Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2026-04-08

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Apr 8
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
323 vs last sale 0 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
483 head
36 vs last sale 447 483 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
113 head
24 vs last sale 137 113 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 4.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 16.00 lower this week. Slaughter cows were 3.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 9.00 higher. Choice/prime slaughter lambs were mostly 17.00 higher with good demand. No comparison available on slaughter kids due to a limited comparison, but good demand was noted.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $320.00/cwt on 4 head, down $61.01 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 61.01 against this barn's trailing median of $381.01.
Average price
$320.00
61.01 vs prior sale
4 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
92.77
vs IN average
108.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542345.001,8702thin
Medium and Large 1-2550295.001,6232thin
One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
320.00
IN average2 barns · 72 hd
412.77
−92.77
National average175 barns · 10,626 hd
428.36
−108.36
This barn, trailing median1 sales
381.01
−61.01
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 SteersChoiceAverage1,648223.953,6916thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,362176.142,39925
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,495170.002,5421thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,108148.501,6452thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,871175.593,2855thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,434166.402,38643
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,297138.161,79149
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,425215.003,0641thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,517222.003,3686thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,462217.103,17455
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,216209.002,5413thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,371249.253,41712
HeifersChoiceAverage1,192233.062,7789thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,465222.003,2524thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,405250.003,5132thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,373243.893,34920
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,314232.163,0518thin

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/A93$1,29561
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A92$1,2716
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,240$2,9001thin

Every lot, as filed

53 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 SteersSelect and Choice1,216209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,5413
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,517222.00/cwt222.00–222.003,3686
Dairy SteersChoice1,462217.10/cwt212.00–220.003,17455
Dairy HeifersChoice1,425215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,0641
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,356148.14/cwt143.00–153.002,00917
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,272137.46/cwt132.00–142.001,74819
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,255126.13/cwt120.00–130.001,58313
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,436169.15/cwt165.00–175.002,42917
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,499179.69/cwt176.00–186.002,6946
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,913168.73/cwt167.50–170.003,2282
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,648223.95/cwt222.00–225.503,6916
CowsLean 85-90%1,265157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,9861
CowsLean 85-90%950140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3301
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,495170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5421
CowsBoner 80-85%1,336187.39/cwt183.00–191.002,5047
CowsBoner 80-85%1,436175.92/cwt170.00–180.002,52611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,271165.25/cwt160.00–169.002,1007
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100901,083.80/head800.00–1,450.001,0843
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501301,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100751,513.33/head900.00–2,050.001,5132
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501081,290.03/head1,000.00–1,450.001,29014
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100851,234.24/head700.00–1,550.001,23432
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501111,571.49/head1,250.00–1,850.001,5718
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100851,398.28/head900.00–2,250.001,3986
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10070500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2402,900.00/head2,900.00–2,900.002,9001
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650631382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,4147
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8958
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700685350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3983
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550542345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,8702
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,55114
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650619363.39/cwt350.00–377.502,24915
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000970225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1831
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350313425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,3303
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9422
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715289.73/cwt250.00–350.002,0725
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1043
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500495190.00/cwt190.00–190.009411
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400361425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5345
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600550295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,6232
BullsMedium and Large 11050–11001,055285.00/cwt285.00–285.003,0071
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800790262.00/cwt262.00–262.002,0706
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850840250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,1001
BullsMedium and Large 1900–950927265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,4572
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,413160.07/cwt154.00–164.002,26220
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,843180.17/cwt176.50–182.003,3213
HeifersSelect and Choice1,465222.00/cwt222.00–222.003,2524
HeifersChoice and Prime1,371249.25/cwt249.25–249.253,41712
HeifersChoice1,192233.06/cwt230.00–239.002,7789
SteersChoice1,373243.89/cwt241.00–248.503,34920
SteersChoice and Prime1,405250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,5132
SteersSelect and Choice1,314232.16/cwt227.00–236.503,0518

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.