Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-02-03

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 3
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
8 vs last sale 3 26 vs year ago 37 · 70.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
107 head
33 vs last sale 74 28 vs year ago 135 · 20.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
140 head
27 vs last sale 113 140 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter dairy heifers were 10.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein cows were 6.00 higher this week. Slaughter cows were trending higher based on a limited comparison. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

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
BullsLow1,635192.033,1403thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,550156.952,4332thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,128134.001,5112thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,890184.053,4792thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,485151.452,24826
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,796149.002,6765thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,274125.311,59640
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,578203.493,2116thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,392191.712,6693thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,542179.322,7655thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,540198.003,0491thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,415234.713,3213thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,655224.503,7151thin

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/A98$1,15364
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A97$1,3877

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
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100891,555.63/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5564
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501081,162.31/head1,000.00–1,375.001,1623
Bulls1,665179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,9801
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–4003731,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3754
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–3503051,211.07/head1,125.00–1,300.001,2112
Dairy HeifersLarge 3150–200155650.00/head650.00–650.006501
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501061,078.16/head925.00–1,250.001,07826
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501071,374.26/head1,000.00–1,550.001,37411
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10065380.77/head300.00–475.003812
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100831,530.30/head1,350.00–1,700.001,5302
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100901,166.93/head850.00–1,575.001,16723
Bulls1,620198.54/cwt198.00–199.003,2162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,550156.95/cwt155.00–159.002,4332
CowsLean 85-90%980148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,4501
CowsLean 85-90%1,275120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,5301
HeifersChoice1,415234.71/cwt233.00–236.003,3213
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,750160.00/cwt160.00–160.002,8001
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,770138.00/cwt138.00–138.002,4431
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,820149.00/cwt144.00–153.002,7123
Dairy SteersChoice1,540198.00/cwt198.00–198.003,0491
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,495158.61/cwt158.00–160.002,3713
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,494144.96/cwt143.00–146.002,1664
Dairy Bulls1,890184.05/cwt180.00–189.003,4792
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,340139.00/cwt131.00–141.001,86310
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,212115.16/cwt108.00–118.001,39614
Dairy HeifersChoice1,578203.49/cwt198.00–209.003,2116
SteersChoice1,655224.50/cwt224.50–224.503,7151
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,481151.69/cwt147.00–157.002,24719
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,286125.64/cwt120.00–130.001,61616
Dairy HeifersSelect1,542179.32/cwt172.00–182.002,7655
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,392191.71/cwt188.00–196.002,6693

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.