Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-10-07

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 7
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
10 head
5 vs last sale 15 10 vs year ago 20 · 50.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
108 head
19 vs last sale 127 4 vs year ago 104 · +3.8%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
242 head
242 vs last sale 0 242 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 higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter cows were 1.00 higher while slaughter cows were trending higher based on a limited comparison. 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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,180114.191,3472thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,658174.772,8983thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,474138.472,04011
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,888136.092,5698thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,313120.111,57857
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,215204.002,4791thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,205187.002,2531thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,355221.793,0058thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,290207.122,6723thin

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
Baby Bull CalvesN/A95$1,135128
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A84$1,09354

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
Dairy Bulls1,475165.66/cwt161.00–171.002,4432
Dairy Bulls2,025193.00/cwt193.00–193.003,9081
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,611130.25/cwt125.00–132.502,0984
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,893125.69/cwt124.50–127.502,3793
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,893137.45/cwt133.00–140.002,6023
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,205187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,2531
Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350345240.00/cwt240.00–240.008281
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–8007651,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Dairy HeifersLarge 31200–12501,2302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5502
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501051,000.70/head650.00–1,475.001,00151
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100811,491.15/head1,225.00–1,750.001,49114
SteersSelect and Choice1,290207.12/cwt204.00–209.002,6723
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–1501041,123.80/head700.00–1,500.001,1246
SteersChoice1,355221.79/cwt215.50–224.503,0058
Dairy SteersLarge 3150–200150575.00/cwt575.00–575.008631
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100871,431.41/head900.00–1,775.001,43111
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,269116.47/cwt112.50–121.001,47818
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,560153.49/cwt151.50–156.002,3942
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100871,155.53/head575.00–1,650.001,15658
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10082923.33/head300.00–1,650.0092334
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,873149.64/cwt148.00–151.502,8032
CowsLean 85-90%1,180114.19/cwt110.00–119.001,3472
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,237105.08/cwt100.00–110.001,3009
Dairy SteersChoice1,215204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,4791
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,363126.80/cwt122.00–131.001,72830
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,329139.04/cwt135.00–143.001,8485
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501041,441.92/head1,325.00–1,525.001,4428

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.