Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-05-12

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, May 12
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
25 vs last sale 65 24 vs year ago 16 · +150.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
64 head
16 vs last sale 80 15 vs year ago 79 · 19.0%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
145 head
11 vs last sale 134 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 9.00 higher and Holstein slaughter cows were 4.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein heifers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb steers averaged $330.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$330.00
3 head · 458 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,511
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
195.74 vs national

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2458330.001,5113thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 400–500 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
330.00
IN average1 barns · 3 hd
330.00
+0.00
National average163 barns · 7,684 hd
525.74
−195.74
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%Average1,412184.522,6053thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,670139.002,3211thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,826199.983,6524thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,938161.003,1192thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,472155.832,29321
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,324136.981,81324
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,309205.332,6889thin

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/A95$1,660100
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A86$1,49011

Every lot, as filed

37 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
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500458330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5113
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1931
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350323390.47/cwt370.00–410.001,2612
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–4504231,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4003
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–6506301,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–7507252,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2550–600563305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7175
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500495325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6095
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450442300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,3264
Dairy SteersLarge 3150–200175330.00/cwt330.00–330.005781
Dairy SteersLarge 3700–750745220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6391
Dairy SteersLarge 3550–600583290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,6913
Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300261359.08/cwt330.00–370.009374
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2800–850808290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,3434
Baby Bull CalvesN/AJersey50–10065250.00/head250.00–250.002501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100791,807.94/head1,500.00–2,150.001,8084
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501071,709.87/head1,400.00–1,975.001,71014
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100852,080.75/head1,850.00–2,375.002,08120
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501071,392.35/head1,175.00–1,600.001,39228
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100871,653.44/head1,425.00–2,000.001,65337
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501051,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A100–1501001,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3501
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100841,196.73/head1,000.00–1,400.001,1975
CowsBoner 80-85%1,412184.52/cwt179.00–189.002,6053
CowsLean 85-90%1,670139.00/cwt139.00–139.002,3211
Dairy HeifersChoice1,309205.33/cwt182.50–220.002,6889
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,480148.42/cwt147.00–149.002,1973
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%2,035150.00/cwt150.00–150.003,0531
Dairy Bulls2,035226.46/cwt226.00–227.004,6082
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840172.00/cwt172.00–172.003,1651
Dairy Bulls1,400197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,7581
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,372145.35/cwt139.00–149.001,99410
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,479154.88/cwt150.00–160.002,29113
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,360125.57/cwt125.00–126.001,7082
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,277131.91/cwt129.00–137.001,68412
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,447162.73/cwt161.00–164.002,3555
Dairy Bulls1,835150.00/cwt150.00–150.002,7531

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.