Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-04-02

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
374 head
17 vs last sale 391 374 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
71 head
29 vs last sale 100 71 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 4.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 13.00 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,260195.002,4574thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,670210.003,5071thin
BullsHigh1,653167.242,76417
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,883143.632,7052thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,435140.002,0092thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,400122.001,7081thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,693146.302,4773thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,502137.392,06318
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,831128.462,3525thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,310113.401,48633
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,342190.212,5533thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,496184.242,7564thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,496181.312,71234
HeifersChoiceAverage1,366219.222,99520
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,294206.522,6727thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,361157.722,14723
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,438221.513,18529
SteersChoiceAverage1,439212.833,06316

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/A93$66921
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A88$4752thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,728180.92/cwt179.00–185.003,1264
Bulls1,569169.32/cwt164.00–173.002,6577
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10088475.00/head475.00–475.004752
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10087695.59/head325.00–1,175.0069615
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108601.46/head350.00–750.006016
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,878139.40/cwt137.00–142.002,6182
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,475146.99/cwt145.00–148.002,1683
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,297113.45/cwt110.00–118.001,47112
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,28499.68/cwt95.00–105.001,2809
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,499136.40/cwt132.00–142.002,04513
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,558129.44/cwt129.00–130.002,0172
CowsBoner 80-85%1,660155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,5731
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,883143.63/cwt140.00–147.002,7052
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,800108.75/cwt107.50–110.001,9582
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,800146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,6281
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,343123.65/cwt120.00–130.001,66112
CowsLean 85-90%1,400122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7081
SteersChoice and Prime1,438221.51/cwt221.00–223.003,18529
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,670210.00/cwt210.00–210.003,5071
HeifersSelect and Choice1,294206.52/cwt205.00–210.002,6727
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,260195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,4574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,210125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5131
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,496184.24/cwt184.00–184.502,7564
Dairy HeifersChoice1,342190.21/cwt185.50–193.002,5533
HeifersChoice1,366219.22/cwt214.00–221.002,99520
SteersChoice1,439212.83/cwt207.00–215.003,06316
HeifersSelect1,361157.72/cwt154.00–161.002,14723
Dairy SteersChoice1,496181.31/cwt173.50–182.752,71234
Dairy Bulls1,693146.30/cwt145.00–148.002,4773
Bulls1,700155.69/cwt150.00–159.002,6476

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.