Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-08-05

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 5
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
5 vs last sale 19 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
5 vs last sale 99 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
3 head
2 vs last sale 1 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein heifers were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were 2.00 higher. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsAverage1,605211.933,4025thin
Dairy BullsLow1,636191.303,1305thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,431144.892,07427
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,891141.812,6827thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,308123.731,61927
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,253186.292,3344thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,430174.042,4893thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,749203.823,5654thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,335189.972,5362thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,228189.272,3242thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)786$1,7253thin

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
Bred HeifersApproved7861,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,7253
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–3503401,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–400390750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3500–5505101,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls1,595208.56/cwt208.00–209.003,3272
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,950138.32/cwt134.00–140.002,6974
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,349129.20/cwt126.00–136.001,74311
Bulls1,240197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,4431
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,418139.43/cwt133.00–143.501,97715
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,030107.67/cwt102.50–112.501,1092
Dairy Bulls1,433172.77/cwt172.00–174.002,4762
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,750120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,1001
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,335189.97/cwt184.00–195.002,5362
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,316121.72/cwt116.00–125.001,60214
Bulls1,798222.77/cwt220.00–226.004,0052
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,495165.27/cwt161.00–169.002,4712
Dairy Bulls1,555212.00/cwt212.00–212.003,2971
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845159.68/cwt155.50–164.002,9462
SteersChoice1,228189.27/cwt184.00–194.002,3242
Dairy HeifersChoice1,253186.29/cwt184.00–189.002,3344
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,439149.01/cwt144.00–155.002,14410
Dairy Bulls1,880199.49/cwt195.00–203.003,7502
Dairy SteersChoice1,749203.82/cwt199.50–208.003,5654
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,430174.04/cwt170.00–177.002,4893

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.