Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-11-04

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Nov 4
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
35 head
234 vs last sale 269 35 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
81 head
31 vs last sale 112 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
175 head
174 vs last sale 1 175 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available because there was no livestock auction last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $310.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$310.00
1 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,550
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
55.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1500310.001,5501thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
310.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
310.00
+0.00
National average198 barns · 25,157 hd
365.61
−55.61
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
BullsAverage1,900194.003,6862thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,370146.002,0002thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,065124.001,3211thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,615160.672,5953thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,870148.742,7812thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,519140.132,12814
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,395122.121,70334
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,290190.272,4544thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,305180.002,3491thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,152225.312,5967thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190215.002,5591thin

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/A94$1,04547
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A87$1,2026
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,255$1,6751thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,065124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,3211
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,352120.24/cwt114.00–124.001,62619
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,465129.03/cwt126.00–132.001,89012
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,385106.33/cwt100.00–110.001,4733
CowsBoner 80-85%1,365133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,8151
CowsBoner 80-85%1,375159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,1861
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350305180.00/cwt180.00–180.005491
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,2551,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy500–550500310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5501
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550505310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,5661
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500460195.00/cwt195.00–195.008971
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950905170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5392
BullsMedium and Large 2650–700685135.00/cwt135.00–135.009251
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100871,061.81/head750.00–1,475.001,06222
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10065550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–3503151,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,37513
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–8508201,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–4504011,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4508
Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300260225.00/cwt225.00–225.005851
Dairy HeifersChoice1,290190.27/cwt186.50–194.002,4544
HeifersSelect and Choice1,190215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,5591
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100861,347.10/head750.00–1,600.001,3474
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501121,320.52/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3213
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100891,535.21/head1,425.00–1,625.001,5354
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501071,016.04/head850.00–1,500.001,01615
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,543156.54/cwt155.50–157.502,4152
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,870148.74/cwt148.00–149.502,7812
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10067135.63/head100.00–175.001363
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501151,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2751
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,305180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,3491
HeifersChoice1,152225.31/cwt220.00–230.002,5967
Dairy Bulls1,710172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,9411
Dairy Bulls1,568155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,4302
Bulls1,980188.00/cwt188.00–188.003,7221
Bulls1,820200.00/cwt200.00–200.003,6401
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,545131.98/cwt126.00–136.002,0396
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,484142.82/cwt138.00–147.002,1196

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.