Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-01-21

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 21
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
64 vs last sale 0 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
41 head
9 vs last sale 50 77 vs year ago 118 · 65.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The extreme cold temperatures in the area is directly related to light receipts again this week. This prohibits a comparison but it is expected that receipts will increase upon safer weather conditions.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb heifers averaged $172.50/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$172.50
1 head · 860 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,484
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.63
vs IN average
74.58 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1860172.501,4841thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
172.50
IN average2 barns · 4 hd
151.88
+20.63
National average88 barns · 3,392 hd
247.08
−74.58
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
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,532130.121,99421
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,885119.592,2544thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,333100.441,33920
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,340143.091,9184thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,450169.002,4511thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,220124.001,5131thin

Every lot, as filed

24 lots · USDA AMS · Topeka Livestock Auction - Topeka, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersSelect1,220124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,5131
Dairy HeifersChoice1,402148.45/cwt145.00–150.002,0813
Dairy SteersChoice1,450169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,4511
Dairy HeifersChoice1,155127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,4671
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,308104.41/cwt101.00–107.001,3665
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,451114.38/cwt110.00–118.501,6606
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–300287650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–600593655.44/head550.00–760.006552
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–7507231,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2753
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–500451759.87/head700.00–775.007605
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900860172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4841
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4650–700685800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–8007921,362.60/head1,350.00–1,375.001,3636
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added450–5004811,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,07511
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added850–9008661,821.44/head1,775.00–1,875.001,82115
Dairy HeifersLarge 31050–11001,0611,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6253
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–450432484.38/head400.00–760.004844
Dairy HeifersLarge 3200–250230250.00/head250.00–250.002501
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,26988.95/cwt85.00–96.001,1299
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,561128.95/cwt123.50–132.502,01317
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,387140.14/cwt133.50–144.001,9443
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,480120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7761
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,838129.12/cwt125.50–135.502,3733
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,02591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8431

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.