Indiana cattle auction prices

Name: Indiana feeder cattle auction prices
Creator: Cattle Auction Prices

2 sales at 3 USDA-reported barns from Oct 15 to October 21, 2026. Statewide prices combine every barn, weighted by head.

Steers 500–599 lb Steady

Latest (week of October 12, 2026): $352.02/cwt
4-week average: $362.00
13-week average: $363.49
4-week vs 13-week: −0.4%

52-wk low $230.00high $450.00

Sales in 6 of the last 13 weeks.

Steers 700–799 lb Rising

Latest (week of October 12, 2026): $341.06/cwt
4-week average: $311.17
13-week average: $301.25
4-week vs 13-week: +3.3%

52-wk low $170.00high $395.00

Sales in 5 of the last 13 weeks.

Heifers 500–599 lb Easing

Latest (week of October 12, 2026): $212.30/cwt
4-week average: $293.27
13-week average: $296.74
4-week vs 13-week: −1.2%

52-wk low $193.75high $419.62

Sales in 4 of the last 13 weeks.

Direction compares the 4-week average with the 13-week average: Rising +1% or more, Steady within ±1%, Easing −1% to −3%, Falling −3% or more. Weekly prices are head-weighted averages of Medium and Large No. 1 and 1–2 feeder cattle, regular lots.

The label describes recent prices; it is not a forecast. In our backtest of every barn since 2019 (about 35,000 barn-weeks), barns labeled Falling went on to beat other barns' average move over the next 13 weeks 61% of the time, and barns labeled Rising trailed it 56% of the time.

Every sale this week

$/cwt, Medium and Large No. 1 and 1–2, head-weighted. 13-week trend = that barn's 4-week vs 13-week average for 500–599 lb steers. Barns tagged unweaned sold mostly unweaned calves over the last 13 weeks, so their prices are unweaned lots; statewide trends use regular lots only. Rows tagged special or graded are a barn's special sales. † Based on fewer than 5 head; treat as a rough price. Click a column to sort.
Barn	Sale	Head sold	Steers 500–599	Steers 700–799	Heifers 500–599	13-week trend
Shipshewana Livestock Auction, Shipshewana	Wed Oct 21	777	—	—	—	—
Topeka Livestock Auction, Topeka	Tue Oct 20	384	—	—	—	—

Direct trade (ranch to feedlot)

Latest week's current-delivery cash trades, $/cwt (F.O.B. unless tagged delivered); — means no such trades that week. Direct trades are cattle sold outside auction barns; a regional report covers several states, so its prices are not this state alone.
USDA direct report	Week of	Head	Steers 800–899	Steers 700–799	Heifers 700–799
Eastern CornbeltIL, IN, MI, MN, OH, KY	Oct 19	1,353	$321.00	$336.50	$315.17

Statewide, last 52 weeks

Weekly average $/cwt4-week average

Statewide price history

Weekly average $/cwt

All Indiana barns

Shipshewana Livestock Auction, Shipshewana · Oct 21
Springville Feeder Cattle Auction, Springville · Oct 2
Topeka Livestock Auction, Topeka · Oct 20

Source: USDA AMS Market News auction reports for 3 Indiana barns. Barns that hold more than one sale a week count every sale.