Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-07-09

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 9
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
415 head
108 vs last sale 523 138 vs year ago 553 · 25.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
161 head
37 vs last sale 124 91 vs year ago 70 · +130.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 1.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 4.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 6.00 higher. Both slaughter bulls 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,426210.503,0028thin
BullsLow1,627193.643,1515thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,465170.392,49710
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,035125.461,2992thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,448168.612,4414thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,410151.862,14120
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,820149.422,71911
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,316127.431,67768
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,462212.503,1072thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,545192.002,9663thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,372207.002,8404thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,488199.852,97417
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,509192.422,90411
HeifersChoiceAverage1,400235.203,29349
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,214225.002,7326thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,419241.373,4259thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,310233.693,06124

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/A89$46899
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A84$2134thin

Every lot, as filed

32 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 Bulls1,400173.22/cwt172.00–174.002,4252
Dairy Bulls1,065142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,5121
Bulls1,755174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,0541
Bulls1,423208.03/cwt207.00–209.002,9602
Bulls1,768189.07/cwt187.00–191.003,3432
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100250.00/head225.00–275.002502
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10068175.00/head175.00–175.001752
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10082457.16/head100.00–800.0045770
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150105493.91/head125.00–775.0049429
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,397138.18/cwt134.00–144.001,93020
CowsLean 85-90%1,035125.46/cwt125.00–126.001,2992
CowsBoner 80-85%1,577176.17/cwt175.50–177.002,7783
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,842140.81/cwt140.00–141.502,5945
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,434163.97/cwt158.00–169.002,3517
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,397145.34/cwt143.00–150.002,03013
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,775161.50/cwt161.50–161.502,8671
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,806155.62/cwt153.00–157.502,8105
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,286127.77/cwt122.00–132.501,64325
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,278117.72/cwt112.00–122.501,50423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,453172.06/cwt166.00–174.002,5005
CowsBoner 80-85%1,328157.54/cwt157.00–158.002,0922
HeifersChoice1,400235.20/cwt228.00–237.003,29349
HeifersSelect and Choice1,214225.00/cwt224.50–226.002,7326
SteersChoice and Prime1,419241.37/cwt241.00–242.003,4259
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,426210.50/cwt210.50–210.503,0028
Dairy SteersChoice1,488199.85/cwt195.00–205.502,97417
Dairy HeifersChoice1,462212.50/cwt212.50–212.503,1072
SteersChoice1,310233.69/cwt229.00–239.003,06124
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,372207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,8404
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,509192.42/cwt192.00–192.502,90411
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,545192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,9663
Dairy Bulls1,925186.00/cwt186.00–186.003,5811

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.