Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2020-09-29

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 29
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
34 head
7 vs last sale 27 34 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
26 vs last sale 117 143 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly steady to 4.00 lower this week. No other comparisons are available because of light offerings but good buyer demand noted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $125.20/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$125.20
5 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$680
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+17.87
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543125.206805thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale5 hd
125.20
IN average5 barns · 399 hd
107.33
+17.87
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58053.6184718
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27850.6664830
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11440.7345445
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,57189.001,3985thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,195102.001,2191thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,23380.939982thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,263100.761,2733thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy510122.00/cwt122.00–122.006221
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64852.83/cwt50.00–57.0087112
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19942.81/cwt38.00–45.505136
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30651.60/cwt46.50–56.0067421
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31845.24/cwt43.00–47.505962
HeifersChoice1,195102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,2191
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24359.77/cwt57.50–64.007433
CowsLean 85-90%1,10539.55/cwt35.00–45.0043725
CowsLean 85-90%1,13549.25/cwt45.50–53.5055913
Dairy HeifersLarge 3565380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1472
Dairy HeifersLarge 3479327.60/cwt290.00–340.001,5694
SteersChoice1,263100.76/cwt99.00–103.501,2733
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50560.12/cwt59.00–62.509054
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy566140.00/cwt140.00–140.007924
HeifersSelect and Choice1,23380.93/cwt77.00–83.509982
Dairy SteersChoice1,57189.00/cwt87.00–90.001,3985
HeifersMedium and Large 135789.00/cwt89.00–89.003182
SteersMedium and Large 145066.00/cwt66.00–66.002971
CowsLean 85-90%1,10529.09/cwt24.50–33.003217
Dairy HeifersLarge 3377280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0562
Dairy SteersLarge 396056.00/cwt56.00–56.005381
BullsLarge 347062.00/cwt62.00–62.002911

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.