Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-03-12

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 12
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
447 head
7 vs last sale 454 447 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
146 head
40 vs last sale 106 146 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 3.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 8.00 lower and Holstein slaughter heifers were 7.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 7.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 6.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were 1.00 higher 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,411203.562,8729thin
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363172.042,3453thin
BullsLow1,593166.772,65712
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,422141.472,01112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,851141.342,6164thin
CowsLean 85-90%High1,283120.331,5443thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,949169.453,3024thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,514136.102,06155
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,846135.122,4959thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,320115.521,52482
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410175.002,4681thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,311165.642,1727thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363151.522,0652thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,489178.682,66139
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,512173.052,61712
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,358157.422,1383thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,379218.273,01027
HeifersChoiceAverage1,324207.722,75024
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,160188.062,1816thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,450222.553,22721
SteersChoiceAverage1,362208.062,83414
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,316198.072,60712
SteersSelectAverage1,287182.962,3555thin

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/A95$677126
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A80$4901thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls1,761154.08/cwt150.00–158.002,7134
Bulls1,487176.79/cwt172.00–182.002,6295
Dairy Bulls1,825180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,2851
Dairy Bulls1,990165.94/cwt164.00–170.003,3023
Bulls1,547166.97/cwt164.00–171.002,5833
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10080490.00/head490.00–490.004901
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10085691.12/head290.00–1,160.0069170
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108659.61/head325.00–1,030.0066056
SteersSelect and Choice1,316198.07/cwt194.00–200.502,60712
HeifersChoice1,324207.72/cwt195.00–215.002,75024
SteersChoice1,362208.06/cwt205.00–215.002,83414
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,225107.01/cwt102.00–111.001,31132
Dairy SteersChoice1,489178.68/cwt177.00–185.002,66139
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,411203.56/cwt203.00–204.002,8729
HeifersChoice and Prime1,379218.27/cwt216.00–224.003,01027
CowsBoner 80-85%1,354132.77/cwt130.00–137.001,7985
CowsBoner 80-85%1,511143.26/cwt139.00–149.002,1655
CowsLean 85-90%1,230134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,6481
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,503125.68/cwt124.00–129.001,8895
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,877117.63/cwt115.00–120.002,2083
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,815137.34/cwt137.00–137.502,4933
CowsLean 85-90%1,480121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,7911
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,373126.97/cwt123.00–133.001,74320
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,514134.46/cwt129.00–139.002,03638
CowsBoner 80-85%1,368158.72/cwt157.00–161.002,1712
CowsLean 85-90%1,140106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,2081
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,385116.96/cwt112.00–122.001,62030
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,851141.34/cwt139.00–143.002,6164
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,847150.38/cwt148.00–154.002,7783
HeifersSelect and Choice1,160188.06/cwt184.00–190.002,1816
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,410175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,4681
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,519145.62/cwt140.00–148.002,21212
Beef/Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,363172.04/cwt165.00–175.002,3453
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,512173.05/cwt169.00–174.002,61712
Dairy HeifersChoice1,311165.64/cwt159.00–168.002,1727
Dairy SteersSelect1,358157.42/cwt156.50–159.002,1383
SteersSelect1,287182.96/cwt180.00–189.002,3555
SteersChoice and Prime1,450222.55/cwt219.00–228.003,22721
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,363151.52/cwt147.50–156.002,0652

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.