Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-08-20

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 20
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
446 head
6 vs last sale 440 90 vs year ago 536 · 16.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady and slaughter Holstein steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 17.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,300231.003,0032thin
BullsAverage1,625197.143,2035thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,745174.003,0361thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,247167.842,0938thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,133134.681,5268thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,578174.192,7486thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,874148.612,78410
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,499148.602,22729
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,287126.691,63150
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,582213.503,3782thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,482204.433,03051
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,366199.152,7206thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,223185.832,2734thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,360247.003,3599thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,287243.603,13527
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,398246.253,44310
SteersChoiceAverage1,387244.583,39255
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,598230.003,6755thin

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
Bulls1,530198.23/cwt194.00–202.003,0333
Bulls2,250211.00/cwt211.00–211.004,7481
Bulls1,285180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3131
Dairy Bulls1,593178.37/cwt173.00–181.002,8413
Dairy Bulls1,530184.00/cwt184.00–184.002,8151
Dairy Bulls1,578163.02/cwt160.00–165.002,5722
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,232109.93/cwt107.00–113.501,3547
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,898139.39/cwt137.00–143.502,6464
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,810164.97/cwt163.00–167.002,9862
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,881149.66/cwt145.00–155.002,8154
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,745174.00/cwt174.00–174.003,0361
CowsLean 85-90%1,288131.66/cwt126.00–136.001,6963
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,393134.86/cwt130.00–140.001,87922
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,195123.71/cwt118.00–129.001,47821
CowsLean 85-90%1,108120.46/cwt120.00–121.001,3352
CowsLean 85-90%995147.19/cwt146.00–148.001,4653
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,533151.98/cwt147.00–157.002,33011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335152.87/cwt148.00–158.002,0412
CowsBoner 80-85%1,110181.17/cwt179.00–183.002,0112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,271168.67/cwt166.00–172.002,1444
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,501142.24/cwt136.00–146.002,13515
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,363167.99/cwt165.00–171.002,2903
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,366199.15/cwt198.50–200.002,7206
SteersSelect and Choice1,598230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,6755
SteersChoice and Prime1,398246.25/cwt246.25–246.253,44310
HeifersChoice and Prime1,360247.00/cwt247.00–247.003,3599
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,300231.00/cwt231.00–231.003,0032
Dairy SteersChoice1,482204.43/cwt201.50–211.253,03051
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,582213.50/cwt213.50–213.503,3782
SteersChoice1,387244.58/cwt238.50–246.003,39255
HeifersChoice1,287243.60/cwt238.50–246.003,13527
Dairy SteersSelect1,223185.83/cwt184.00–187.502,2734

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.