Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2023-09-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 20
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
433 head
▼ 87 vs last sale 520▼ 21 vs year ago 454 · −4.6%
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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—Low1,678124.642,09215
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,487102.381,52336
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,803101.871,83711
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28982.361,06285
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,667160.002,6672thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,538157.952,42966
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,265145.501,8412thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,315192.002,5251thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,279187.872,40331
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,355190.692,58424
SteersChoiceAverage1,475184.152,71643
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330168.132,23614

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 Choice1,330168.13/cwt160.00–170.002,23614
Steers—Choice and Prime1,355190.69/cwt189.00–193.002,58424
Steers—Choice1,475184.15/cwt176.00–188.502,71643
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,279187.87/cwt181.00–189.502,40331
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,315192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,5251
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,421111.80/cwt109.00–118.001,5894
Bulls——1,687125.21/cwt120.00–132.002,1127
Bulls——1,921136.49/cwt133.00–143.002,6224
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18466.19/cwt61.00–70.0078419
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26379.78/cwt73.00–85.001,00822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34890.63/cwt85.50–97.501,22244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,393114.50/cwt110.50–119.001,5957
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48894.45/cwt89.00–97.501,40515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,534104.82/cwt99.00–108.001,60814
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74090.76/cwt88.50–94.501,5793
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,808113.05/cwt111.00–117.002,0443
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,838101.83/cwt97.00–108.001,8725
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,265145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,8412
Dairy Steers—Choice1,538157.95/cwt156.00–158.852,42966
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,667160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,6672

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.