Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-06-25

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jun 25
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
402 head
▼ 102 vs last sale 504▼ 189 vs year ago 591 · −32.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
167 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 0▲ 44 vs year ago 123 · +35.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available because the auction was not covered last week. Livestock movement was somewhat limited this week due to the extreme heat throughout the region.

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
Bulls—Low1,523171.632,6147thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,833159.002,9153thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,495156.162,3358thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,270131.421,6693thin
Dairy Bulls—Low1,662175.262,9133thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,470150.532,21318
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,860143.382,6675thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,298126.651,64434
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,383206.002,8493thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,412222.003,1352thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,499203.063,04422
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,467192.552,82534
HeifersChoiceAverage1,392237.333,30421
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,176223.572,62918
SteersChoiceAverage1,302240.333,12957
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,425226.493,2278thin

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/A—88$68289
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A—88$43714

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
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A150–200160190.00/head190.00–190.001901
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10080606.95/head100.00–1,450.0060762
HeifersChoice—1,392237.33/cwt231.00–238.003,30421
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,785146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,6061
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150107854.11/head225.00–1,300.0085427
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10072417.88/head125.00–1,500.0041810
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime—1,412222.00/cwt222.00–222.003,1352
Dairy SteersChoice—1,499203.06/cwt200.00–209.003,04422
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,383206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,8493
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150117584.29/head300.00–1,000.005843
Bulls——1,515164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,4851
Bulls——1,730188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,2521
Dairy Bulls——1,470168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,4701
Dairy Bulls——1,758178.89/cwt175.00–182.003,1452
HeifersSelect and Choice—1,176223.57/cwt220.00–225.002,62918
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,188110.46/cwt105.00–115.001,3126
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,467192.55/cwt185.00–195.002,82534
SteersSelect and Choice—1,425226.49/cwt223.50–229.003,2278
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,825158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,8841
SteersChoice—1,302240.33/cwt237.00–245.503,12957
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,890173.00/cwt173.00–173.003,2701
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,329135.61/cwt130.00–140.001,80216
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,462152.80/cwt149.00–159.002,2348
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,905153.50/cwt153.50–153.502,9241
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,835142.46/cwt139.00–148.002,6143
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,312122.80/cwt119.00–129.001,61112
CowsLean 85-90%—1,075124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3331
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,449145.11/cwt143.00–148.502,1038
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,585163.10/cwt160.00–166.002,5852
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,600144.90/cwt144.00–146.002,3182
CowsLean 85-90%—1,368135.13/cwt133.00–137.001,8492
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,890136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,5701
Bulls——1,483169.88/cwt167.00–173.002,5195
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,458170.32/cwt165.00–175.002,4832
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,461154.71/cwt151.00–157.502,2604

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.