Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-07-23

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 23
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
517 head
102 vs last sale 415 517 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
160 head
1 vs last sale 161 160 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available this week because the auction was not covered last week.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,390200.002,7802thin
BullsAverage1,571205.953,2359thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,765159.002,8061thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,312155.632,04220
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,133122.671,3903thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,595163.012,6009thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,758148.502,6112thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,469139.972,05621
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,253118.831,48957
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,306207.002,7033thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,314189.152,4857thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,140177.632,0255thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,585218.003,4551thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,523206.433,14463
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,423199.612,8407thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,364234.423,19753
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,198222.942,67121
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340234.253,1398thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,336226.933,03261
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285218.082,8029thin

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/A91$725100
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A79$52215

Every lot, as filed

36 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 HeifersChoice1,314189.15/cwt184.00–194.002,4857
SteersChoice1,336226.93/cwt220.50–230.003,03261
SteersChoice and Prime1,340234.25/cwt234.25–234.253,1398
CowsBoner 80-85%1,277154.48/cwt150.00–159.001,9738
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,298127.74/cwt123.00–133.001,65820
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,390200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,7802
Dairy SteersChoice1,523206.43/cwt203.00–212.003,14463
SteersSelect and Choice1,285218.08/cwt215.00–219.002,8029
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,758148.50/cwt145.50–151.502,6112
CowsLean 85-90%1,220132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,6101
CowsBoner 80-85%1,409164.75/cwt160.00–169.002,3217
CowsLean 85-90%1,19091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0831
Bulls1,782207.17/cwt200.00–210.003,6923
Bulls1,326216.44/cwt216.00–218.002,8704
Bulls1,743183.12/cwt179.00–188.003,1922
Dairy Bulls1,853186.28/cwt182.00–192.003,4524
Dairy Bulls1,392140.35/cwt140.00–141.001,9543
Dairy Bulls1,385150.44/cwt147.00–154.002,0842
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10080690.20/head300.00–1,100.0069063
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100475.00/head400.00–550.004752
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10076529.80/head275.00–1,125.0053013
CowsLean 85-90%990145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,4361
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,158132.07/cwt130.00–135.001,5292
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,500147.43/cwt147.00–148.002,2112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,232144.72/cwt143.00–146.001,7835
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,199107.33/cwt100.00–110.001,28715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,765159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,8061
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,502140.02/cwt136.00–146.002,10317
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,249118.58/cwt114.00–122.501,48122
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,423199.61/cwt198.00–201.002,8407
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,140177.63/cwt175.00–182.002,0255
HeifersChoice1,364234.42/cwt226.00–236.003,19753
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,585218.00/cwt218.00–218.003,4551
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,306207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,7033
HeifersSelect and Choice1,198222.94/cwt218.00–225.002,67121
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150109784.11/head325.00–975.0078437

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.