Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-01-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 8
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
406 head
37 vs last sale 369 20 vs year ago 426 · 4.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as the auction was not covered 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
BullsLow1,894163.003,0885thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,840145.002,6682thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,474142.742,1044thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,201112.521,3525thin
Dairy BullsLow1,976151.142,9868thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,864129.762,4184thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,574127.222,00322
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,352113.831,53967
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,505169.462,5507thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,425161.822,3064thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,310153.702,0134thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,240146.821,8213thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,510180.002,7182thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,560167.602,61541
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,467156.262,2923thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,353212.012,8686thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,290192.072,4786thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240176.472,1882thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,326160.852,1336thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,401214.373,00329
SteersChoiceAverage1,310201.922,64510
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,468191.732,81533
SteersSelectAverage1,420181.502,5772thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls2,115148.00/cwt148.00–148.003,1301
Bulls1,485187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,7771
Dairy Bulls2,198142.47/cwt141.00–143.503,1312
Dairy Bulls1,660157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,6061
Dairy Bulls1,950153.43/cwt152.00–154.002,9925
Bulls1,957160.00/cwt156.00–162.503,1313
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,336109.71/cwt104.00–114.001,46621
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,17898.95/cwt94.00–103.001,16610
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,775118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,0951
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,6501
CowsLean 85-90%1,188102.25/cwt99.00–105.001,2152
CowsLean 85-90%1,210119.36/cwt116.00–124.501,4443
HeifersSelect and Choice1,240176.47/cwt175.00–178.502,1882
SteersChoice and Prime1,401214.37/cwt210.50–217.503,00329
CowsBoner 80-85%1,474142.74/cwt138.00–147.002,1044
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,920128.51/cwt127.50–129.502,4672
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,410120.36/cwt115.00–125.501,69736
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,680150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,5201
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,310153.70/cwt152.00–156.002,0134
Dairy SteersChoice1,560167.60/cwt162.00–172.502,61541
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840145.00/cwt144.00–146.002,6682
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,495131.56/cwt128.00–138.001,9676
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,599123.97/cwt119.00–127.501,98215
SteersSelect and Choice1,468191.73/cwt187.00–195.252,81533
Dairy HeifersSelect1,240146.82/cwt143.50–149.001,8213
HeifersChoice and Prime1,353212.01/cwt202.50–214.002,8686
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,510180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7182
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,505169.46/cwt169.25–170.502,5507
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,467156.26/cwt154.50–158.502,2923
Dairy HeifersChoice1,425161.82/cwt158.00–168.002,3064
SteersChoice1,310201.92/cwt196.00–206.002,64510
HeifersChoice1,290192.07/cwt186.00–195.502,4786
SteersSelect1,420181.50/cwt180.00–183.002,5772
HeifersSelect1,326160.85/cwt156.00–165.002,1336

How this sale compares

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.