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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
358 head
1 vs last sale 359 39 vs year ago 319 · +12.2%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
95 head
0 vs last sale 95 21 vs year ago 74 · +28.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 4.00 lower and slaughter heifers were 7.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were 7.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 8.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows were mostly steady and Holstein slaughter cows were 3.00 higher.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,411183.502,5893thin
BullsAverage1,728178.953,0938thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,685163.502,7551thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,393154.932,15832
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,165120.951,4088thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,641161.352,6486thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,464145.452,12913
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,890139.342,6343thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,299123.331,60339
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,604189.953,04713
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,360182.972,4888thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410231.503,26411
HeifersChoiceAverage1,397227.613,18034
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,211218.002,6403thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,351218.102,94726

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/A96$65625
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A104$3954thin

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 SteersChoice1,604189.95/cwt187.50–194.003,04713
SteersChoice1,351218.10/cwt215.00–226.002,94726
HeifersChoice1,397227.61/cwt223.00–229.503,18034
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10065477.50/head475.00–480.004782
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10083626.57/head330.00–880.0062713
HeifersSelect and Choice1,211218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,6403
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150105705.45/head500.00–880.0070511
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150–200155500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150143312.98/head200.00–430.003132
Dairy Bulls1,852171.64/cwt171.00–172.003,1793
Dairy Bulls1,675162.60/cwt160.00–165.002,7242
Bulls1,777174.60/cwt170.00–179.503,1035
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,411183.50/cwt183.50–183.502,5893
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,668136.97/cwt136.00–138.002,2852
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,360182.97/cwt182.00–183.502,4888
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,303123.79/cwt118.00–127.001,61322
HeifersChoice and Prime1,410231.50/cwt231.50–231.503,26411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,685163.50/cwt163.50–163.502,7551
CowsLean 85-90%940100.00/cwt100.00–100.009401
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,410144.59/cwt139.00–149.002,0399
CowsLean 85-90%1,150129.30/cwt126.00–135.001,4875
Bulls1,330154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,0481
Dairy Bulls940128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2031
CowsLean 85-90%1,313110.53/cwt107.00–114.001,4512
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,110130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,7431
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780144.01/cwt142.00–146.002,5632
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,500157.79/cwt156.00–160.002,3672
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,203112.82/cwt105.00–115.001,3579
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,398133.88/cwt130.00–138.001,8728
Bulls1,805202.31/cwt198.00–205.003,6522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,411156.86/cwt151.00–161.502,21316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,342145.96/cwt140.00–150.001,95910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,429164.72/cwt164.00–168.002,3546

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.