Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-08-06

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 6
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
472 head
54 vs last sale 418 472 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
165 head
57 vs last sale 108 165 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 2.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 5.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher and Holstein slaughter heifers were 13.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 2.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 4.00 higher 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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,300222.002,8862thin
BullsLow1,695200.173,3935thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,307162.762,12817
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,943157.003,0502thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,198126.551,5175thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,533192.002,9422thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,406150.492,11637
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,794134.042,4044thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,227121.901,49653
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,371200.002,7428thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,389204.522,84113
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,331193.352,57311
HeifersChoiceAverage1,358241.283,27727
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,059230.172,4388thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,500239.833,59726
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,207229.002,7647thin

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/A83$659118
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A77$3989

Every lot, as filed

33 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
Bulls1,680191.24/cwt190.00–193.003,2132
Dairy Bulls1,555180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,7991
Dairy Bulls1,510204.00/cwt204.00–204.003,0801
Bulls1,705206.12/cwt204.00–209.003,5143
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150107661.78/head150.00–1,200.0066226
Baby Bull CalvesN/A0–5045375.00/head375.00–375.003751
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10077661.31/head100.00–1,450.0066191
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10070446.94/head100.00–850.004477
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150103225.61/head200.00–250.002262
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4001
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,354134.06/cwt130.00–140.001,81513
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,501152.76/cwt150.00–160.002,29310
CowsLean 85-90%1,268112.36/cwt109.00–115.001,4252
CowsLean 85-90%920127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1681
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,453167.45/cwt163.50–175.002,4336
CowsBoner 80-85%1,280151.64/cwt148.00–156.001,9415
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,808152.05/cwt150.00–153.002,7493
CowsBoner 80-85%1,274163.54/cwt160.00–169.002,0839
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,090150.00/cwt150.00–150.003,1351
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,300222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,8862
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,795164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,9441
Dairy HeifersChoice1,371200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,7428
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,179112.61/cwt108.00–117.001,32821
HeifersChoice1,358241.28/cwt234.00–243.003,27727
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,193123.85/cwt119.00–128.001,47819
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,331193.35/cwt189.50–195.002,57311
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,348144.56/cwt140.00–149.001,94921
HeifersSelect and Choice1,059230.17/cwt227.00–232.002,4388
CowsBoner 80-85%1,453178.95/cwt175.00–183.002,6003
SteersSelect and Choice1,207229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,7647
SteersChoice1,500239.83/cwt237.00–240.003,59726
Dairy SteersChoice1,389204.52/cwt200.00–209.002,84113
CowsLean 85-90%1,268140.52/cwt140.00–141.001,7822

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.