Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-07-28

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jul 28
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
6 head
96 vs last sale 102 13 vs year ago 19 · 68.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
89 head
4 vs last sale 93 10 vs year ago 99 · 10.1%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
201 head
8 vs last sale 193 200 vs year ago 1 · +20,000.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter heifers were 5.00 higher based and slaughter Holstein heifers were 3.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein bulls were 2.00 lower based on a limited comparison.

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%Average1,120155.001,7361thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,460140.002,0441thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,485190.822,8344thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,468159.652,34312
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,866144.952,70511
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,295136.371,76633
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,450184.612,6775thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,328173.032,2985thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,305187.002,4401thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,090220.002,3981thin

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 Heifer CalvesN/A91$84619

Every lot, as filed

25 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 Heifer CalvesN/A100–150110734.09/head650.00–800.007343
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–7507321,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Baby Heifer CalvesN/ACrossbred50–100881,513.21/head1,350.00–1,700.001,5133
Dairy HeifersLarge 3900–9509272,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2002
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A50–10088717.90/head600.00–850.0071813
Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300275260.00/cwt260.00–260.007151
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,902132.49/cwt129.00–135.002,5205
Dairy Bulls1,623203.14/cwt201.00–205.003,2972
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,329147.41/cwt143.00–152.001,95911
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,853162.35/cwt160.00–164.003,0083
Dairy Bulls1,235170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,1001
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,586152.38/cwt151.00–154.002,4174
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,251123.81/cwt119.00–127.001,5498
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,293134.88/cwt130.00–140.001,74414
Dairy HeifersChoice1,450184.61/cwt180.00–190.002,6775
Dairy SteersChoice1,305187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,4401
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,820148.33/cwt145.00–152.002,7003
CowsBoner 80-85%1,120155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,7361
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,355179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,4251
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–8508051,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Dairy Bulls1,460187.00/cwt187.00–187.002,7301
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,328173.03/cwt170.00–175.002,2985
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,416161.04/cwt156.00–166.002,2807
HeifersChoice1,090220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3981
CowsLean 85-90%1,460140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0441

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.