Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-09-30

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 30
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
1 vs last sale 14 15 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
29 vs last sale 98 3 vs year ago 130 · 2.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, both slaughter steers and slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower while Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 200–300 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
200–300 lb heifers averaged $340.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$340.00
1 head · 280 lb average
Value per head Derived
$952
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average

What quality paid 200–300 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1280340.009521thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 200–300 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
340.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
340.00
+0.00
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
BullsAverage1,338141.501,8932thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,385122.001,6901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,185110.001,3041thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,683176.342,9676thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,582136.152,15324
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,866133.482,49014
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,316114.151,50246
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,885169.003,1861thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,480149.002,2051thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,448184.402,6703thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,430167.002,3881thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage985140.001,3791thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,240215.002,6661thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,655195.003,2271thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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
Bulls1,550158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,4491
Bulls1,125125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,4061
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,597136.42/cwt133.50–143.002,17917
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,291105.57/cwt100.00–110.001,36320
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,525128.10/cwt124.00–130.001,9544
HeifersChoice1,240215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,6661
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–6005601,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,6502
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–7507421,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280340.00/cwt340.00–340.009521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,385122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,6901
Dairy Bulls1,620176.00/cwt176.00–176.002,8511
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,880145.61/cwt141.50–151.002,7373
Dairy SteersSelect985140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3791
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,430167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,3881
Dairy HeifersLarge 31100–11501,132197.50/cwt197.50–197.502,2368
Dairy HeifersChoice1,885169.00/cwt169.00–169.003,1861
Dairy SteersChoice1,448184.40/cwt179.00–189.002,6703
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,408126.82/cwt122.00–132.001,78612
Dairy Bulls1,233161.05/cwt158.00–164.001,9862
Dairy Bulls2,003186.65/cwt182.00–189.003,7393
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,570145.39/cwt144.00–147.002,2833
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,960118.32/cwt115.00–124.002,3193
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,825134.61/cwt130.00–140.002,4578
SteersChoice1,655195.00/cwt195.00–195.003,2271
CowsLean 85-90%1,185110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3041
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,273115.56/cwt113.00–121.001,47114
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,480149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,2051

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.