Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-04-13

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Apr 13
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
12 vs last sale 14 26 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
147 head
13 vs last sale 134 147 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, dairy steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were 7.00 higher based on a limited comparison and slaughter cows were 2.00 higher. Dairy heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsLow1,53490.791,39314
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68867.761,14424
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35062.2284044
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08849.0053335
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,24592.771,1555thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,340108.001,4471thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,540100.981,5558thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,19386.211,0284thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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
Bulls1,13975.05/cwt72.00–80.008554
Bulls1,61093.74/cwt89.00–97.001,5096
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,340108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,4471
CowsLean 85-90%1,09048.86/cwt44.00–54.0053321
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74666.85/cwt63.00–69.501,16715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,56872.37/cwt70.50–73.501,1357
Dairy HeifersLarge 3778534.28/cwt490.00–580.004,1572
Dairy HeifersLarge 3580490.73/cwt470.00–495.002,8466
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38375.11/cwt71.50–80.001,0393
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40655.69/cwt54.00–58.0078310
Dairy SteersLarge 332258.00/cwt58.00–58.001874
Dairy SteersLarge 337247.00/cwt47.00–47.001756
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Fancy770650.00/cwt650.00–650.005,0053
Dairy HeifersLarge 3730590.00/cwt590.00–590.004,3078
CowsLean 85-90%1,11058.33/cwt55.50–63.506478
CowsLean 85-90%1,05337.07/cwt30.00–40.003906
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy60396.00/cwt96.00–96.005793
Dairy SteersLarge 375056.00/cwt56.00–56.004201
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67558.46/cwt56.50–60.009792
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32963.08/cwt59.00–69.0083831
Bulls1,816102.10/cwt101.00–104.001,8544
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,19386.21/cwt84.00–89.001,0284
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy86287.00/cwt87.00–87.007504
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy33979.00/cwt79.00–79.002687
Dairy HeifersChoice1,24592.77/cwt88.00–98.001,1555
Dairy SteersChoice1,540100.98/cwt97.00–103.501,5558

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.