Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-01-27

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 27
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
3 head
44 vs last sale 47 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
23 vs last sale 97 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
113 head
4 vs last sale 109 113 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein heifers were trending heifer based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 4.00 higher based on limited comparison. Holstein slaughter cows were 4.00 higher. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts this week which frigid area temperatures was a contributing factor.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,305159.002,0751thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,160114.001,3221thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,437150.272,16026
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,876125.522,3554thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,295125.021,62022
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,240192.582,3882thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,180165.001,9471thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,395169.002,3581thin
SteersSelectAverage1,190180.002,1421thin

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/A101$1,13861
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A94$1,42318

Every lot, as filed

25 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 HeifersLarge 3850–900870110.00/cwt110.00–110.009571
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–65060570.00/cwt70.00–70.004241
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–50046560.00/cwt60.00–60.002791
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100901,117.19/head900.00–1,225.001,11715
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501081,029.64/head875.00–1,175.001,03034
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501151,322.83/head1,000.00–1,675.001,3232
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100881,498.58/head1,300.00–1,650.001,49910
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100801,262.50/head1,000.00–1,525.001,2632
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100901,449.85/head1,000.00–1,775.001,4509
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501021,433.74/head1,325.00–1,525.001,4347
CowsLean 85-90%1,160114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3221
CowsBoner 80-85%1,305159.00/cwt159.00–159.002,0751
HeifersSelect1,395169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,3581
SteersSelect1,190180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,1421
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,900146.03/cwt145.00–147.002,7752
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,880130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,4441
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,301125.09/cwt120.00–130.001,6277
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,413150.53/cwt144.00–154.002,12714
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,493158.80/cwt156.00–162.002,3716
Dairy HeifersSelect1,180165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,9471
Dairy HeifersChoice1,240192.58/cwt190.00–195.002,3882
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,438141.12/cwt139.00–143.002,0296
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,102108.15/cwt105.00–115.001,1926
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4601
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,420136.21/cwt131.00–141.001,9349

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.