Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-05-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, May 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 69▲ 20 vs year ago 24 · +83.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 135▲ 47 vs year ago 76 · +61.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not covered last week. One extremely high dressing slaughter bull not included below weighed 1,640 lbs and sold for 170.00 per cwt.

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—Average1,43797.121,3954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61485.731,38312
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35281.211,09818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26866.2984060
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,13079.008931thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,466123.351,80817
HeifersChoiceAverage1,090134.001,4611thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,372135.201,8553thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 3—517437.26/cwt360.00–520.002,2613
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—425324.35/cwt270.00–380.001,3782
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—313303.08/cwt290.00–310.009493
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—880770.00/cwt770.00–770.006,7761
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Fancy—9401,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,4002
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—975800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,8001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,055880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,2841
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—660650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,2901
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—480412.11/cwt400.00–450.001,9784
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—759759.07/cwt755.00–790.005,7619
Dairy HeifersLarge 3—1,2071,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0012,1912
Bulls——1,740114.23/cwt111.50–117.001,9882
Bulls——1,13380.00/cwt80.00–80.009062
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,570102.30/cwt98.50–105.001,6062
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,84376.28/cwt75.50–77.001,4062
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22664.73/cwt58.50–69.0079428
CowsLean 85-90%—1,35273.97/cwt69.50–79.501,00023
SteersChoice—1,372135.20/cwt130.00–138.501,8553
Dairy HeifersSelect—1,13079.00/cwt79.00–79.008931
Dairy SteersChoice—1,466123.35/cwt120.00–127.001,80817
CowsLean 85-90%—1,18351.51/cwt46.50–56.006099
HeifersChoice—1,090134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4611
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17075.00/cwt75.00–75.008781
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,38080.84/cwt77.50–85.001,11615
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,23087.07/cwt86.00–88.001,0712
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,56783.95/cwt79.00–88.001,3158

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.