Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-07-19

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 19
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
445 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 437▲ 75 vs year ago 370 · +20.3%
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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—Low1,705129.442,20714
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,844111.702,06011
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,434106.481,52654
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18683.4399068
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,296130.531,6925thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,495160.002,3921thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,439154.962,23065
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,055180.001,8991thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,223174.722,13728
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,496189.002,8277thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,262179.332,26355
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,222170.002,07711

Every lot

20 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,222170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,07711
Steers—Choice1,262179.33/cwt175.00–185.502,26355
Steers—Choice and Prime1,496189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,8277
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,055180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8991
Heifers—Choice1,223174.72/cwt168.00–179.002,13728
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,671129.03/cwt126.00–137.002,1566
Bulls——1,726119.63/cwt115.00–122.502,0655
Bulls——1,738146.62/cwt144.00–150.002,5483
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13070.45/cwt65.00–74.0079615
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14681.57/cwt75.00–85.0093523
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24591.35/cwt87.00–97.001,13730
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,415116.71/cwt111.50–122.501,65113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,426105.43/cwt98.00–111.001,50331
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48196.45/cwt88.00–98.501,42810
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,81094.75/cwt91.00–98.501,7152
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,837112.09/cwt106.00–116.002,0597
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,903127.26/cwt127.00–127.502,4222
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,296130.53/cwt130.00–132.001,6925
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,439154.96/cwt149.00–158.502,23065
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,495160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3921

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.