Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-08-09

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
12 head
10 vs last sale 22 26 vs year ago 38 · 68.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
6 vs last sale 114 10 vs year ago 130 · 7.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. No other comparison data is available because of light receipts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$135.00
1 head · 260 lb average
Value per head Derived
$351
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
11.97
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1260135.003511thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
135.00
IN average4 barns · 208 hd
146.97
−11.97
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
BullsLow1,515113.101,7144thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,68690.001,51815
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41485.191,20534
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19669.6583346
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,145120.001,3742thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,593128.802,0524thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,285129.001,6581thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,343140.091,8812thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)1,000$7851thin

Every lot, as filed

22 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 3244190.36/cwt150.00–200.004645
Dairy SteersLarge 3320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
Dairy SteersLarge 3640133.00/cwt133.00–133.008513
Dairy SteersLarge 3Value Added385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005971
SteersMedium and Large 1260135.00/cwt135.00–135.003511
Bred HeifersApproved1,000785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Bulls1,450102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,4791
Bulls1,580111.21/cwt108.00–114.001,7572
Bulls1,450128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,8561
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41190.94/cwt89.50–93.001,2837
CowsBoner 80-85%1,69075.96/cwt75.00–77.001,2842
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87581.14/cwt78.00–83.001,5215
CowsLean 85-90%1,21770.96/cwt66.50–76.0086427
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39384.32/cwt79.00–88.501,17525
Dairy SteersChoice1,593128.80/cwt124.50–130.502,0524
HeifersChoice1,285129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6581
CowsLean 85-90%1,27382.02/cwt78.00–87.501,0447
CowsLean 85-90%1,10359.47/cwt55.00–65.0065612
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,363102.74/cwt98.00–108.501,4002
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64992.36/cwt87.00–97.001,5238
SteersChoice1,343140.09/cwt137.00–143.501,8812
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,145120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3742

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.