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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 23
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
423 head
23 vs last sale 400 104 vs year ago 527 · 19.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
127 head
57 vs last sale 70 22 vs year ago 105 · +21.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, both slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and Holstein slaughter cows were 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 9.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower 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
BullsAverage1,712156.162,67411
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,425127.411,81622
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,875127.342,38810
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,283100.011,2838thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,643127.472,0944thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,883125.942,3716thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,570125.851,97615
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,268110.551,40258
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,379131.691,8164thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,510180.002,7181thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,610165.682,66755
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,510157.752,38213
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,391143.872,0015thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,336192.012,56531
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,291179.752,3216thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,432197.072,82242
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,410180.002,5383thin

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$53757
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A85$4478

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
Bulls1,493150.31/cwt147.00–153.002,2442
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150125397.70/head360.00–425.003982
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10083518.93/head170.00–925.0051934
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108582.62/head390.00–750.0058322
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150–200160120.00/head120.00–120.001201
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10071462.82/head275.00–950.004636
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,5391
SteersChoice1,432197.07/cwt189.50–199.502,82242
CowsLean 85-90%1,18583.93/cwt80.00–89.009954
SteersSelect and Choice1,410180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,5383
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,588124.78/cwt118.00–128.501,98212
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,510180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7181
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,497130.12/cwt129.50–130.501,9483
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,020122.78/cwt119.00–129.502,4805
Dairy SteersChoice1,610165.68/cwt162.00–171.002,66755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,370126.10/cwt122.00–131.501,72812
HeifersSelect and Choice1,291179.75/cwt175.00–182.002,3216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,713135.62/cwt135.00–137.002,3234
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,362119.64/cwt116.00–126.001,62917
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,510157.75/cwt155.00–160.002,38213
HeifersChoice1,336192.01/cwt189.00–198.502,56531
Dairy HeifersChoice1,379131.69/cwt126.00–137.001,8164
Dairy SteersSelect1,391143.87/cwt139.00–146.002,0015
Dairy Bulls1,295140.37/cwt133.00–145.001,8182
Dairy Bulls1,990114.57/cwt112.00–120.002,2802
Bulls1,892164.01/cwt159.00–169.003,1037
Bulls1,303134.53/cwt134.00–135.001,7532
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,800117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,1061
CowsBoner 80-85%1,615118.63/cwt117.00–120.001,9163
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,257110.55/cwt105.00–115.001,39029
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,16197.65/cwt93.00–104.001,13412
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,891123.53/cwt118.50–126.002,3365
CowsBoner 80-85%1,439133.41/cwt132.50–135.001,9207
CowsLean 85-90%1,203122.58/cwt120.00–125.001,4752
CowsLean 85-90%1,560109.61/cwt104.00–115.001,7102

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.