Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-11-13

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 13
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
466 head
▲ 43 vs last sale 423▲ 16 vs year ago 450 · +3.6%
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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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,405174.002,4451thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,338141.321,8913thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,613170.472,7502thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,260150.821,9009thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,205130.001,5671thin
Bulls—Average1,912135.582,59210
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,937117.622,2785thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,514105.671,60014
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,19589.921,0748thin
Dairy Bulls—Low1,395118.601,6554thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,879105.861,9896thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,563103.961,62419
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,32890.471,20173
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,448160.132,31925
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,384150.692,0864thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,270188.002,3881thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,559168.882,6336thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,473158.892,34020
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,548151.752,3498thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,330187.332,4919thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,302181.132,35822
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,319169.782,23928
HeifersSelectAverage1,191159.361,89813
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,472188.602,7769thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,319182.032,40135
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,396169.812,37111
SteersSelectAverage1,212154.141,8685thin

Every lot, as filed

43 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,613170.47/cwt165.00–176.002,7502
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,270188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,3881
SteersChoice—1,319182.03/cwt175.00–185.002,40135
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,543113.83/cwt110.00–118.001,7565
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,376108.25/cwt102.00–112.501,4906
SteersSelect and Choice—1,396169.81/cwt164.00–173.502,37111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,65396.73/cwt90.00–100.001,5995
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,473158.89/cwt156.00–163.502,34020
CowsLean 85-90%—1,21082.97/cwt75.00–85.001,0044
CowsLean 85-90%—1,185100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,1851
SteersChoice and Prime—1,472188.60/cwt186.00–189.752,7769
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,404102.68/cwt100.00–109.001,44214
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,260150.82/cwt148.50–152.001,9009
HeifersSelect—1,191159.36/cwt156.00–162.001,89813
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect—1,205130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,5671
HeifersChoice—1,302181.13/cwt175.00–185.502,35822
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,448160.13/cwt153.50–163.252,31925
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,319169.78/cwt165.00–174.002,23928
Dairy SteersSelect—1,548151.75/cwt148.00–155.002,3498
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,384150.69/cwt148.50–152.002,0864
SteersSelect—1,212154.14/cwt150.00–160.001,8685
Dairy SteersChoice—1,559168.88/cwt164.50–174.002,6336
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,330187.33/cwt187.00–188.002,4919
Bulls——1,917129.41/cwt124.00–135.002,4816
Bulls——1,957153.11/cwt149.00–159.002,9963
Dairy Bulls——1,450100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,4501
Dairy Bulls——1,255135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6941
Bulls——1,745120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,0941
Dairy Bulls——1,438119.71/cwt118.00–121.001,7212
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,50294.48/cwt92.00–96.001,4195
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,338141.32/cwt137.50–148.001,8913
CowsBreaker 75-80%—2,015130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,6201
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,560115.39/cwt113.00–120.001,8003
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,865102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,9121
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,607103.75/cwt99.00–109.001,6679
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,935118.53/cwt115.00–124.002,2943
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice—1,405174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,4451
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,89590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,7061
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,891107.79/cwt104.00–110.002,0384
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17895.83/cwt92.00–99.001,1293
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,38891.29/cwt87.00–97.001,26738
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,16980.84/cwt77.00–86.5094521
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,815114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,0691

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.