.78/cwt113.00–115.501,4643
CowsBoner 80-85%1,545116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,7921
CowsBoner 80-85%1,537124.69/cwt119.00–127.001,9167
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,753126.27/cwt124.00–128.002,2143
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,574108.73/cwt105.00–112.001,7115
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,268136.96/cwt133.00–140.001,7372
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,391177.26/cwt176.00–179.502,4663
Dairy Bulls1,115124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3831
Dairy Bulls1,378143.95/cwt138.00–149.001,9842
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,400116.46/cwt113.00–122.001,63020
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,403107.09/cwt101.00–111.501,50223
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,817114.12/cwt112.00–116.502,0743
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,33895.40/cwt90.00–100.001,27629
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,88578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4701
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,885124.50/cwt124.50–124.502,3471
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,444119.24/cwt114.50–123.501,7229
SteersChoice and Prime1,382194.98/cwt194.50–197.002,6958
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,223147.09/cwt143.50–151.001,7992
Dairy HeifersChoice1,310164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,1481
Dairy SteersChoice1,507165.77/cwt159.00–169.502,49862
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,515170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5761
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,192156.92/cwt155.50–160.001,8709
HeifersChoice and Prime1,335193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,57714
HeifersChoice1,387190.07/cwt183.00–192.002,63643
SteersSelect1,301159.09/cwt155.00–160.002,0705
SteersSelect and Choice1,334176.46/cwt171.50–181.002,35421
SteersChoice1,364188.35/cwt182.00–192.502,56923
HeifersSelect and Choice1,289167.06/cwt166.00–168.002,1534

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.