Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2026-07-29

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Jul 29
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
362 head
131 vs last sale 231 56 vs year ago 418 · 13.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 8.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were mostly steady. Slaughter heifers were 14.00 lower this week. Slaughter cows were 16.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 26.00 lower. Choice/prime slaughter lambs were mostly 8.00 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
BullsLow1,699223.143,7914thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,855166.003,0792thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,254163.722,05411
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,337132.871,7776thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,310206.002,6991thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,528155.982,38314
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,863152.502,8402thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,258135.401,70331
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,406210.052,95311
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,547228.003,5274thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,537219.203,36944
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,546207.543,20912
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,266231.672,9336thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,210222.322,69023
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,588236.003,7483thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,293227.782,94523
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,237221.242,7379thin

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 Bulls1,310206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,6991
Bulls1,060207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,1941
Bulls1,970237.00/cwt237.00–237.004,6691
Bulls1,883224.27/cwt220.00–228.004,2232
Dairy HeifersChoice1,406210.05/cwt207.00–213.002,95311
Dairy SteersChoice1,537219.20/cwt213.50–223.003,36944
HeifersChoice and Prime1,266231.67/cwt231.00–232.002,9336
HeifersChoice1,210222.32/cwt215.00–224.502,69023
SteersChoice1,293227.78/cwt224.00–232.252,94523
SteersSelect and Choice1,237221.24/cwt219.50–222.002,7379
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,546207.54/cwt204.00–212.003,20912
SteersChoice and Prime1,588236.00/cwt236.00–236.003,7483
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,547228.00/cwt228.00–228.003,5274
CowsBoner 80-85%1,159158.83/cwt154.00–164.001,8414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,309166.52/cwt162.00–172.502,1807
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,995150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,9931
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,715182.00/cwt182.00–182.003,1211
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,915144.00/cwt144.00–144.002,7581
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,610151.58/cwt150.00–154.002,4406
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,219121.91/cwt117.00–127.001,4866
CowsLean 85-90%1,390144.59/cwt142.00–148.002,0102
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,459157.75/cwt155.00–165.002,3027
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,515170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5761
CowsLean 85-90%1,311127.01/cwt125.00–130.001,6654
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,188132.93/cwt128.00–138.001,57911
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,329143.13/cwt139.00–149.001,90214
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,810161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,9141

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.