Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-01-15

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 15
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
414 head
8 vs last sale 406 143 vs year ago 271 · +52.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
67 head
67 vs last sale 0 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 9.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 5.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were 19.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were 8.00 higher. Slaughter cows were 9.00 lower while Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 6.00 higher and Holstein slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,458187.882,7392thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,525176.002,6841thin
BullsLow1,777166.602,9609thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,808140.502,5402thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,487139.362,07215
Dairy BullsAverage1,694149.532,5338thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,517132.562,01225
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,780130.492,3232thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,376113.011,55572
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,368175.252,39711
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,503169.912,55415
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,544160.302,4754thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,561183.822,8694thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,519172.712,62341
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,480162.082,39915
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,253148.991,8672thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,433216.753,10620
HeifersChoiceAverage1,413211.952,99527
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,194198.142,3667thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,574216.753,4128thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,450211.363,06532
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,426195.962,7949thin
SteersSelectAverage1,247171.552,1393thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Baby Bull CalvesN/A102$55336
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A89$5308

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Dairy Bulls1,701154.00/cwt153.00–155.002,6204
Bulls1,625154.98/cwt154.00–156.002,5182
Bulls1,760190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,3441
Bulls1,830166.58/cwt160.00–170.003,0486
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108585.17/head400.00–710.0058523
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10091495.25/head290.00–700.0049513
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10076345.66/head100.00–790.003465
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150110837.27/head780.00–900.008373
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,393112.47/cwt108.00–117.501,56727
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,630123.73/cwt122.50–125.002,0172
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,322100.90/cwt96.00–105.001,33420
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,401123.29/cwt119.00–129.001,72725
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,516131.23/cwt126.00–135.501,98917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,290155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,0001
HeifersChoice1,413211.95/cwt204.50–215.502,99527
SteersChoice1,450211.36/cwt205.00–215.003,06532
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,484139.28/cwt137.00–147.002,0676
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780130.49/cwt130.00–131.002,3232
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,825150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7381
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,790131.00/cwt131.00–131.002,3451
HeifersChoice and Prime1,433216.75/cwt216.75–216.753,10620
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,458187.88/cwt185.50–190.502,7392
CowsBoner 80-85%1,501138.24/cwt134.00–144.002,07514
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,480162.08/cwt157.00–165.002,39915
SteersSelect and Choice1,426195.96/cwt192.50–203.002,7949
HeifersSelect and Choice1,194198.14/cwt194.00–200.002,3667
Dairy SteersSelect1,253148.99/cwt148.00–150.001,8672
SteersSelect1,247171.55/cwt167.50–176.002,1393
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,561183.82/cwt182.50–186.002,8694
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,368175.25/cwt175.25–175.252,39711
SteersChoice and Prime1,574216.75/cwt216.25–220.003,4128
Dairy Bulls1,665165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,7471
Dairy Bulls1,695138.40/cwt137.00–140.502,3463
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,525176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,6841
Dairy SteersChoice1,519172.71/cwt166.50–176.752,62341
Dairy HeifersChoice1,503169.91/cwt162.00–171.752,55415
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,544160.30/cwt159.00–161.502,4754

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.