Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2020-07-28

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jul 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
56 vs last sale 100 44 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
149 head
26 vs last sale 123 149 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
95 head
1 vs last sale 96 95 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady to 1.00 higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. No comparison information is available on slaughter heifers.

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
BullsAverage1,60092.651,4829thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59867.511,07928
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32660.7780644
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11053.5759440
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,58291.501,4482thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39387.201,21516
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,32176.541,0115thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,24374.269232thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,12093.521,0477thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,25584.001,0541thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,445102.001,4741thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,24397.951,2184thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,45585.501,2441thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,09952.00/cwt45.00–55.0057121
CowsLean 85-90%1,15358.05/cwt56.00–65.0066916
CowsLean 85-90%95240.62/cwt36.00–44.003873
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59566.36/cwt62.00–69.001,05818
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54473.19/cwt70.00–76.501,1307
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74561.15/cwt61.00–61.501,0673
Baby Bull CalvesN/A10645.35/cwt30.00–70.004821
SteersSelect and Choice1,45585.50/cwt85.50–85.501,2441
SteersChoice and Prime1,445102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4741
SteersChoice1,24397.95/cwt95.00–99.501,2184
HeifersSelect and Choice1,25584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,0541
HeifersChoice1,12093.52/cwt92.00–94.501,0477
Dairy HeifersLarge 3285295.00/cwt295.00–295.008419
Dairy HeifersLarge 391081.00/cwt81.00–81.007371
Dairy HeifersLarge 371087.00/cwt87.00–87.006181
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A8321.39/cwt10.00–60.001822
Baby Heifer CalvesN/A10530.54/cwt20.00–45.00324
Baby Bull CalvesN/A8631.96/cwt10.00–50.002729
Dairy SteersLarge 389580.00/cwt80.00–80.007162
Dairy SteersLarge 377769.00/cwt69.00–69.005362
Dairy SteersLarge 399584.00/cwt84.00–84.008361
Dairy SteersLarge 368077.00/cwt77.00–77.005241
Dairy SteersLarge 317075.00/cwt75.00–75.001281
Dairy HeifersLarge 3503440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,21310
Dairy SteersChoice1,39387.20/cwt83.50–90.501,21516
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,32176.54/cwt75.00–81.501,0115
Dairy SteersSelect1,24374.26/cwt74.00–74.509232
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,58291.50/cwt91.50–91.501,4482
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 441551.00/cwt51.00–51.002122
Dairy SteersLarge 383659.00/cwt58.00–60.004934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32460.69/cwt55.00–65.0080427
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41868.83/cwt66.00–74.5097610
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20249.54/cwt43.50–53.005957
Bulls1,55594.73/cwt90.00–99.001,4736
Bulls1,963102.73/cwt102.50–103.002,0172
Bulls1,14060.00/cwt60.00–60.006841

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.