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Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Name: Shipshewana Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-20

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Dec 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970

← Dec 6Dec 20Jan 3 →

Receipts

385 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 507▲ 36 vs year ago 349 · +10.3%

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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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,516	115.22	1,747	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,388	104.00	1,443	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,836	85.77	1,574	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,283	79.27	1,017	93
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,570	146.50	2,300	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,500	127.03	1,905	2thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,285	104.50	1,343	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,496	151.95	2,273	4thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,489	146.49	2,181	62
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,477	137.80	2,035	7thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	157.21	2,147	19
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,243	131.77	1,638	3thin
Steers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,539	172.68	2,658	10
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	165.97	2,400	53
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,395	152.54	2,128	18
Steers	Select	Average	1,272	135.06	1,718	4thin

Every lot

23 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select	1,272	135.06/cwt	132.00–136.00	1,718	4
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,395	152.54/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,128	18
Steers	—	Choice	1,446	165.97/cwt	160.00–169.75	2,400	53
Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,539	172.68/cwt	171.50–173.00	2,658	10
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,243	131.77/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,638	3
Heifers	—	Choice	1,366	157.21/cwt	154.00–159.00	2,147	19
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,378	109.88/cwt	103.00–113.00	1,514	3
Bulls	—	—	1,723	123.22/cwt	118.00–128.00	2,123	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,149	66.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	758	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,195	76.37/cwt	71.00–81.50	913	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	101.79/cwt	97.00–107.00	1,231	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,349	134.97/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,821	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,389	86.53/cwt	82.00–92.00	1,202	47
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,475	94.59/cwt	91.00–96.50	1,395	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,560	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,576	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,858	74.29/cwt	71.00–77.50	1,380	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,882	87.31/cwt	83.00–93.50	1,643	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,285	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,343	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,500	127.03/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,905	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,570	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	2,300	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,477	137.80/cwt	136.00–138.50	2,035	7
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,489	146.49/cwt	140.00–150.10	2,181	62
Dairy Steers	—	Choice and Prime	1,496	151.95/cwt	151.50–152.10	2,273	4

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.

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Shipshewana Livestock Auction - Shipshewana, IN

Wed Dec 20, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Receipts 385Last week 507Year ago 349

No comparisons are available as the auction was not reported last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,378	103.00–113.00	109.88
2	—	1,723	118.00–128.00	123.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,209	97.00–107.00	101.79
4	—	1,349	133.00–136.00	134.97
12	—	1,475	91.00–96.50	94.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,858	71.00–77.50	74.29
1	—	1,560	101.00	101.00
5	—	1,882	83.00–93.50	87.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,389	82.00–92.00	86.53
26	—	1,195	71.00–81.50	76.37
20	—	1,149	60.00–70.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,500	123.00–130.00	127.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,570	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,496	151.50–152.10	151.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,477	136.00–138.50	137.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,489	140.00–150.10	146.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,366	154.00–159.00	157.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,243	127.00–135.00	131.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,395	152.00–157.00	152.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,539	171.50–173.00	172.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,272	132.00–136.00	135.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,446	160.00–169.75	165.97

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.