Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2026-08-19

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Aug 19
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Aug 12Aug 19latest
Receipts
227 head
251 vs last sale 478 219 vs year ago 446 · 49.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were 14.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 22.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter cows were 6.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 7.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were 7.00 lower. Choice/prime slaughter lambs were mostly 11.00 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
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,351202.002,7293thin
BullsHigh1,611219.933,54312
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,369159.152,17816
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,968144.502,8432thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,254135.561,7005thin
Dairy BullsLow1,697210.013,5633thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,413149.662,11412
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,809140.752,5475thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,304134.891,76048
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,532202.283,09924
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,401192.502,6973thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,334223.422,98042
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,365211.662,88912
SteersChoiceAverage1,369218.172,98718
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,349210.292,83710

Every lot, as filed

26 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 CowsBoner 80-85%1,430148.72/cwt147.00–153.002,12711
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,813139.31/cwt135.00–145.002,5264
CowsBoner 80-85%1,456172.38/cwt169.00–178.002,5104
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,356140.06/cwt135.00–145.001,89929
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,105139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,9261
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,220128.43/cwt124.00–134.001,56716
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,401192.50/cwt192.50–192.502,6973
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,795146.50/cwt146.50–146.502,6301
SteersChoice1,369218.17/cwt213.00–223.502,98718
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,220160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,9521
HeifersSelect and Choice1,365211.66/cwt211.25–212.502,88912
CowsLean 85-90%1,360110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4961
Dairy SteersChoice1,532202.28/cwt196.00–205.503,09924
CowsBoner 80-85%1,345148.40/cwt144.00–152.001,9965
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,830150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7451
CowsLean 85-90%1,228141.95/cwt140.00–145.001,7434
SteersSelect and Choice1,349210.29/cwt210.25–210.502,83710
HeifersChoice1,334223.42/cwt218.00–226.002,98042
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,257119.43/cwt115.00–122.501,5013
CowsBoner 80-85%1,336159.27/cwt155.00–164.002,1287
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,351202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,7293
Dairy Bulls1,300193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,5091
Bulls1,850226.63/cwt226.00–228.004,1933
Bulls1,225210.98/cwt210.00–212.002,5852
Bulls1,619219.61/cwt214.00–224.003,5557
Dairy Bulls1,895218.52/cwt218.00–219.004,1412

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.