Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-02-24

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 24
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
8 head
65 vs last sale 73 8 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
8 vs last sale 104 22 vs year ago 118 · 18.6%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
189 head
48 vs last sale 141 189 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 8.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein cows were 4.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$285.00
1 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,781
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.50
vs IN average
107.80 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1625285.001,7811thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
285.00
IN average2 barns · 2 hd
282.50
+2.50
National average170 barns · 16,993 hd
392.80
−107.80
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,384157.052,1749thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,110155.001,7211thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,720189.003,2511thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,523149.702,27918
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,908140.862,68712
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,384126.021,74425
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,443201.552,9083thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,573185.142,9124thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,355198.002,6831thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,398181.962,5442thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,225161.001,9721thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,110195.002,1651thin

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/A92$1,400122
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A89$1,43636

Every lot, as filed

32 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 SteersSelect1,225161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9721
Dairy HeifersChoice1,443201.55/cwt197.50–204.002,9083
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,662143.50/cwt139.00–145.002,3856
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,546136.60/cwt131.00–140.002,11210
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,540165.00/cwt165.00–165.002,5411
Dairy SteersChoice1,355198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,6831
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,920137.93/cwt131.00–141.002,6489
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,870149.65/cwt149.00–150.002,7983
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,445151.69/cwt147.00–157.002,19211
Dairy Bulls1,720189.00/cwt189.00–189.003,2511
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,268127.37/cwt122.50–130.001,6157
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,398181.96/cwt180.00–184.002,5442
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,283111.61/cwt106.00–116.001,4328
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,573185.14/cwt182.00–191.002,9124
SteersSelect and Choice1,110195.00/cwt195.00–195.002,1651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,245149.05/cwt148.00–150.001,8562
CowsBoner 80-85%1,408165.58/cwt163.00–168.002,3312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,110155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7211
CowsBoner 80-85%1,430156.83/cwt152.00–162.002,2435
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100871,030.20/head825.00–1,875.001,03010
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501131,561.11/head1,500.00–1,625.001,5612
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100841,692.26/head1,100.00–2,000.001,69220
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501041,312.59/head1,150.00–1,425.001,31328
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501051,544.24/head1,250.00–1,750.001,54417
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10069282.27/head200.00–400.002824
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100831,671.32/head950.00–2,100.001,67125
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–1501041,105.72/head1,075.00–1,125.001,1064
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100861,350.69/head850.00–1,650.001,35148
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650610210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2811
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–7507401,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Dairy HeifersLarge 31150–12001,1572,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7811

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.