Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-01-06

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 6
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
13 head
11 vs last sale 24 5 vs year ago 18 · 27.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
53 vs last sale 58 18 vs year ago 93 · +19.4%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
143 head
39 vs last sale 182 143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 3.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were 6.00 higher. Holstein slaughter bulls were 2.00 higher this week. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb heifers averaged $227.50/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$227.50
2 head · 815 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,854
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
93.91 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1815227.501,8542thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
227.50
IN average1 barns · 2 hd
227.50
+0.00
National average114 barns · 6,279 hd
321.41
−93.91
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
BullsAverage2,033202.504,1162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,413149.002,1052thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,475127.001,8731thin
Dairy BullsLow2,024186.373,7728thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,471146.402,15429
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,861136.062,53213
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,291124.801,61149
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,298189.732,4633thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,190175.002,0831thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,270158.002,0071thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,315179.112,3552thin
SteersSelectAverage1,210145.001,7551thin

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$1,165107
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A83$87220

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
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–1007548.67/head40.00–55.00493
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501031,481.25/head1,350.00–1,550.001,4816
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100861,508.44/head1,250.00–1,700.001,5089
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501041,094.90/head800.00–1,525.001,09547
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850815227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,8542
Dairy HeifersLarge 3950–1000955188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7951
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900875175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5311
Dairy SteersLarge 3450–500490140.00/cwt140.00–140.006862
Dairy HeifersLarge 3900–950930142.04/cwt135.00–149.001,3212
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–300290130.00/cwt130.00–130.003771
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–800780102.50/cwt102.50–102.508001
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100851,204.70/head800.00–1,650.001,20542
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100861,362.04/head1,000.00–1,625.001,3628
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501001,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10080461.16/head100.00–700.0046111
Bulls1,830190.00/cwt190.00–190.003,4771
Bulls2,235215.00/cwt215.00–215.004,8051
CowsBoner 80-85%1,485159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,3611
CowsBoner 80-85%1,340139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,8631
CowsLean 85-90%1,475127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,8731
SteersSelect1,210145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,7551
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,843129.37/cwt125.00–131.002,3846
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,235122.48/cwt118.00–128.001,51319
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,381134.08/cwt129.00–139.001,85219
Dairy Bulls1,960163.88/cwt160.00–168.003,2123
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,436149.10/cwt145.00–155.002,14111
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,385160.84/cwt156.00–164.002,2284
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,793150.29/cwt146.00–154.502,6952
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,232112.76/cwt106.00–116.001,38911
Dairy Bulls1,988205.53/cwt205.00–206.004,0862
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,910138.40/cwt135.00–143.002,6435
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,523140.16/cwt136.00–144.002,13514
Dairy HeifersSelect1,270158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,0071
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,190175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0831
Dairy HeifersChoice1,298189.73/cwt189.00–191.002,4633
Dairy Bulls2,112196.08/cwt194.00–198.004,1413
Dairy SteersChoice1,315179.11/cwt175.00–183.002,3552

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.