Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-08-11

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 11
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
9 head
6 vs last sale 3 9 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
25 vs last sale 86 111 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein steers were 9.00 lower. Slaughter Holstein cows were mostly steady and no comparison is available on slaughter cows because of light receipts. Slaughter bulls were 2.00 lower and Holstein slaughter bulls were mostly steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 400–500 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
400–500 lb bulls averaged $330.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$330.00
1 head · 435 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,436
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
108.33
vs IN average

What quality paid 400–500 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1435330.001,4361thin
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 sale1 hd
330.00
IN average2 barns · 6 hd
438.33
−108.33
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
BullsAverage1,665223.573,7222thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,350177.002,3901thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average865152.001,3151thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,858222.504,1332thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,470159.682,34725
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,825149.002,7204thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,306136.531,78442
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,767203.023,58710

Every lot, as filed

24 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%865152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3151
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,802152.00/cwt150.00–155.002,7393
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–4003781,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,70010
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–3002881,650.00/head1,650.00–1,650.001,65010
Dairy HeifersLarge 3500–5505221,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9002
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–8007601,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,474165.16/cwt160.00–170.002,4348
Dairy SteersChoice1,767203.02/cwt200.00–205.003,58710
Dairy Bulls1,740215.00/cwt215.00–215.003,7411
Bulls1,665223.57/cwt220.00–227.003,7222
CowsBoner 80-85%1,350177.00/cwt177.00–177.002,3901
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,312134.88/cwt130.00–140.001,77015
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,476154.29/cwt150.00–159.002,27715
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,895140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,6531
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,206123.33/cwt119.00–129.001,48711
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,403178.22/cwt174.00–183.002,5002
Dairy Bulls1,975230.00/cwt230.00–230.004,5431
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,370147.16/cwt141.00–151.002,01616
Dairy SteersLarge 3150–200198330.00/cwt330.00–330.006533
Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350332260.00/cwt260.00–260.008632
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450400320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2801
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650640245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5681
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850825205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6911
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450435330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,4361

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.