Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-08-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
17 vs last sale 21 4 vs year ago 34 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
24 vs last sale 106 13 vs year ago 143 · 9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as the auction was not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $92.00/cwt on 2 head.
Average price
$92.00
2 head · 615 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
32.12
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 161592.005662thin
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 sale2 hd
92.00
IN average4 barns · 353 hd
124.12
−32.12
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
BullsHigh1,90397.251,85010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,82666.461,21315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44463.7692018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17752.3461665
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,446105.351,52311

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
Dairy SteersLarge 361574.00/cwt74.00–74.004551
Bulls2,233107.69/cwt106.00–110.502,4053
Dairy SteersChoice1,446105.35/cwt100.00–109.501,52311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45568.50/cwt68.50–68.509971
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74860.64/cwt58.50–62.001,0603
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84567.92/cwt63.00–73.001,25312
CowsLean 85-90%1,16153.41/cwt48.00–58.0062039
SteersMedium and Large 156593.00/cwt93.00–93.005251
SteersMedium and Large 166591.00/cwt91.00–91.006051
Dairy SteersLarge 339579.00/cwt79.00–79.003121
Dairy HeifersLarge 3595450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,6781
Dairy SteersLarge 370061.00/cwt61.00–61.004271
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44363.48/cwt57.00–67.0091617
Bulls1,51884.26/cwt78.00–87.001,2793
Dairy SteersLarge 365088.00/cwt88.00–88.0057211
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy40097.00/cwt97.00–97.003881
Bulls1,94399.17/cwt97.50–100.001,9274
CowsLean 85-90%1,31561.76/cwt58.50–65.0081211
CowsLean 85-90%1,11942.67/cwt37.50–47.5047715
Dairy SteersLarge 332586.00/cwt86.00–86.002801
Dairy HeifersLarge 3541400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1643
Dairy HeifersLarge 3425275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1691

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.