Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-08-26

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 26
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
48 head
142 vs last sale 190 48 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
102 head
25 vs last sale 127 2 vs year ago 100 · +2.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein steers were 6.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were 1.00 lower. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending lower 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,385222.003,0751thin
BullsAverage2,595170.004,4121thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,660170.002,8221thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,854166.053,0783thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,533139.632,14115
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,841128.222,3614thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,333118.451,57948
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,195185.002,2111thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,404198.512,7879thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 3100–150131450.00/head450.00–450.004503
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–4504011,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,30010
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,522157.78/cwt153.50–162.502,4012
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2600–650615175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0761
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350327800.00/head800.00–800.008002
Dairy HeifersLarge 3950–10009651,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Dairy HeifersLarge 3200–250202425.00/head425.00–425.004252
Dairy Bulls2,175194.00/cwt194.00–194.004,2201
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,571133.39/cwt130.00–134.502,0967
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,935117.50/cwt117.50–117.502,2741
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,229108.23/cwt103.00–112.501,33011
CowsBoner 80-85%1,660170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,8221
Bulls2,595170.00/cwt170.00–170.004,4121
Dairy Bulls1,693152.07/cwt150.00–154.502,5752
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,493140.87/cwt136.50–146.002,1036
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,4921
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,467127.98/cwt124.00–134.001,87711
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–3503431,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,32511
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,825127.69/cwt126.00–129.502,3302
Dairy SteersChoice1,404198.51/cwt194.00–204.502,7879
Dairy HeifersChoice1,195185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2111
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,385222.00/cwt222.00–222.003,0751
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,320118.75/cwt114.00–123.501,56826

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.