Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-05-26

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, May 26
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
65 vs last sale 91 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
0 vs last sale 89 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
152 head
27 vs last sale 179 152 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, both slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Both slaughter heifers and Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $285.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$285.00
1 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,653
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
175.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2580285.001,6531thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
285.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
285.00
+0.00
National average128 barns · 4,767 hd
460.37
−175.37
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
BullsAverage1,500220.003,3002thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,495160.732,4033thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,183136.431,6142thin
Dairy BullsLow1,978225.074,4533thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,465153.782,25418
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,870149.332,7929thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,266137.281,73822
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,240217.512,6972thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,250223.002,7881thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,395203.002,8322thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,465230.003,3701thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,430236.003,3751thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,525220.003,3551thin
SteersSelectAverage1,550191.002,9611thin

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$1,43293
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A94$1,45910

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,183136.43/cwt130.00–140.001,6142
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,256136.44/cwt131.00–140.001,7148
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,681145.26/cwt144.00–146.002,4424
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,395153.26/cwt148.00–158.002,13810
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,233125.94/cwt122.00–130.001,5536
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,813134.94/cwt130.00–140.002,4462
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2450–500497265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3177
Beef/Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400371360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3363
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–600575700.00/head700.00–700.007001
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450445275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6531
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2650–700665245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6292
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
SteersMedium and Large 2900–950905190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7201
Dairy HeifersChoice1,240217.51/cwt216.00–219.002,6972
CowsBoner 80-85%1,495160.73/cwt160.00–162.002,4033
Dairy Bulls1,945217.00/cwt217.00–217.004,2211
Baby Bull CalvesN/A50–100881,311.90/head725.00–1,525.001,31234
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450431305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3152
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–450425857.21/head775.00–950.008574
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,903150.01/cwt145.00–155.002,8555
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,843162.03/cwt161.00–163.002,9862
Baby Bull CalvesN/A100–1501041,333.15/head1,200.00–1,750.001,33332
SteersChoice1,430236.00/cwt236.00–236.003,3751
SteersSelect and Choice1,525220.00/cwt220.00–220.003,3551
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100891,800.39/head1,500.00–2,025.001,80018
Bulls1,500220.00/cwt215.00–225.003,3002
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,426163.60/cwt161.00–170.002,3334
Dairy Bulls1,995229.10/cwt224.00–234.004,5712
SteersSelect1,550191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,9611
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–100891,300.35/head1,075.00–1,400.001,3004
Baby Bull CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501121,500.74/head1,250.00–1,775.001,5019
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,395203.00/cwt200.00–206.002,8322
HeifersChoice1,465230.00/cwt230.00–230.003,3701
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,301146.63/cwt143.00–150.001,9088
Dairy SteersChoice1,250223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,7881
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred100–1501071,309.38/head1,025.00–1,700.001,3093
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100871,820.19/head1,600.00–2,050.001,8203

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.