Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-02-11

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 11
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
2 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 37▼ 20 vs year ago 22 · −90.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 135▼ 3 vs year ago 119 · −2.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter cows were 4.00 higher. 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,735131.582,2832thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,885130.162,4549thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,580129.202,04122
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,288110.041,41832
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,562166.682,6043thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,210125.001,5131thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,375164.002,2551thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,100145.001,5951thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,100181.001,9911thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,255169.492,1272thin

Every lot

15 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 31,000157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,5751
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers350–400Large 3390135.00/cwt135.00–135.005271
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,255169.49/cwt169.00–170.002,1272
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,100181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,9911
Slaughter Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,735131.58/cwt127.00–137.002,2832
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,210125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,5131
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,562166.68/cwt166.50–167.002,6043
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,100145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,5951
Dairy Steers—Choice1,375164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,2551
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,226110.89/cwt107.00–116.001,36017
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31497.93/cwt93.50–104.001,2878
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,410121.81/cwt118.00–128.001,7187
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,578130.01/cwt126.00–135.502,05220
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,595121.09/cwt120.00–122.001,9312
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,885130.16/cwt125.00–134.502,4549

This sale against other markets

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.