Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-02-16

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 16
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
5 head
7 vs last sale 12 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
144 vs last sale 189 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the livestock auction was not reported last week. Light receipts were noted as a storm hit the area which made livestock movement a challenge.

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
BullsAverage1,62068.001,1021thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48155.078165thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31251.296734thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22042.975247thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,02564.006561thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39995.871,3417thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,19885.521,0252thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,156103.651,1984thin

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Dairy SteersChoice1,39995.87/cwt92.00–97.501,3417
SteersChoice1,156103.65/cwt101.00–108.001,1984
Dairy SteersSelect1,19885.52/cwt85.00–86.001,0252
CowsLean 85-90%1,22042.97/cwt40.00–47.505247
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48155.07/cwt51.00–57.508165
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16844.75/cwt40.00–48.505232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45557.83/cwt55.50–61.008412
Dairy HeifersSelect1,02564.00/cwt64.00–64.006561
Bulls1,62068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1021
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 4860450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,8701
Dairy HeifersLarge 3370250.00/cwt250.00–250.009251
Dairy SteersLarge 334566.00/cwt66.00–66.002281
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 467538.00/cwt38.00–38.002571

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.