Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-12-30

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 30
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
10 vs last sale 14 9 vs year ago 33 · 27.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
60 vs last sale 118 15 vs year ago 73 · 20.5%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
182 head
7 vs last sale 189 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter heifers were trending 4.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were trending 2.00 higher based on a limited comparison while Holstein slaughter cows were 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were 1.00 lower while Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Lighter receipts were noted this week which contributing factors were the New Year's holiday approaching and frigid temperatures moving back into the area but good buyer demand was noted.

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
BullsAverage1,465190.002,7842thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,765162.002,8591thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,818193.493,5182thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,506141.982,13813
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,965123.312,4234thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,315120.911,59024
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,403192.012,6942thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,415177.842,5163thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,330136.001,8091thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,485170.002,5251thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,480226.003,3451thin

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/A97$1,19449
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A83$1,09412

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Bulls1,465190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,7842
CowsBoner 80-85%1,765162.00/cwt162.00–162.002,8591
SteersChoice1,480226.00/cwt226.00–226.003,3451
Dairy HeifersSelect1,330136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,8091
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,415177.84/cwt173.00–180.002,5163
Dairy HeifersChoice1,403192.01/cwt190.00–194.002,6942
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,010125.12/cwt120.00–130.002,5152
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,375120.13/cwt115.00–125.001,6528
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,329131.06/cwt126.00–136.001,74210
Dairy Bulls1,818193.49/cwt193.00–194.003,5182
Dairy SteersSelect1,485170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,5251
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,790137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,4521
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,050106.00/cwt106.00–106.002,1731
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,212105.02/cwt100.00–110.001,2736
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,444137.36/cwt137.00–138.501,9834
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,533144.03/cwt140.00–150.002,2089
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100801,089.43/head725.00–1,575.001,08911
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501151,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501141,207.24/head1,075.00–1,300.001,2075
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100891,548.88/head1,475.00–1,575.001,5495
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100901,159.41/head1,000.00–1,250.001,15924
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501041,126.12/head950.00–1,375.001,12615
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–4003941,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,27513
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–350316940.93/head700.00–1,000.0094111

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.