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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 15
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
414 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 406▲ 143 vs year ago 271 · +52.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
67 head
▲ 67 vs last sale 0▲ 67 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 9.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 19.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 9.00 lower while Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 6.00 higher and Holstein slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,458187.882,7392thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,525176.002,6841thin
Bulls—Low1,777166.602,9609thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,808140.502,5402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,487139.362,07215
Dairy Bulls—Average1,694149.532,5338thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,517132.562,01225
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,780130.492,3232thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,376113.011,55572
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368175.252,39711
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,503169.912,55415
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,544160.302,4754thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,561183.822,8694thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,519172.712,62341
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,480162.082,39915
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,253148.991,8672thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,433216.753,10620
HeifersChoiceAverage1,413211.952,99527
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,194198.142,3667thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,574216.753,4128thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,450211.363,06532
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,426195.962,7949thin
SteersSelectAverage1,247171.552,1393thin

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/A—102$55336
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—89$5308

Every lot, as filed

37 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 Bulls——1,701154.00/cwt153.00–155.002,6204
Bulls——1,625154.98/cwt154.00–156.002,5182
Bulls——1,760190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,3441
Bulls——1,830166.58/cwt160.00–170.003,0486
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108585.17/head400.00–710.0058523
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10091495.25/head290.00–700.0049513
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10076345.66/head100.00–790.003465
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150110837.27/head780.00–900.008373
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,393112.47/cwt108.00–117.501,56727
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,630123.73/cwt122.50–125.002,0172
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,322100.90/cwt96.00–105.001,33420
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,401123.29/cwt119.00–129.001,72725
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,516131.23/cwt126.00–135.501,98917
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,290155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,0001
HeifersChoice—1,413211.95/cwt204.50–215.502,99527
SteersChoice—1,450211.36/cwt205.00–215.003,06532
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,484139.28/cwt137.00–147.002,0676
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,780130.49/cwt130.00–131.002,3232
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,825150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7381
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,790131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,3451
HeifersChoice and Prime—1,433216.75/cwt216.75–216.753,10620
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice—1,458187.88/cwt185.50–190.502,7392
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,501138.24/cwt134.00–144.002,07514
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,480162.08/cwt157.00–165.002,39915
SteersSelect and Choice—1,426195.96/cwt192.50–203.002,7949
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,194198.14/cwt194.00–200.002,3667
Dairy SteersSelect—1,253148.99/cwt148.00–150.001,8672
SteersSelect—1,247171.55/cwt167.50–176.002,1393
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,561183.82/cwt182.50–186.002,8694
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime—1,368175.25/cwt175.25–175.252,39711
SteersChoice and Prime—1,574216.75/cwt216.25–220.003,4128
Dairy Bulls——1,665165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,7471
Dairy Bulls——1,695138.40/cwt137.00–140.502,3463
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,525176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6841
Dairy SteersChoice—1,519172.71/cwt166.50–176.752,62341
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,503169.91/cwt162.00–171.752,55415
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,544160.30/cwt159.00–161.502,4754

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.