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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 30
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
418 head
99 vs last sale 517 418 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
108 head
52 vs last sale 160 108 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 15.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 5.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were 2.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,245202.002,5156thin
BullsLow1,603203.313,2606thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,299163.172,11916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,210144.003,1821thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,051117.071,2315thin
Dairy BullsAverage2,150189.004,0641thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,788151.002,6992thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,410145.102,04631
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,259123.931,56051
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,535186.782,8679thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,488222.003,3033thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,471210.023,08931
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,463204.712,99513
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,309247.683,24212
HeifersChoiceAverage1,401239.903,36135
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273228.852,9134thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,468250.003,6706thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,364242.743,31135
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363231.533,1567thin

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$64132
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A76$6468

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 Bulls2,150189.00/cwt189.00–189.004,0641
Bulls1,565186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,9111
Bulls1,338215.07/cwt214.00–216.002,8782
Bulls1,793201.25/cwt196.00–206.003,6083
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10072616.83/head250.00–1,050.006177
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150106836.71/head325.00–1,025.0083712
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10077524.18/head250.00–925.0052420
CowsLean 85-90%962124.15/cwt119.00–129.001,1943
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,860165.00/cwt165.00–165.003,0691
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,715137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,3501
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,210144.00/cwt144.00–144.003,1821
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,435150.78/cwt147.00–156.002,1648
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,414139.52/cwt136.00–145.501,97320
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,281110.13/cwt105.00–114.501,4118
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,325131.36/cwt126.00–136.001,74121
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,188121.85/cwt116.00–125.001,44822
CowsLean 85-90%1,185106.45/cwt105.00–107.501,2612
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,320167.17/cwt166.00–169.002,2073
CowsBoner 80-85%1,327164.20/cwt159.00–169.002,1797
CowsBoner 80-85%1,263153.59/cwt147.50–157.001,9406
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305179.94/cwt176.00–183.002,3483
SteersChoice and Prime1,468250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,6706
HeifersChoice and Prime1,309247.68/cwt247.00–248.003,24212
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,245202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,5156
Dairy SteersChoice1,471210.02/cwt207.00–217.003,08931
Dairy HeifersChoice1,535186.78/cwt185.50–189.002,8679
SteersChoice1,364242.74/cwt238.00–245.503,31135
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,488222.00/cwt222.00–222.003,3033
HeifersChoice1,401239.90/cwt234.00–244.003,36135
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,463204.71/cwt201.00–206.002,99513
SteersSelect and Choice1,363231.53/cwt230.00–232.503,1567
HeifersSelect and Choice1,273228.85/cwt228.00–229.502,9134

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.