Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2025-06-24

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jun 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
4 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 148▼ 28 vs year ago 32 · −87.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 107▼ 22 vs year ago 93 · −23.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter steers were 5.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter heifers were 11.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein cows were 9.00 lower. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Livestock movement was somewhat limited this week due to the extreme heat in the region.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
800–900 lb heifers averaged $210.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$210.00
1 head · 840 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,764
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
−70.77 vs national

Price by quality 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840210.001,7641thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
210.00
—
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
210.00
+0.00
National average64 barns · 3,327 hd
280.77
−70.77
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
Bulls—Average1,880192.503,6192thin
Dairy Bulls—Average1,458174.002,5362thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,432137.451,96814
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,929127.652,4636thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,309117.231,53530
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,303181.002,3583thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,375167.002,2961thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,387186.362,5856thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,183220.262,6063thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,175161.001,8921thin

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1840210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,7641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 3400220.00/cwt220.00–220.008801
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 3332700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select1,175161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,8921
Heifers—Choice1,183220.26/cwt216.00–222.502,6063
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,625205.00/cwt205.00–205.003,3311
Bulls——2,135180.00/cwt180.00–180.003,8431
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,275168.00/cwt168.00–168.002,1421
Dairy Bulls——1,640180.00/cwt180.00–180.002,9521
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,257105.21/cwt100.00–110.001,3227
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,276117.15/cwt112.00–122.001,49514
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,297130.45/cwt128.00–132.501,6923
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,401126.69/cwt124.00–134.001,7759
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,403147.45/cwt147.00–148.002,0692
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,483137.56/cwt134.00–144.002,0409
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,800110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,9801
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,855139.66/cwt138.00–141.002,5913
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,105118.47/cwt114.00–123.502,4942
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,303181.00/cwt179.00–184.002,3583
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,375167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,2961
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,387186.36/cwt183.00–190.002,5856

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.