Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-02-11

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 11
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
2 head
35 vs last sale 37 20 vs year ago 22 · 90.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
19 vs last sale 135 3 vs year ago 119 · 2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter cows were 4.00 higher. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,735131.582,2832thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,885130.162,4549thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,580129.202,04122
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,288110.041,41832
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,562166.682,6043thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,210125.001,5131thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,375164.002,2551thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,100145.001,5951thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,100181.001,9911thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,255169.492,1272thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Dairy HeifersLarge 31000–10501,000157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,5751
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005271
Dairy HeifersSelect1,210125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5131
Dairy SteersChoice1,375164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,2551
Dairy SteersSelect1,100145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5951
HeifersChoice1,100181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,9911
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,410121.81/cwt118.00–128.001,7187
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,31497.93/cwt93.50–104.001,2878
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,595121.09/cwt120.00–122.001,9312
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,226110.89/cwt107.00–116.001,36017
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,735131.58/cwt127.00–137.002,2832
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,885130.16/cwt125.00–134.502,4549
SteersChoice1,255169.49/cwt169.00–170.002,1272
Dairy HeifersChoice1,562166.68/cwt166.50–167.002,6043
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,578130.01/cwt126.00–135.502,05220

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.