Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-05-10

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, May 10
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
379 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 366▼ 21 vs year ago 400 · −5.3%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
84 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 85▲ 84 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are 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—Low1,425112.491,6036thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,78998.481,76118
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,43589.571,28560
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23673.9591468
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,267123.501,5657thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,480156.002,3091thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,432145.382,08237
HeifersChoiceAverage1,322167.462,21418
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,065176.001,8743thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,309170.082,22641
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,342158.832,13133
SteersSelectAverage1,181133.961,5826thin

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—100$28431

Every lot

21 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—Choice and Prime1,065176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,8743
Steers—Select1,181133.96/cwt130.00–138.501,5826
Steers—Choice1,309170.08/cwt166.00–175.002,22641
Steers—Select and Choice1,342158.83/cwt154.00–164.502,13133
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,322167.46/cwt163.00–169.002,21418
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,316117.90/cwt115.00–122.001,5524
Bulls——1,643101.68/cwt100.00–103.001,6712
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08559.85/cwt55.00–63.0064910
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22270.16/cwt65.00–75.0085726
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29481.43/cwt76.00–87.001,05432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41689.47/cwt85.00–95.001,26741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47480.14/cwt75.00–84.001,1818
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47596.79/cwt89.00–99.501,42811
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,525114.77/cwt112.50–116.001,7503
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,82891.62/cwt90.00–93.001,6755
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84897.03/cwt93.50–102.501,79310
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,432145.38/cwt140.00–150.252,08237
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,480156.00/cwt156.00–156.002,3091
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,267123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,5657
Replacement Dairy Cattle · Baby Bull Calves2 lots · lightest first
Baby Bull Calves—N/A87275.65/head105.00–320.0027612
Baby Bull Calves—N/A109288.72/head225.00–340.0028919

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.