Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-04-12

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Apr 12
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
31 head
14 vs last sale 17 5 vs year ago 26 · +19.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
137 head
16 vs last sale 121 10 vs year ago 147 · 6.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher based on light receipts. No report is available on slaughter steers and heifers. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were trending higher 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
BullsHigh1,597106.511,70112
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,77681.151,44114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47174.211,09230
CowsLean 85-90%High1,23264.0178848
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,35089.001,2021thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage94077.677302thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,545120.561,86315
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,434112.581,6144thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 3645425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,7411
Dairy HeifersLarge 3705760.00/cwt760.00–760.005,3581
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,045900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,4051
Dairy SteersLarge 3605108.25/cwt108.00–109.006554
Dairy SteersLarge 346084.00/cwt84.00–84.003861
Dairy SteersLarge 3655102.00/cwt102.00–102.006681
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Fancy8751,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.008,7504
Dairy HeifersLarge 3335320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,0721
Dairy HeifersLarge 3457490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,2394
Dairy SteersLarge 3560111.23/cwt98.00–124.006232
Dairy HeifersLarge 3975850.00/cwt850.00–850.008,2881
Bulls1,521116.34/cwt112.00–120.001,7704
Bulls1,676107.39/cwt103.00–111.001,8005
Bulls1,56791.92/cwt90.00–95.501,4403
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48475.06/cwt70.50–79.001,11423
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780107.60/cwt106.00–109.001,9152
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86373.15/cwt68.00–77.501,3638
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,434112.58/cwt110.00–116.001,6144
Dairy SteersChoice1,545120.56/cwt117.50–127.501,86315
Dairy HeifersSelect94077.67/cwt76.00–79.007302
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,35089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47664.58/cwt60.00–68.009534
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60183.91/cwt81.50–90.001,3434
CowsLean 85-90%1,30570.29/cwt68.50–73.0091712
CowsLean 85-90%1,10851.08/cwt47.00–55.005665
CowsLean 85-90%1,22363.67/cwt58.00–67.0077931
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36580.52/cwt80.00–81.501,0993

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.