Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2026-09-22

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Feeder Dairy Calves · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 22
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 160▼ 9 vs year ago 14 · −64.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
93 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 68▼ 5 vs year ago 98 · −5.1%
Feeder Dairy Calves receipts
232 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 224▲ 232 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter cows were down 31.00. Lighter demand was noted this week which has been a direct impact of recent processing plants closing thus creating a back up across the Midwest. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

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
Dairy Bulls—Low1,568177.272,7794thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,484105.641,56721
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,79497.961,7574thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,26390.881,14841
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,350132.001,7821thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,515105.001,5911thin

Feeder Dairy Calves

3 reported groups
ClassGradeAvg wtPriceHead
BullsNumber 1951,000.00/cwt1
BullsNon Graded96977.34/cwt80
HeifersNon Graded871,232.88/cwt3

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
BullsNon Graded90–10093968.92/cwt825.00–1,125.0090125
BullsNon Graded70–8075875.00/cwt800.00–950.006562
BullsNumber 1Guernsey90–100951,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009501
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,515105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,5911
Dairy Bulls——1,400169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,3661
Dairy Bulls——1,635187.00/cwt187.00–187.003,0571
Dairy Bulls——1,618176.53/cwt174.00–179.002,8562
BullsNon Graded80–90831,027.38/cwt700.00–1,400.0085314
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,808103.95/cwt100.00–108.001,8793
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,290120.50/cwt115.00–126.001,5542
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,17075.53/cwt70.00–80.008848
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,29698.19/cwt94.00–103.001,27322
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%—1,504104.08/cwt100.00–110.001,56519
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,350132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,7821
BullsNon GradedBeef Cross110–1201151,050.00/cwt1,050.00–1,050.001,2081
BullsNon Graded100–110102947.46/cwt775.00–1,225.0096628
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%—1,26687.42/cwt82.50–91.001,10711
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,75080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700655500.00/head500.00–500.005001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–300260775.00/head775.00–775.007751
BullsNon GradedBeef Cross100–110100925.00/cwt925.00–925.009251
BullsNon GradedBeef Cross90–100951,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.001,2351
BullsNon GradedBeef Cross80–90851,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.001,2751
BullsNon GradedBeef Cross70–80751,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.001,2001
BullsNon Graded110–120115856.25/cwt825.00–900.009854
BullsNon Graded120–130123751.02/cwt700.00–800.009242
HeifersNon GradedBeef Cross90–100931,424.32/cwt1,400.00–1,450.001,3252
HeifersNon GradedBeef Cross70–8075850.00/cwt850.00–850.006381

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.