Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-06-17

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jun 17
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
148 head
142 vs last sale 6 148 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
20 vs last sale 87 107 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, both slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter cows were 8.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $125.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$125.00
1 head · 400 lb average
Value per head Derived
$500
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
272.27 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2400125.005001thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
125.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
125.00
+0.00
National average142 barns · 4,825 hd
397.27
−272.27
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
BullsAverage2,185195.004,2611thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,960202.003,9591thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,531144.152,20636
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,882141.502,6639thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,335126.631,69033
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,448192.022,7807thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,065178.001,8961thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,495209.003,1251thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,575192.003,0241thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,273177.612,2612thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,450237.003,4371thin

Every lot, as filed

42 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 CowsBoner 80-85%1,544154.02/cwt151.00–161.002,3788
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,581135.57/cwt132.00–139.002,1438
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,505143.64/cwt140.00–150.002,16220
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,904134.69/cwt130.00–138.002,5644
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845161.57/cwt159.50–162.502,9813
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,895125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,3692
Dairy HeifersLarge 3500–5505231,074.40/head1,050.00–1,100.001,0742
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added400–4504071,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,50010
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450400125.00/cwt125.00–125.005001
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4300–350345160.00/cwt160.00–160.005521
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4600–6506301,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4250–300270425.00/head425.00–425.004251
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–850800185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,4801
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–7006951,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–3503101,062.95/head1,024.00–1,225.001,0635
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–8508302,237.29/head1,875.00–2,300.002,23723
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added550–6005951,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–6005551,366.35/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3663
Dairy HeifersLarge 3900–9509151,750.00/head1,750.00–1,750.001,7501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–6506461,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3503
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added300–3503221,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,52510
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added800–8508442,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,45011
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–5004751,350.74/head1,200.00–1,425.001,3513
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added850–9008752,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,40010
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–50046580.00/cwt80.00–80.003721
Dairy HeifersLarge 3850–900865190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6441
Dairy HeifersLarge 3900–950915183.35/cwt180.00–185.001,6783
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1251
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–7507191,989.96/head1,825.00–2,050.001,99036
Dairy HeifersLarge 3850–9008552,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Dairy Bulls1,960202.00/cwt202.00–202.003,9591
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,495209.00/cwt209.00–209.003,1251
Dairy HeifersChoice1,448192.02/cwt188.00–196.002,7807
Dairy SteersChoice1,575192.00/cwt192.00–192.003,0241
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,065178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,8961
Dairy HeifersLarge 31100–11501,135135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5322
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,273177.61/cwt174.50–180.502,2612
SteersChoice1,450237.00/cwt237.00–237.003,4371
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,363133.75/cwt130.00–139.001,82317
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,268110.88/cwt106.00–115.001,4065
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,321122.79/cwt118.00–126.001,62211
Bulls2,185195.00/cwt195.00–195.004,2611

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.