Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2026-04-01

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 1
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Slaughter Cattle receipts
447 head
56 vs last sale 391 73 vs year ago 374 · +19.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
137 head
23 vs last sale 114 66 vs year ago 71 · +93.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 3.00 higher and slaughter heifers were 7.00 higher. Holstein slaughter steers were 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows were 8.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 11.00 lower and slaughter Holstein bulls were 4.00 higher. Choice/prime slaughter lambs were 5.00 lower this week with good demand. Slaughter kids were mostly 6.00 higher with good demand.

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
BullsHigh1,970224.084,4148thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,870178.503,3382thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,425165.032,35230
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,281142.791,82916
Dairy BullsLow1,955199.693,9046thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,837161.032,9585thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,430155.752,22838
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,270130.481,65840
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,504220.263,31333
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,572211.503,3252thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,535254.503,9075thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,400249.143,48830
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,367220.003,0072thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,506254.003,8254thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,459248.103,62032
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,587237.003,7612thin

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$1,26398
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A98$1,3079

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,298131.32/cwt130.00–132.501,7052
CowsLean 85-90%1,119147.66/cwt146.00–151.001,6526
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,830185.00/cwt185.00–185.003,3861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,560181.56/cwt177.50–185.002,8324
Dairy SteersChoice1,504220.26/cwt215.50–225.003,31333
SteersSelect and Choice1,587237.00/cwt237.00–237.003,7612
SteersChoice1,459248.10/cwt243.00–250.503,62032
SteersChoice and Prime1,506254.00/cwt254.00–254.003,8254
HeifersSelect and Choice1,367220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,0072
HeifersChoice1,400249.14/cwt243.50–252.503,48830
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,327147.62/cwt145.00–151.001,95915
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,833170.06/cwt165.00–173.503,1173
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,843147.49/cwt147.00–148.002,7182
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,527166.78/cwt163.00–173.002,54710
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,475156.66/cwt152.00–162.502,31113
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,572211.50/cwt211.50–211.503,3252
Dairy Bulls1,967190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,7373
Dairy Bulls1,943209.37/cwt208.00–211.004,0683
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,273129.65/cwt125.00–133.001,65014
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,173118.36/cwt112.00–122.501,38810
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,329138.77/cwt134.00–144.001,84416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,309152.34/cwt147.00–157.001,9945
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,910172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,2851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,427164.90/cwt161.00–171.002,35321
Bulls1,815231.00/cwt231.00–231.004,1931
Bulls1,815225.92/cwt222.00–228.004,1005
Bulls2,435216.00/cwt215.00–217.005,2602
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100851,526.96/head1,425.00–1,600.001,5273
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150120928.13/head600.00–1,350.009282
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501131,088.89/head900.00–1,325.001,0892
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100801,575.00/head1,150.00–2,000.001,5752
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100851,248.06/head550.00–1,900.001,24858
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501061,339.54/head1,100.00–1,500.001,34020
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100851,262.90/head1,000.00–1,900.001,26311
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501141,356.60/head1,200.00–1,425.001,3577
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10078583.87/head400.00–700.005842
HeifersChoice and Prime1,535254.50/cwt254.50–254.503,9075
CowsLean 85-90%1,398142.00/cwt135.00–145.001,9858

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.