Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-11-25

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Nov 25
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
2 vs last sale 10 2 vs year ago 10 · +20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
33 vs last sale 129 29 vs year ago 67 · +43.3%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
200 head
8 vs last sale 208 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available because the auction was not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $202.00/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$202.00
5 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,134
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$569
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$120.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
196.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538250.001,3453thin
Medium and Large 2597130.007762thin
One grade step is worth $120.00/cwt here — about $569 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
202.00
IN average1 barns · 5 hd
202.00
+0.00
National average33 barns · 4,299 hd
398.67
−196.67
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
BullsHigh1,758180.503,1722thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,175114.001,3401thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,738171.332,9783thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,500129.671,94625
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,850128.122,3709thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,320115.021,51838
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,475160.002,3601thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,178191.742,2592thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,128169.801,9152thin
SteersSelectAverage1,580182.002,8761thin

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/A93$972139
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A83$74825

Every lot, as filed

33 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 CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845132.80/cwt131.00–134.002,4505
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840117.70/cwt115.00–121.002,1663
CowsLean 85-90%1,175114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3401
HeifersSelect and Choice1,178191.74/cwt187.00–196.502,2592
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,905136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,5911
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,266100.58/cwt95.00–105.001,2738
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550538250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3453
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600597130.00/cwt130.00–130.007762
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4650–700690145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0011
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,278112.22/cwt108.00–116.001,43410
HeifersSelect1,128169.80/cwt164.00–175.001,9152
Dairy HeifersSelect1,475160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,3601
Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300265175.00/cwt175.00–175.004641
Dairy HeifersLarge 31100–11501,1101,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6756
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350340220.00/cwt220.00–220.007481
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,363122.19/cwt118.00–128.001,66520
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,458136.58/cwt136.00–137.001,9912
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,463121.98/cwt120.00–124.001,7852
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,508129.74/cwt125.00–135.001,95621
Dairy Bulls1,655177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,9291
Dairy Bulls2,410191.00/cwt191.00–191.004,6031
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100811,201.03/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2019
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100831,328.08/head1,100.00–1,600.001,32816
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501041,297.07/head1,175.00–1,375.001,2977
SteersSelect1,580182.00/cwt182.00–182.002,8761
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–150100550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10080398.91/head200.00–675.0039913
Dairy Bulls1,150146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6791
Bulls1,380195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,6911
Bulls2,135166.00/cwt166.00–166.003,5441
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501051,075.00/head1,050.00–1,100.001,0752
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–150108876.61/head675.00–1,300.0087743
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–10086918.22/head400.00–1,500.0091873

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.