Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-01-25

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 25
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
24 head
3 vs last sale 27 24 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
83 head
42 vs last sale 125 83 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison available this week as auction was not covered last week.

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
BullsAverage1,775102.051,8114thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,60872.711,16912
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,37667.2492523
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24557.3471425
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,610109.501,7631thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,34094.671,2693thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,680114.481,9232thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,569106.341,6686thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,46594.681,3872thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,28587.081,1193thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 HeifersLarge 3705590.00/cwt590.00–590.004,1604
Dairy HeifersLarge 3375335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,2561
Dairy HeifersLarge 3855790.00/cwt790.00–790.006,7553
Dairy HeifersLarge 3280270.00/cwt270.00–270.007564
Dairy HeifersLarge 3525424.86/cwt420.00–440.002,2314
Bulls1,87398.74/cwt95.50–104.001,8493
Bulls1,480112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6581
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16060.24/cwt60.00–60.506992
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61072.32/cwt67.50–76.501,16411
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,2241
CowsLean 85-90%1,33154.44/cwt50.00–59.007258
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40166.92/cwt63.50–69.5093818
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,46594.68/cwt90.00–99.001,3872
Dairy SteersChoice1,569106.34/cwt101.50–110.001,6686
Dairy SteersChoice and Prime1,680114.48/cwt113.50–115.501,9232
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37073.81/cwt73.50–74.001,0113
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,34094.67/cwt91.00–98.501,2693
Dairy HeifersChoice1,610109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,7631
Dairy SteersSelect1,28587.08/cwt85.00–89.001,1193
CowsLean 85-90%1,24363.63/cwt61.00–65.0079112
CowsLean 85-90%1,11046.88/cwt40.00–49.505205

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.