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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 14
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
382 head
24 vs last sale 358 52 vs year ago 330 · +15.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
179 head
84 vs last sale 95 78 vs year ago 101 · +77.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available because the auction was not reported 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,625217.003,5262thin
BullsAverage1,525174.002,6541thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,462162.632,37713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,755161.912,8423thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,347130.451,7584thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,490177.402,6432thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,545147.192,27436
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,793141.262,5324thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,300123.341,60345
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360207.002,8152thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,499198.322,97316
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,579188.702,9809thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,400235.003,29010
HeifersChoiceAverage1,432233.953,35021
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,122217.802,44410
SteersChoiceAverage1,443233.773,37350
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,291224.332,89612

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/A87$70474
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A87$77612

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls1,525174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6541
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150111671.20/head520.00–1,025.006713
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150106880.60/head525.00–1,230.0088124
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10069170.91/head110.00–250.001714
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10078657.42/head160.00–1,380.0065746
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10079810.36/head380.00–1,320.008109
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,498141.40/cwt136.00–146.002,11819
CowsBoner 80-85%1,434162.55/cwt159.00–169.002,3316
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,215109.44/cwt104.00–114.001,3307
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,295121.22/cwt116.00–125.001,57018
CowsBoner 80-85%1,525150.01/cwt149.00–151.002,2884
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,626150.94/cwt148.00–157.002,45413
Dairy SteersChoice1,499198.32/cwt195.00–205.002,97316
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845153.50/cwt153.50–153.502,8321
SteersSelect and Choice1,291224.33/cwt222.50–226.502,89612
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,800127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,2861
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,755161.91/cwt161.00–163.002,8423
CowsLean 85-90%1,363139.77/cwt135.00–145.001,9053
SteersChoice1,443233.77/cwt228.50–238.003,37350
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,506162.46/cwt160.00–168.002,4474
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,334130.11/cwt126.00–136.001,73620
CowsLean 85-90%1,300102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,3331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,433179.63/cwt175.00–183.002,5743
HeifersChoice1,432233.95/cwt233.50–234.503,35021
HeifersSelect and Choice1,122217.80/cwt214.50–222.002,44410
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,360207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,8152
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,763142.27/cwt140.50–144.002,5082
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,579188.70/cwt183.50–193.002,9809
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,625217.00/cwt217.00–217.003,5262
Dairy Bulls1,490177.40/cwt175.00–179.002,6432
HeifersChoice and Prime1,400235.00/cwt235.00–235.003,29010

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.