Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-04-23

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 23
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
359 head
55 vs last sale 414 359 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
95 head
20 vs last sale 75 95 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 7.00 higher and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 higher and no comparisons are available on slaughter Holstein heifers because of light receipts. Slaughter cows were 2.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were 7.00 lower.

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
BullsLow1,663185.003,0778thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,348150.922,03446
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,908135.002,5752thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,180130.061,5356thin
Dairy BullsLow1,818158.432,8805thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,494141.542,11428
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,892138.822,62611
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,399124.731,74535
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,497181.982,72415
HeifersChoiceAverage1,379220.293,03822
SteersChoiceAverage1,375222.143,05454

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$68577
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A90$8332thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,407135.00/cwt130.00–139.001,89910
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,447153.75/cwt150.00–159.002,2253
CowsBoner 80-85%1,314140.92/cwt137.50–143.001,8526
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,853133.79/cwt130.00–139.002,4796
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,938144.85/cwt142.00–148.502,8075
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,885125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,3561
Dairy Bulls1,275143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,8231
Bulls1,498173.05/cwt172.00–174.502,5922
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10083693.52/head200.00–1,120.0069451
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–1501101,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0751
Bulls1,601182.96/cwt179.50–186.002,9294
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150110669.46/head200.00–1,150.0066926
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10070590.00/head590.00–590.005901
CowsBoner 80-85%1,411149.44/cwt144.00–154.002,10925
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,930145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,7991
Dairy SteersChoice1,497181.98/cwt178.00–184.002,72415
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,526114.17/cwt110.00–117.001,7427
HeifersChoice1,379220.29/cwt217.00–224.003,03822
CowsLean 85-90%1,145133.72/cwt129.50–138.001,5314
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,506134.34/cwt130.00–136.002,02310
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,495143.90/cwt139.00–148.002,15115
CowsLean 85-90%1,250122.74/cwt120.00–125.001,5342
SteersChoice1,375222.14/cwt216.50–224.003,05454
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,345123.13/cwt119.00–129.001,65618
Dairy Bulls1,890160.39/cwt157.00–165.003,0313
Dairy Bulls2,145168.00/cwt168.00–168.003,6041
Bulls1,953201.02/cwt200.00–202.003,9262
CowsBoner 80-85%1,256157.39/cwt155.00–160.001,97715

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.