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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-02

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 2

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

← Aug 26Sep 2Sep 9 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

5 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 48▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

67 head

▼ 35 vs last sale 102▲ 67 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter Holstein cows were mostly steady this week. Both slaughter bulls and Holstein slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts this week.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb bulls averaged $235.00/cwt on 1 head.

Average price

$235.00

1 head · 685 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,610

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs IN average

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	235.00	1,610	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

235.00

—

IN average1 barns · 1 hd

235.00

+0.00

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,855	203.00	3,766	1thin
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,565	170.00	2,661	1thin
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,873	149.00	2,791	2thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,523	129.66	1,975	7thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,303	111.50	1,453	38
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,110	154.00	1,709	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,490	140.00	2,086	1thin

Every lot

13 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 3	580	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	2
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 3	705	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	600–650	Large 3	625	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	938	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,855	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	3,766	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	92.15/cwt	90.00–96.00	1,062	6
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	108.88/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,329	12
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,398	118.88/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,662	20
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,523	129.66/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,975	7
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,873	149.00/cwt	148.00–150.00	2,791	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,110	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,709	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	2,086	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,565	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,661	1

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Topeka Livestock Auction - Topeka, IN

Tue Sep 2, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 5Last week 48Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 67Last week 102Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,221	105.00–113.00	108.88
6	—	1,153	90.00–96.00	92.15
20	—	1,398	114.00–124.00	118.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,523	125.00–134.00	129.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,873	148.00–150.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,490	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,565	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	203.00	203.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
2	550–600	580	1,175.00	1,175.00
1	700–750	705	1,000.00	1,000.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	235.00	235.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.