Shipshewana Livestock Auction Market Report

Shipshewana, Indiana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, June 5, 2024

1,851 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,851	1,790	1,088
Slaughter cattle	346	541	417

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 5.00 lower and slaughter heifers were 5.00 lower. Both Holstein slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady this week. Dairy/Beef slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison and no comparison is available on Dairy/Beef slaughter heifers because of light receipts. Slaughter cows were 4.00 lower this week and Holstein slaughter cows were 6.00 higher. Slaughter dairy bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison and slaughter bulls were 8.00 higher this week.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1192	1192	5	191.00	$191.00	$2,277	—
1240–1495	1351	6	170.00–178.00	$173.92	$2,350	-5.08
1170–1700	1383	33	180.00–190.50	$183.85	$2,543	+4.85

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1148–1197	1176	7	190.00	$190.00	$2,234	-5.00
1240–1445	1303	4	164.00–174.50	$169.41	$2,207	—
1157–1560	1337	25	178.00–188.50	$184.16	$2,462	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1580	1400	80-85%	2	154.00–155.00	$154.56	$2,164	—
1220–1700	1420	80-85%	7	143.00–152.00	$148.37	$2,107	—
1720	1720	80-85%	1	139.50	$139.50	$2,399	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1720	1720	75-80%	1	123.00	$123.00	$2,116	—
1705–1915	1835	75-80%	3	140.00–142.00	$140.70	$2,582	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860–1125	993	85-90%	2	91.00–100.00	$96.10	$954	—
1320	1320	85-90%	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,551	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1970	1491	6	163.00–169.00	$166.82	$2,487	+8.25
1015–1885	1492	3	148.00–153.00	$149.98	$2,238	-8.59
1465–2065	1808	3	174.00–175.00	$174.73	$3,159	—

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Baby Bull Calves

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55–95	84	N/A	44	100.00–730.00	$485.29	-8.50
100–135	108	N/A	17	320.00–700.00	$580.84	-25.73
180	180	N/A	1	155.00	$155.00	—

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Baby Heifer Calves

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60–75	67	N/A	3	140.00–620.00	$329.75	-179.51
100–105	103	N/A	4	690.00–700.00	$692.44	+537.44

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1071–1425	1208	6	166.50–174.00	$169.53	$2,048	+19.72

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1440	1440	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,333	—
1515–1650	1560	3	168.00–169.50	$168.97	$2,636	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
75–92	86	3	145.00–220.00	$198.28	$171	—
100–145	113	7	180.00–275.00	$239.25	$270	-110.75
180–185	183	2	165.00–170.00	$167.47	$306	—
255–272	266	3	100.00–125.00	$107.98	$287	—

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	190.00	$190.00	—
105–130	121	5	190.00–310.00	$264.38	-95.62
100–141	125	28	335.00–360.00	$336.73	-23.27
155–163	161	4	340.00–410.00	$393.15	-136.31
155–195	171	4	300.00–525.00	$411.72	-117.74
200	200	1	480.00	$480.00	-35.00

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Dairy Bulls

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580	1580	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,275	—
1740–2055	1914	4	162.00–170.50	$166.43	$3,185	—

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Dairy Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1200	1072	85-90%	7	94.00–101.00	$99.34	$1,065	—
855–1700	1194	85-90%	18	103.00–114.00	$108.74	$1,298	—
1000–1615	1247	85-90%	20	115.00–125.00	$119.86	$1,495	+10.23
1155–1765	1446	80-85%	18	134.00–144.00	$137.58	$1,989	—
1190–1695	1464	80-85%	8	124.00–132.00	$129.06	$1,889	—
1470–1620	1530	80-85%	6	145.00–153.50	$147.44	$2,256	—
1950	1950	75-80%	1	120.00	$120.00	$2,340	—
1950	1950	75-80%	1	135.00	$135.00	$2,632	—

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Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1705	1480	9	153.00–162.50	$157.88	$2,337	-0.14

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1165–1727	1451	39	158.00–168.50	$164.70	$2,390	—
1467–1615	1516	3	148.00–154.50	$152.19	$2,307	-11.93

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
80	80	1	65.00	$65.00	$52	-20.00
120	120	1	119.00	$119.00	$143	+40.92
105–146	130	13	80.00–88.00	$84.53	$110	+6.45
110–146	138	15	100.00–110.00	$106.30	$147	+28.22
167–185	172	4	105.00–110.00	$108.66	$187	+0.43
155–198	183	12	120.00–132.50	$123.08	$225	+14.85
186	186	3	85.00	$85.00	$158	-37.63
205–206	206	8	105.00–115.00	$106.24	$219	—
205–225	209	5	82.50–86.00	$85.25	$178	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
30	30	8	55.00–85.00	$58.75	-6.25
40–45	43	5	65.00–110.00	$79.07	-4.17
50–56	55	4	100.00–170.00	$116.06	-33.94
55	55	2	80.00–170.00	$125.00	-25.00
57	57	11	185.00	$185.00	+35.00
60	60	1	180.00	$180.00	+30.00
60–66	63	12	170.00–250.00	$213.30	+43.03
70–77	75	3	190.00–230.00	$217.50	-22.50
85	85	1	260.00	$260.00	-2.84
85	85	2	150.00–230.00	$190.00	-72.84
90–95	92	4	120.00–240.00	$184.17	+46.71
128	128	3	185.00	$185.00	-45.00
125–135	130	3	240.00–330.00	$285.51	+55.51
167	167	2	330.00	$330.00	—

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
50–57	53	9	75.00	$75.00	-205.00
63	63	9	125.00	$125.00	-155.00
90	90	2	180.00	$180.00	-100.00
106–120	109	18	150.00–230.00	$168.67	-123.13
114–140	121	16	100.00–220.00	$141.57	-150.23
145	145	9	255.00	$255.00	-36.80
155–165	158	4	200.00–280.00	$259.05	—
195	195	1	210.00	$210.00	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
30–38	34	12	170.00–220.00	$186.07	$63	-23.02
40–47	45	28	200.00–250.00	$210.56	$95	-0.72
45	45	1	110.00	$110.00	$50	-101.28
55	55	1	280.00	$280.00	$154	+52.69
50–59	56	175	170.00–275.00	$225.99	$127	-1.32
61–65	62	27	290.00–295.00	$290.19	$180	+46.34
60–69	63	69	175.00–270.00	$233.24	$147	-10.61
70–79	75	190	200.00–285.00	$268.28	$201	+20.16
75–79	77	15	287.50–320.00	$291.09	$224	+5.39
80	80	1	140.00	$140.00	$112	+6.48
80–88	83	49	250.00–285.00	$270.43	$224	+10.71
80–87	84	17	290.00–300.00	$296.87	$249	+37.15
91–95	91	9	135.00–145.00	$143.85	$131	-144.63
90–97	93	211	180.00–277.50	$261.51	$243	-26.97
91–96	94	8	287.00–295.00	$291.11	$274	+11.45
100	100	1	290.00	$290.00	$290	+148.75
100–108	103	36	170.00–282.50	$260.08	$268	-25.96
102–105	103	15	102.50–150.00	$123.24	$127	-162.80
110–117	114	18	230.00–285.00	$258.35	$295	+123.35
120–121	121	4	110.00–155.00	$121.18	$147	-13.82
120–123	122	15	180.00–255.00	$220.46	$269	+85.46
147	147	2	210.00	$210.00	$309	-55.15

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.