Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-12-23

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 23
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
14 head
118 vs last sale 132 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
118 head
19 vs last sale 99 118 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
189 head
11 vs last sale 200 189 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter heifers were 9.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter cows were 5.00 higher 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
BullsAverage2,135191.004,0781thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,335159.142,1252thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,658169.752,8142thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,484145.762,16330
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,901138.232,6278thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,319126.981,67436
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,617196.093,1716thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,268172.752,1903thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,693190.903,2325thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,125176.001,9801thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,362214.592,9237thin

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/A96$1,02290
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A94$1,29718

Every lot, as filed

31 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 CowsLean 85-90%1,410133.77/cwt129.00–139.001,88621
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,900144.38/cwt142.00–146.002,7433
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,945148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,8791
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,403155.62/cwt154.00–159.002,1833
Dairy SteersChoice1,693190.90/cwt185.00–195.003,2325
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,125176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,9801
Dairy Bulls1,255142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,7881
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,890131.17/cwt129.00–135.002,4794
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,519139.15/cwt138.00–141.002,11410
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,478147.91/cwt142.00–152.002,18617
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,093108.41/cwt103.00–112.001,1855
Dairy Bulls2,060197.00/cwt197.00–197.004,0581
Dairy HeifersChoice1,617196.09/cwt190.00–200.003,1716
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,268172.75/cwt170.00–175.002,1903
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,240121.99/cwt118.00–126.001,51310
HeifersChoice1,362214.59/cwt210.00–217.002,9237
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335159.14/cwt158.00–160.002,1252
Bulls2,135191.00/cwt191.00–191.004,0781
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100901,305.56/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3069
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–1501051,247.62/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2482
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501031,264.08/head1,200.00–1,300.001,2645
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100871,006.89/head525.00–1,475.001,00746
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501061,006.33/head800.00–1,350.001,00631
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100801,387.50/head1,325.00–1,450.001,3882
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501121,138.41/head1,000.00–1,350.001,1388
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100931,256.42/head1,125.00–1,375.001,2564
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10080350.00/head350.00–350.003501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3100–150140875.00/head875.00–875.008752
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4900–9509051,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–8508401,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350300350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0509

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.