Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-10-22

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Oct 22
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
514 head
78 vs last sale 436 91 vs year ago 423 · +21.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
137 head
21 vs last sale 116 10 vs year ago 127 · +7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 2.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 1.00 lower and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 8.00 higher and Holstein slaughter bulls were 10.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 11.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 2.00 higher. Choice/prime slaughter lambs were 21.00 higher with good demand. No comparison is available on slaughter kids due to a limited comparison, but good demand was noted.

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
BullsLow1,845205.143,7859thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,545157.002,4261thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,312154.292,02421
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,261124.871,57411
Dairy BullsLow1,695172.142,9174thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,458145.252,11831
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,761144.602,5465thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,290123.561,59458
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,382198.502,7437thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,503228.353,4325thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,523212.283,23347
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,458249.223,63415
HeifersChoiceAverage1,379244.103,36647
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,290232.442,99814
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,470249.003,6607thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,347243.683,28243

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$93185
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A93$9138

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Bulls1,795192.66/cwt188.00–198.003,4583
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501071,035.82/head700.00–1,300.001,03623
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10085990.20/head925.00–1,100.009903
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501001,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10080883.87/head450.00–1,425.0088452
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150105900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ABeef Cross50–10095575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross100–150113863.89/head850.00–875.008642
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross50–10095925.00/head700.00–1,150.009252
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100801,154.69/head1,000.00–1,275.001,1552
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–150125550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100701,045.09/head875.00–1,200.001,0454
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABrown Swiss150–200170250.00/head250.00–250.002501
CowsLean 85-90%1,314123.98/cwt119.00–127.001,6295
CowsLean 85-90%1,078103.91/cwt102.00–105.001,1202
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,305164.71/cwt161.00–169.002,1494
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,490145.44/cwt141.00–152.002,16717
CowsBoner 80-85%1,294143.43/cwt140.00–149.001,8568
CowsBoner 80-85%1,470173.33/cwt169.00–179.002,5483
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,186109.33/cwt105.00–112.501,29710
CowsLean 85-90%1,285136.45/cwt134.00–138.501,7534
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,750160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,8001
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,768145.66/cwt142.00–149.002,5753
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,330129.64/cwt125.00–135.001,72434
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,750126.00/cwt126.00–126.002,2051
HeifersSelect and Choice1,290232.44/cwt229.00–234.002,99814
HeifersChoice1,379244.10/cwt237.00–247.003,36647
CowsBoner 80-85%1,279157.27/cwt154.00–160.002,01110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,545157.00/cwt157.00–157.002,4261
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,465137.13/cwt130.00–140.002,00910
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,266118.95/cwt113.00–123.001,50614
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,503228.35/cwt224.00–231.003,4325
SteersChoice and Prime1,470249.00/cwt249.00–249.003,6607
HeifersChoice and Prime1,458249.22/cwt249.00–249.503,63415
Dairy SteersChoice1,523212.28/cwt205.00–214.103,23347
Dairy HeifersChoice1,382198.50/cwt198.50–198.502,7437
SteersChoice1,347243.68/cwt238.00–247.003,28243
Dairy Bulls1,685160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,6961
Dairy Bulls1,698176.18/cwt174.00–181.002,9923
Bulls1,840217.96/cwt213.00–224.004,0102
Bulls1,885208.10/cwt201.00–212.003,9234

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.