Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-02-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Feb 26
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
205 head
95 vs last sale 300 225 vs year ago 430 · 52.3%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
86 head
5 vs last sale 81 86 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 2.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower. Both slaughter heifers and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 2.00 lower while Holstein slaughter cows were 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 4.00 lower while Holstein slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,195182.002,1751thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190168.001,9991thin
BullsLow1,574172.192,71010
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,414144.582,04433
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,673139.912,3412thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,233114.121,4075thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,255158.011,9834thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,531141.172,16127
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,886136.972,5838thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,425122.331,74347
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,430174.282,4927thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,389162.382,2555thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,522176.612,68862
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,396165.162,30613
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,384146.262,0244thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,400207.002,8983thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,475186.002,7441thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,055174.461,8412thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,429218.843,12719
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,351195.362,63916
SteersSelectAverage1,090187.272,0416thin

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/A94$56159
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100$8001thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
Bulls1,728152.83/cwt152.00–154.002,6412
Dairy Bulls1,325167.24/cwt165.00–169.002,2162
Dairy Bulls1,185148.77/cwt142.50–153.001,7632
Bulls1,512184.77/cwt183.00–189.002,7944
Bulls1,558169.30/cwt168.00–172.002,6384
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10085541.89/head225.00–920.0054236
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150107591.58/head380.00–850.0059223
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,403122.70/cwt117.00–127.001,72126
CowsLean 85-90%1,215106.88/cwt106.00–108.001,2992
CowsLean 85-90%1,245118.95/cwt117.00–120.001,4813
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,376112.35/cwt106.00–116.001,54611
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,534132.35/cwt128.00–138.002,03010
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,673139.91/cwt137.00–143.002,3412
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,494149.45/cwt148.00–151.002,2334
CowsBoner 80-85%1,361142.96/cwt139.00–149.001,9469
CowsBoner 80-85%1,444133.49/cwt128.00–138.001,92812
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,534142.48/cwt137.00–147.002,18616
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,544133.46/cwt130.00–136.002,0617
CowsBoner 80-85%1,424156.88/cwt154.00–162.502,23412
HeifersChoice and Prime1,400207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,8983
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,195182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,1751
Dairy SteersChoice1,522176.61/cwt172.00–180.002,68862
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,890138.55/cwt137.00–140.002,6193
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,025127.30/cwt125.00–129.502,5783
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,670149.12/cwt145.00–155.002,4902
Dairy HeifersChoice1,430174.28/cwt171.00–180.002,4927
SteersChoice1,429218.84/cwt217.00–220.503,12719
HeifersChoice1,475186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,7441
SteersSelect1,090187.27/cwt182.00–192.002,0416
HeifersSelect and Choice1,055174.46/cwt174.00–175.001,8412
SteersSelect and Choice1,351195.36/cwt193.00–203.002,63916
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,389162.38/cwt158.00–165.002,2555
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,396165.16/cwt158.00–168.002,30613
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,190168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,9991
Dairy SteersSelect1,384146.26/cwt143.00–151.002,0244

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.