Sale reports / Indiana / Shipshewana Livestock Auction / 2025-09-10

Shipshewana Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Shipshewana, Indiana · Wed, Sep 10
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1970
Receipts
414 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 435▲ 414 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 12.00 lower and Holstein slaughter steers were 3.00 lower. Slaughter heifers were 9.00 lower this week. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows not reported this week.

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
Bulls—High1,531204.533,1316thin
Dairy Bulls—Average1,390172.722,4017thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,275240.003,0603thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,479206.503,05422
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,350252.593,41025
HeifersChoiceAverage1,368246.143,36715
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,211232.272,8139thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,468248.003,6413thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,315240.633,16440

Every lot

13 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,315240.63/cwt237.00–246.503,16440
Steers—Choice and Prime1,468248.00/cwt248.00–248.003,6413
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and Choice1,211232.27/cwt229.00–235.002,8139
Heifers—Choice and Prime1,350252.59/cwt252.25–253.003,41025
Heifers—Choice1,368246.14/cwt240.00–249.003,36715
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,408204.07/cwt202.00–206.002,8732
Bulls——1,445218.17/cwt215.00–221.003,1532
Bulls——1,740191.36/cwt189.00–193.003,3302
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,120155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7362
Dairy Bulls——1,480171.45/cwt169.00–175.002,5372
Dairy Bulls——1,510185.39/cwt183.00–188.002,7993
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,275240.00/cwt239.00–242.003,0603
Dairy Steers—Choice1,479206.50/cwt202.00–212.003,05422

This sale against other markets

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.