Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2024-11-27

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Nov 27
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
357 head
77 vs last sale 434 14 vs year ago 371 · 3.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
118 head
118 vs last sale 0 42 vs year ago 76 · +55.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 10.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher and slaughter Holstein cows were 1.00 higher. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,437163.092,3443thin
BullsAverage1,734129.352,2436thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,622127.572,0694thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,554121.521,8897thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,270106.251,3492thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,560134.352,0963thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,579116.321,83714
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,829112.012,0486thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,34997.501,31541
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,318158.292,08612
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,583166.422,63443
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,317148.471,9554thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,295193.002,4991thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,470184.452,71116
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,433194.002,7807thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,431187.292,68061
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,354174.702,3658thin
SteersSelectAverage1,252164.492,0593thin

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/A88$53068
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A80$3944thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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 Bulls1,605144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,3111
Dairy Bulls1,538129.52/cwt129.00–130.001,9922
SteersSelect1,252164.49/cwt163.00–166.002,0593
SteersSelect and Choice1,354174.70/cwt168.00–178.502,3658
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,317148.47/cwt145.00–154.501,9554
HeifersChoice1,470184.45/cwt176.00–186.002,71116
SteersChoice1,431187.29/cwt181.00–190.502,68061
Dairy HeifersChoice1,318158.29/cwt154.00–162.002,08612
Dairy SteersChoice1,583166.42/cwt161.50–168.002,63443
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,437163.09/cwt160.00–165.002,3443
HeifersChoice and Prime1,295193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,4991
SteersChoice and Prime1,433194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,7807
CowsBoner 80-85%1,680113.03/cwt110.00–115.501,8992
CowsBoner 80-85%1,504124.92/cwt124.00–127.001,8795
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,493106.72/cwt105.00–109.001,5932
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150111611.59/head510.00–820.0061215
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10082506.71/head110.00–900.0050753
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10073309.09/head200.00–500.003093
Bulls1,735135.86/cwt135.00–137.002,3572
Bulls1,535161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,4711
Bulls1,800114.46/cwt111.00–120.002,0603
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,601117.28/cwt113.00–122.001,87811
CowsLean 85-90%1,265112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,4171
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,535109.59/cwt105.00–115.001,68211
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,29199.48/cwt95.00–104.001,28414
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,27287.45/cwt84.00–93.001,11216
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,515125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,8941
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,667130.43/cwt127.00–133.002,1743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,485119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,7671
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,849117.56/cwt113.00–122.002,1744
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,788100.90/cwt98.00–104.001,8042
CowsLean 85-90%1,275100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,2811

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.