Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-03-26

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Mar 26
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
391 head
56 vs last sale 447 26 vs year ago 417 · 6.2%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
100 head
46 vs last sale 146 3 vs year ago 103 · 2.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available because the auction was not covered last week. The bulk of the baby calf market was 750.00-1,175.00 with numerous calves trading throughout the full range noted below.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,423205.502,9243thin
BullsHigh1,989161.613,2147thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,403147.892,07410
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,960144.002,8221thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,126129.331,4566thin
Dairy BullsLow1,765158.772,8035thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,544139.292,15115
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,772135.282,3964thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,281120.101,53958
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,367169.592,31819
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,567181.342,84219
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,421170.372,42117
HeifersPrimeAverage1,128233.002,6283thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,421224.463,1908thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,398217.613,04213
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,420205.362,91616

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/A92$70068
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A95$31714

Every lot, as filed

35 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,278138.28/cwt137.00–139.501,7672
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,423205.50/cwt205.50–205.502,9243
Dairy HeifersChoice1,367169.59/cwt167.00–175.502,31819
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,096108.21/cwt105.00–114.001,18613
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,421170.37/cwt170.00–172.002,42117
CowsLean 85-90%1,153126.34/cwt123.00–130.001,4572
SteersChoice1,398217.61/cwt217.00–218.003,04213
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,507140.33/cwt135.00–145.002,11510
SteersChoice and Prime1,421224.46/cwt224.00–224.753,1908
CowsBoner 80-85%1,476146.89/cwt143.50–149.002,1685
Dairy SteersChoice1,567181.34/cwt177.75–184.002,84219
CowsLean 85-90%1,092140.26/cwt137.00–143.001,5323
SteersSelect and Choice1,420205.36/cwt202.00–208.502,91616
CowsBoner 80-85%1,363155.98/cwt155.00–158.002,1263
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780127.52/cwt127.00–128.002,2702
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,304119.53/cwt115.00–124.501,55927
CowsLean 85-90%1,175102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,2041
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,646133.01/cwt131.00–134.002,1894
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,960144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,8221
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,510154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,3251
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,763143.04/cwt140.00–146.002,5222
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,381129.53/cwt125.00–135.001,78918
HeifersPrime1,128233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,6283
Dairy Bulls1,440130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,8721
Bulls2,130173.30/cwt172.00–175.003,6913
Bulls1,815145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,6321
Dairy Bulls1,930174.58/cwt173.00–176.003,3692
Bulls1,905155.46/cwt152.00–160.002,9623
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150113613.89/head225.00–1,075.0061424
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10070343.67/head200.00–510.003447
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A150–200155280.00/head280.00–280.002801
Dairy Bulls1,763157.34/cwt152.00–161.502,7742
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10082757.15/head225.00–1,175.0075743
Baby Bull CalvesN/A0–5045300.00/head300.00–300.003001
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150115292.90/head220.00–340.002936

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.