Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-03-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Mar 10
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
14 vs last sale 8 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
74 head
22 vs last sale 96 74 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
185 head
4 vs last sale 189 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: No Topeka hay sale or livestock auction on March 17. No comparisons are available because the auction was not covered last week.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $166.67/cwt on 6 head.
Average price
$166.67
6 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,044
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$177.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
209.38 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627285.001,7872thin
Medium and Large 2691107.507434thin
One grade step is worth $177.50/cwt here — about $1,044 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale6 hd
166.67
IN average1 barns · 6 hd
166.67
+0.00
National average172 barns · 13,027 hd
376.05
−209.38
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
BullsAverage2,065210.004,3371thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,580148.772,3513thin
Dairy BullsAverage2,300195.124,4882thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,472148.672,18817
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,938136.382,6434thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,376125.721,72928
Dairy HeifersChoiceHigh1,359175.772,3883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,425220.283,1393thin

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/A96$1,423125
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A88$1,54120
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)735$9752thin

Every lot, as filed

33 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/A100–1501081,288.49/head825.00–1,675.001,28840
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100891,675.43/head1,200.00–2,025.001,67526
Bulls2,065210.00/cwt210.00–210.004,3371
CowsBoner 80-85%1,565142.65/cwt139.00–146.002,2322
CowsBoner 80-85%1,610161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,5921
HeifersChoice1,425220.28/cwt215.00–225.003,1393
Dairy HeifersChoice1,190185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,2021
Dairy HeifersChoice1,443171.16/cwt170.00–172.002,4702
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,361140.02/cwt139.00–142.001,9065
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,917132.01/cwt130.00–136.002,5313
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,000149.50/cwt149.50–149.502,9901
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,370122.70/cwt118.00–127.001,6816
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,464133.59/cwt128.00–138.001,95615
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,191111.44/cwt105.00–115.001,3277
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,556148.77/cwt144.00–154.502,3157
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,464157.19/cwt155.00–160.002,3015
Dairy Bulls2,300195.12/cwt194.00–196.004,4882
Baby Bull CalvesN/ABeef Cross50–100951,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100861,569.48/head1,000.00–1,900.001,56918
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501081,280.23/head1,050.00–1,500.001,2802
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100871,336.74/head850.00–1,625.001,33743
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501031,593.55/head1,450.00–1,700.001,59415
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2735975.00/head975.00–975.009752
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650610800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3150–200190525.00/head525.00–525.005251
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–300285725.00/head725.00–725.007251
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500470350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6451
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650627285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7872
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650642300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9262
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600550330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8152
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700691107.50/cwt107.50–107.507434
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800762290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2104
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300285110.00/cwt110.00–110.003141

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.