Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-10-11

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 11
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
32 head
12 vs last sale 20 3 vs year ago 29 · +10.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
96 head
19 vs last sale 115 15 vs year ago 111 · 13.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady. No other comparison data is available because of light receipts as many producers were working on the crop harvest before area storms set in. Note: The October 25 auction is canceled to prepare for the annual horse sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.17/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$126.17
3 head · 685 lb average
Value per head Derived
$864
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$455
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$13.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
39.06
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1785130.501,0242thin
Medium and Large 1-2485117.505701thin
One grade step is worth $13.00/cwt here — about $455 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
126.17
IN average4 barns · 537 hd
165.23
−39.06
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
BullsAverage1,61099.361,6002thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59886.411,3814thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,56479.121,23716
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,31366.3387147
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,462120.431,7617thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,365112.001,5291thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,640141.972,3283thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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
SteersMedium and Large 1865128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1071
SteersMedium and Large 1705133.00/cwt133.00–133.009381
SteersMedium and Large 1-2485117.50/cwt117.50–117.505701
Dairy SteersLarge 368580.00/cwt80.00–80.005481
Dairy SteersLarge 397088.00/cwt88.00–88.008541
Dairy SteersLarge 345895.00/cwt95.00–95.004358
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 437572.00/cwt72.00–72.002701
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 4520200.00/head200.00–200.002001
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy405116.00/cwt116.00–116.004701
Bulls1,61099.36/cwt95.00–104.001,6002
CowsBoner 80-85%1,66075.46/cwt75.00–76.001,2532
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55079.64/cwt77.00–83.501,23414
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60388.31/cwt85.50–92.001,4162
CowsLean 85-90%1,24562.88/cwt57.00–67.0078314
CowsLean 85-90%1,37973.43/cwt69.00–79.001,01325
CowsLean 85-90%1,22350.19/cwt45.00–55.006148
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,175104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2221
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,01065.00/cwt65.00–65.001,3071
Dairy SteersChoice1,462120.43/cwt116.00–124.501,7617
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,365112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,5291
SteersChoice1,640141.97/cwt138.00–148.002,3283

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.