Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-04-07

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Apr 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
16 head
8 vs last sale 8 60 vs year ago 76 · 78.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
82 head
17 vs last sale 99 14 vs year ago 96 · 14.6%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
102 head
43 vs last sale 145 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein heifers were 12.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were mostly steady based on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $340.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$340.00
1 head · 645 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,193
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
44.87
vs IN average
52.82 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 2645340.002,1931thin
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
340.00
IN average2 barns · 37 hd
384.87
−44.87
National average170 barns · 11,781 hd
392.82
−52.82
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
BullsAverage1,610199.633,2142thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average2,195150.003,2931thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,675188.023,1493thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,462159.442,33122
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,843150.992,7835thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,261132.761,67422
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,218210.182,5602thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,688215.493,6378thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,433204.702,9332thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,360233.503,1761thin

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$1,46664
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A86$1,52522

Every lot, as filed

28 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 CowsLean 85-90%1,273140.64/cwt136.00–145.001,79011
Dairy Bulls1,980194.03/cwt193.00–195.003,8422
Dairy Bulls1,065176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,8741
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,565173.67/cwt170.00–179.002,7185
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,433150.52/cwt146.00–155.002,1579
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,430160.57/cwt156.00–166.002,2968
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,808136.45/cwt133.00–140.002,4672
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,890169.00/cwt169.00–169.003,1941
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,855156.52/cwt155.00–158.002,9032
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,248127.76/cwt122.00–130.001,5949
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,255111.88/cwt110.00–114.001,4042
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,433204.70/cwt202.00–207.002,9332
Dairy SteersChoice1,688215.49/cwt213.00–217.503,6378
Dairy HeifersChoice1,218210.18/cwt207.00–214.002,5602
SteersChoice1,360233.50/cwt233.50–233.503,1761
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,195150.00/cwt150.00–150.003,2931
Bulls1,610199.63/cwt194.00–203.003,2142
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100871,394.24/head800.00–1,700.001,39424
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100881,988.12/head1,800.00–2,125.001,9888
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100851,073.90/head900.00–1,225.001,0748
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100861,778.92/head1,200.00–2,175.001,77913
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501051,325.27/head1,000.00–1,500.001,32526
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501051,666.47/head1,600.00–1,725.001,6666
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–3002941,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1506
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–350305900.00/head900.00–900.009002
HeifersSmall and Medium 2750–800770321.45/cwt320.00–322.502,4757
HeifersSmall and Medium 2600–650645340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1931

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.