Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-10-19

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
176 head
▲ 147 vs last sale 29▲ 96 vs year ago 80 · +120.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 111▼ 57 vs year ago 171 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady to 1.00 higher based on a limited comparison. No report is available on slaughter heifers and slaughter Holstein heifers because of light receipts. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher and slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $69.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −947.83 against this barn's trailing median of $1,016.83.
Average price
$69.00
3 head · 588 lb average
Value per head Derived
$406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−36.35
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 358869.004063thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

5 sales
122911501071992median 1016.8308/0409/0109/1509/2209/29
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $1,214.76, low $1,005.59, median $1,016.83 across 5 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
69.00
—
IN average4 barns · 111 hd
105.35
−36.35
This barn, trailing median5 sales
1,016.83
−947.83
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
Bulls—Average1,70989.491,5294thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58156.6589520
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,42953.9477113
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17143.3250739
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,60797.991,5753thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,26573.069242thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,27061.007751thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,496104.251,5609thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34795.641,2883thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,167102.761,1993thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,550113.671,7624thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
BullsLarge 3—53579.00/cwt79.00–79.004231
BullsLarge 3—61564.00/cwt64.00–64.003942
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—91096.00/cwt96.00–96.008741
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—938894.50/cwt600.00–930.008,39015
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,081810.00/cwt810.00–810.008,7563
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—870672.18/cwt510.00–820.005,84811
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—695480.00/cwt480.00–480.003,3361
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—494434.59/cwt340.00–450.002,1477
Dairy SteersLarge 3—74573.00/cwt73.00–73.005441
Dairy SteersLarge 3—69569.00/cwt69.00–69.004801
Dairy SteersLarge 3—63771.00/cwt71.00–71.004524
Dairy SteersLarge 3—51583.00/cwt83.00–83.004271
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—540507.04/cwt400.00–520.002,7389
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—263200.00/cwt200.00–200.005263
Dairy SteersLarge 3—35083.00/cwt83.00–83.002912
Dairy SteersLarge 3—42085.00/cwt85.00–85.003571
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—427323.98/cwt310.00–330.001,3835
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—380310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1781
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—812708.27/cwt620.00–760.005,7518
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—728685.79/cwt580.00–810.004,99335
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—347210.00/cwt210.00–210.007292
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—638478.46/cwt435.00–490.003,0538
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—596585.00/cwt585.00–585.003,4879
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—780674.13/cwt510.00–790.005,25829
Bulls——1,70989.49/cwt86.50–92.001,5294
CowsLean 85-90%—1,27451.30/cwt47.50–55.0065414
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42953.94/cwt50.00–59.0077113
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,57557.06/cwt54.00–64.0089918
SteersChoice—1,550113.67/cwt112.00–115.501,7624
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,63052.98/cwt52.50–53.508642
Dairy SteersChoice—1,496104.25/cwt100.00–107.501,5609
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,34795.64/cwt94.00–97.001,2883
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11630.89/cwt26.00–36.003457
CowsLean 85-90%—1,11341.94/cwt37.00–47.0046718
HeifersChoice—1,167102.76/cwt100.00–107.501,1993
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice—1,26573.06/cwt70.00–76.009242
Dairy HeifersChoice—1,60797.99/cwt95.00–100.001,5753
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,27061.00/cwt61.00–61.007751

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.