Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-03-02

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Mar 2
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
5 vs last sale 41 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
40 vs last sale 195 155 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 down 7.00. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts. The next sale on March 9 is a special feeder calf sale. No auction will be held on March 16 because of the Draft Horse Auction.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $99.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$99.00
1 head · 475 lb average
Value per head Derived
$470
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
14.90
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 147599.004701thin
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 sale1 hd
99.00
IN average5 barns · 451 hd
113.90
−14.90
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
BullsAverage1,98569.771,3852thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,64756.8193633
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,39154.4675841
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20845.9455537
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,44783.601,2105thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,19875.429042thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,43065.009301thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,47192.661,36317
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35282.961,1223thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,468104.621,5362thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,98569.77/cwt67.00–72.501,3852
Dairy HeifersSelect1,43065.00/cwt65.00–65.009301
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,19875.42/cwt75.00–76.009042
Dairy SteersChoice1,47192.66/cwt90.00–97.501,36317
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,35282.96/cwt79.00–85.501,1223
SteersChoice1,468104.62/cwt102.00–107.001,5362
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,080600.00/cwt600.00–600.006,4801
Dairy HeifersLarge 3818503.53/cwt435.00–570.004,1192
Dairy HeifersLarge 3331190.00/cwt190.00–190.006293
SteersMedium and Large 147599.00/cwt99.00–99.004701
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 4302125.00/cwt125.00–125.003782
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 463570.00/cwt70.00–70.004452
Dairy SteersLarge 31,00064.00/cwt64.00–64.006401
Dairy SteersLarge 341864.85/cwt60.00–70.002712
Dairy SteersLarge 364550.00/cwt50.00–50.003232
Dairy HeifersLarge 3520282.43/cwt270.00–310.001,4694
Dairy HeifersLarge 3470320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5041
Dairy HeifersLarge 3695300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0851
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66657.29/cwt54.00–63.5095422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54070.04/cwt65.00–74.001,0793
Dairy HeifersChoice1,44783.60/cwt80.00–87.501,2105
CowsLean 85-90%1,16646.73/cwt41.00–50.5054519
Dairy SteersLarge 370566.00/cwt66.00–66.004651
Dairy SteersLarge 380072.00/cwt72.00–72.005761
CowsLean 85-90%1,25354.29/cwt51.00–58.506809
CowsLean 85-90%1,25135.92/cwt30.00–40.004499
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36147.70/cwt45.00–49.5064910
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41455.27/cwt51.00–60.5078227
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31565.90/cwt63.50–72.008674
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63450.52/cwt43.50–53.508258

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.