Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-03-05

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 5
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
454 head
249 vs last sale 205 6 vs year ago 460 · 1.3%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
106 head
20 vs last sale 86 45 vs year ago 61 · +73.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 14.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 lower this week. Slaughter cows were 5.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 15.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 4.00 higher and 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,222187.002,2852thin
BullsAverage1,918172.733,3139thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,512139.522,10916
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,745126.332,2053thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,176114.251,34410
Dairy BullsAverage1,645164.522,7062thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,555131.362,04318
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,883119.972,25923
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,425111.641,59097
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,409172.922,43610
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,438160.402,3074thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,536177.692,72964
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,412164.902,3288thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,192155.501,8545thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,382216.692,99526
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,406200.262,81614
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,472216.033,18024
SteersChoiceAverage1,446204.342,95526
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,275193.572,46812

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/A88$50972
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A73$4215

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
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150105480.00/head480.00–480.004801
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10065406.44/head105.00–860.004064
Baby Bull CalvesN/A150–200165260.00/head260.00–260.002601
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150109626.60/head300.00–900.0062716
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10081479.02/head120.00–960.0047955
Bulls1,909173.67/cwt170.00–178.003,3155
Bulls1,870164.40/cwt164.00–165.003,0743
Bulls2,110193.00/cwt193.00–193.004,0721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,543139.03/cwt135.00–145.002,1459
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365126.58/cwt123.50–132.001,7283
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,745119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,0771
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,432111.35/cwt105.00–115.001,59547
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,760122.50/cwt122.50–122.502,1561
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,222187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,2852
Dairy Bulls1,645164.52/cwt159.00–170.002,7062
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,798109.67/cwt109.00–110.001,9723
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,867118.42/cwt115.00–121.002,21112
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,939126.17/cwt124.00–133.502,4468
Dairy SteersChoice1,536177.69/cwt169.50–179.102,72964
Dairy SteersSelect1,192155.50/cwt154.00–158.001,8545
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,537129.26/cwt125.00–133.001,98714
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,572144.09/cwt139.00–149.502,2653
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,485120.72/cwt116.00–126.001,79328
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,332100.70/cwt95.00–104.001,34122
SteersChoice1,446204.34/cwt200.00–210.002,95526
SteersChoice and Prime1,472216.03/cwt211.00–221.003,18024
SteersSelect and Choice1,275193.57/cwt188.00–198.002,46812
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,412164.90/cwt162.00–168.002,3288
Dairy HeifersChoice1,409172.92/cwt171.50–174.002,43610
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,438160.40/cwt156.00–163.502,3074
HeifersChoice1,382216.69/cwt212.00–218.002,99526
HeifersSelect and Choice1,406200.26/cwt193.00–202.252,81614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,551150.33/cwt148.00–158.002,3324
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,745130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,2692
CowsLean 85-90%1,128112.17/cwt109.00–118.001,2658
CowsLean 85-90%1,368122.55/cwt122.00–123.001,6762

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.