Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2026-01-28

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jan 28
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
221 head
1 vs last sale 220 221 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
51 head
45 vs last sale 96 51 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 mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Holstein slaughter steers were 10.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter heifers were 3.00 higher this week. Slaughter cows were 9.00 higher based on a limited comparison while Holstein slaughter cows were 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 3.00 lower while Holstein slaughter bulls were mostly steady. Choice/prime slaughter lambs were mostly 40.00 higher with good demand. No comparison 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
BullsAverage1,928200.143,8586thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,720172.002,9581thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,207135.791,6393thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,768194.903,4475thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,846160.822,9689thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,449154.762,24333
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,328129.901,72639
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,526220.243,3615thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,594204.403,25818
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,430217.503,1103thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,503205.523,08910
HeifersChoiceAverage1,461239.583,50013
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,473243.003,57910
SteersChoiceAverage1,351234.233,1648thin

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$96546
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A65$5001thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 SteersChoice1,430217.50/cwt217.50–217.503,1103
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,503205.52/cwt204.50–206.003,08910
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,594204.40/cwt202.00–209.253,25818
Dairy HeifersChoice1,526220.24/cwt219.00–220.503,3615
SteersChoice1,351234.23/cwt230.00–239.003,1648
SteersChoice and Prime1,473243.00/cwt243.00–243.003,57910
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,290125.99/cwt121.00–131.001,62511
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,846171.27/cwt166.00–175.003,1624
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,880140.20/cwt135.50–145.002,6362
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,822160.63/cwt158.00–162.002,9273
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,485171.45/cwt168.00–174.002,5464
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,356147.13/cwt144.00–151.001,99514
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,527157.44/cwt153.00–163.002,40415
Dairy Bulls2,010202.00/cwt202.00–202.004,0601
Dairy Bulls1,708193.13/cwt190.00–199.003,2994
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,251116.74/cwt110.00–120.001,46010
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,395139.59/cwt133.00–143.001,94718
HeifersChoice1,461239.58/cwt237.00–240.003,50013
CowsLean 85-90%1,203140.68/cwt139.00–142.501,6922
CowsLean 85-90%1,215126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,5311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,720172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,9581
Bulls1,883213.78/cwt211.00–217.004,0253
Bulls1,972186.49/cwt184.00–189.003,6783
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10065500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10081853.92/head350.00–1,300.0085424
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100801,159.38/head700.00–1,550.001,1594
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501061,069.69/head700.00–1,275.001,07018

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.