Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-03-08

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Mar 8
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 25▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 141▲ 121 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not reported last week. There will be no Topeka livestock or hay auctions on 3/15/22 as several horse auctions are taking place instead.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $111.43/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −352.15 against this barn's trailing median of $463.58.
Average price
$111.43
5 head · 1,039 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−24.11
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-21,039111.431,1575thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
15101079648216median 463.5806/0906/0908/0409/1509/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,495.95, low $230.37, median $463.58 across 3 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 sale5 hd
111.43
—
IN average5 barns · 435 hd
135.54
−24.11
This barn, trailing median3 sales
463.58
−352.15
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—Average1,995108.252,1602thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74986.111,50618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43778.991,13541
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22865.3780343
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,15080.009201thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,618121.401,9646thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,333111.461,4862thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,289105.151,3554thin
SteersSelectAverage1,13592.001,0441thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fancy—1,065125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,3311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—1,200108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,2961
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—976108.05/cwt100.00–112.001,0553
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—945110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,0401
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—295325.00/cwt325.00–325.009591
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—570335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9101
Dairy SteersLarge 3—77098.00/cwt98.00–98.007551
Dairy SteersLarge 3—1,00597.00/cwt97.00–97.009751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,1501,030.00/cwt1,030.00–1,030.0011,8451
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—682535.00/cwt535.00–535.003,6492
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,092980.00/cwt980.00–980.0010,7024
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—375461.41/cwt430.00–470.001,73014
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—321413.88/cwt345.00–445.001,32915
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy—1,015117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1882
Bulls——1,730100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,7391
Bulls——2,260116.00/cwt116.00–116.002,6221
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39879.28/cwt74.50–84.501,10824
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49286.08/cwt85.00–88.001,28410
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,49467.89/cwt64.00–71.001,0147
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,68489.72/cwt86.50–95.001,5117
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,15080.00/cwt80.00–80.009201
Dairy SteersChoice—1,618121.40/cwt117.50–126.501,9646
Dairy SteersSelect—1,289105.15/cwt95.00–110.001,3554
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice—1,333111.46/cwt111.00–112.001,4862
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,835108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,9821
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,78681.39/cwt74.00–84.501,45410
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08647.71/cwt44.00–50.005184
CowsLean 85-90%—1,17261.44/cwt56.00–67.0072019
CowsLean 85-90%—1,30972.63/cwt68.00–76.5095120
SteersSelect—1,13592.00/cwt92.00–92.001,0441

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.