Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-11-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
434 head
32 vs last sale 466 63 vs year ago 371 · +17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 7.00 lower and Holstein slaughter heifers were 1.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 10.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 18.00 higher 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
BullsHigh1,731139.272,4115thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,458126.671,84715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,738116.252,0202thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,302107.331,3987thin
Dairy BullsLow1,626138.782,25610
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,548115.141,78218
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,854110.272,0447thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,411104.301,47276
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,427161.472,30422
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,595171.222,7312thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,527164.562,51352
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,566157.102,46010
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,335181.502,4232thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324173.532,29813
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,153157.821,8202thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,280190.162,4343thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,454185.762,70144
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,437176.122,53110

Every lot, as filed

32 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 Bulls1,517130.83/cwt129.00–132.001,9853
Dairy Bulls1,818146.50/cwt146.00–147.002,6632
Dairy Bulls1,614140.47/cwt139.00–143.002,2675
Bulls1,505163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,4531
SteersChoice and Prime1,280190.16/cwt190.00–190.502,4343
SteersSelect and Choice1,437176.12/cwt173.00–178.002,53110
HeifersSelect and Choice1,153157.82/cwt157.00–159.001,8202
HeifersChoice1,324173.53/cwt170.00–178.502,29813
CowsBoner 80-85%1,433117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,6772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,325136.57/cwt136.00–137.001,8102
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,566157.10/cwt155.00–157.752,46010
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,595171.22/cwt171.00–171.502,7312
SteersChoice1,454185.76/cwt179.50–189.002,70144
HeifersChoice and Prime1,335181.50/cwt181.50–181.502,4232
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,860109.50/cwt109.50–109.502,0371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,487126.63/cwt120.00–129.001,88311
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,818102.39/cwt100.00–105.001,8612
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,860119.56/cwt118.00–121.002,2242
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,471113.28/cwt111.00–117.001,66618
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,416105.18/cwt100.00–110.001,48937
Dairy SteersChoice1,527164.56/cwt158.00–168.002,51352
Dairy HeifersChoice1,427161.47/cwt154.50–164.252,30422
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,568114.83/cwt110.00–119.001,8019
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,760100.67/cwt99.00–104.001,7723
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,412122.85/cwt120.00–126.001,7356
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,873109.33/cwt106.00–115.002,0483
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,35295.07/cwt90.00–99.001,28521
CowsLean 85-90%1,297106.22/cwt102.00–111.001,3786
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,615123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,9861
CowsLean 85-90%1,335114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5221
Bulls2,118119.06/cwt118.00–120.002,5222
Bulls1,458147.62/cwt145.00–150.002,1522

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.