Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-02-15

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 15
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
442 head
▲ 97 vs last sale 345▲ 442 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as 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
Bulls—Low1,947113.352,2078thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71186.241,47519
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,50682.441,24191
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21067.7181968
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,514129.921,9679thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,232117.761,4513thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,09894.081,0332thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,573140.002,2023thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,562134.972,10886
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,336126.761,69429
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,288104.151,3412thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,268159.002,0165thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,105140.311,5504thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265120.681,5272thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,04199.881,0407thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,380171.502,3674thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,402165.232,31733
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,338152.732,04413
SteersSelectAverage1,295134.681,7442thin

Every lot

26 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select1,295134.68/cwt132.00–139.001,7442
Steers—Select and Choice1,338152.73/cwt148.00–155.002,04413
Steers—Choice and Prime1,380171.50/cwt171.50–171.502,3674
Steers—Choice1,402165.23/cwt160.00–169.002,31733
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,04199.88/cwt96.00–104.001,0407
Heifers—Choice1,105140.31/cwt134.00–147.001,5504
Heifers—Select and Choice1,265120.68/cwt117.00–125.001,5272
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,268159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,0165
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,745105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,8321
Bulls——1,908122.13/cwt117.00–127.502,3302
Bulls——2,003111.50/cwt110.00–113.002,2335
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15765.64/cwt60.00–70.0075932
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16554.60/cwt50.00–59.0063610
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29375.30/cwt71.00–78.5097426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48989.96/cwt87.50–93.001,3404
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50382.26/cwt77.00–87.001,23685
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,66075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2452
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68688.04/cwt84.00–94.001,48416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84276.63/cwt75.00–80.001,4123
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,09894.08/cwt90.00–98.001,0332
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,232117.76/cwt113.00–120.001,4513
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,514129.92/cwt125.00–134.501,9679
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,288104.15/cwt99.00–109.001,3412
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,336126.76/cwt119.00–128.501,69429
Dairy Steers—Choice1,562134.97/cwt129.50–139.752,10886
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,573140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,2023

This sale against other markets

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.