Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-04-05

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Apr 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
17 head
2 vs last sale 15 3 vs year ago 14 · +21.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
19 vs last sale 140 13 vs year ago 134 · 9.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on light receipts. Heifers were trending higher but not enough to make a good comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on light receipts.

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
BullsAverage1,47696.781,4294thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73383.411,44524
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,38276.331,05527
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21567.2181651
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,338102.231,3683thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,33094.001,2501thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,517115.391,7503thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,05575.327954thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,235128.501,5871thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,195123.001,4701thin

Every lot, as filed

23 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 3860698.84/cwt600.00–800.006,0102
Dairy SteersLarge 3385117.00/cwt117.00–117.004501
Dairy SteersLarge 3215120.00/cwt120.00–120.002583
Dairy SteersLarge 3496119.00/cwt119.00–119.005903
Dairy SteersLarge 3293130.28/cwt130.00–131.003827
Bulls1,710104.05/cwt102.50–106.001,7792
Bulls89067.00/cwt67.00–67.005961
Bulls1,595112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,7861
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44085.96/cwt84.00–88.001,2382
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41368.55/cwt65.00–70.009695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36877.31/cwt72.00–82.001,05820
Dairy HeifersChoice1,338102.23/cwt97.00–105.001,3683
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,33094.00/cwt94.00–94.001,2501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74482.62/cwt77.00–87.001,44117
Dairy SteersChoice1,517115.39/cwt109.50–119.501,7503
Dairy SteersSelect1,05575.32/cwt70.00–80.007954
HeifersChoice1,235128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,5871
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66891.44/cwt89.00–94.001,5255
CowsLean 85-90%1,21066.01/cwt60.00–70.0079926
CowsLean 85-90%1,22073.48/cwt70.50–77.5089618
CowsLean 85-90%1,21955.53/cwt50.00–59.006777
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,2602
SteersChoice1,195123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,4701

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.