Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-06-04

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
567 head
212 vs last sale 355 221 vs year ago 346 · +63.9%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
151 head
37 vs last sale 114 54 vs year ago 97 · +55.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady and Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 2.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 6.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending lower this week 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 SteersChoiceAverage1,399219.363,0695thin
BullsAverage1,591189.203,01117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,787163.032,9146thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,402159.932,2429thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,106128.361,4204thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,525160.292,4442thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,449151.092,19034
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,892149.182,8235thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,240123.471,53145
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,465191.842,81026
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237181.352,2434thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,592214.443,4147thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,482198.692,94523
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,340187.882,51814
HeifersChoiceAverage1,340237.893,18858
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,286223.832,87816
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,540245.003,7732thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,337233.363,12050
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273222.912,83824

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/A87$778102
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A77$54515

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
Bulls1,603190.25/cwt187.00–194.003,0507
Bulls1,686201.84/cwt198.50–205.003,4034
Bulls1,515179.55/cwt174.00–184.002,7206
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10079698.42/head200.00–1,325.0069872
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150107968.08/head725.00–1,275.0096830
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10070634.43/head250.00–900.0063412
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150105185.32/head100.00–225.001853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,853164.73/cwt161.00–171.003,0523
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,469162.42/cwt159.00–169.002,3868
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,169113.70/cwt108.00–118.001,32915
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,745188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,2811
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,850159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,9421
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,331134.22/cwt131.00–140.001,78614
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,397141.96/cwt136.00–146.001,98312
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,227123.21/cwt119.00–129.001,51216
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,483152.43/cwt148.00–158.002,26114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,435146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,0951
CowsLean 85-90%1,055102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,0811
CowsLean 85-90%1,123136.98/cwt133.00–140.001,5383
SteersChoice1,337233.36/cwt227.00–237.003,12050
HeifersChoice1,340237.89/cwt234.00–240.503,18858
CowsBoner 80-85%1,278169.00/cwt167.00–171.002,1602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,438159.23/cwt154.00–163.002,2906
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,903146.72/cwt144.50–149.502,7924
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,710148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,5312
SteersSelect and Choice1,273222.91/cwt216.00–226.002,83824
SteersChoice and Prime1,540245.00/cwt245.00–245.003,7732
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,340187.88/cwt184.00–191.002,51814
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,237181.35/cwt180.00–183.002,2434
Dairy HeifersChoice1,465191.84/cwt190.00–194.752,81026
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,592214.44/cwt213.00–215.003,4147
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,399219.36/cwt217.50–222.003,0695
Dairy SteersChoice1,482198.69/cwt195.00–205.502,94523
HeifersSelect and Choice1,286223.83/cwt220.50–226.502,87816
Dairy Bulls1,525160.29/cwt159.00–162.002,4442

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.