Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-11-22

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Nov 22
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
19 head
182 vs last sale 201 19 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
34 vs last sale 138 104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
2 vs last sale 5 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 5.00 higher based on a limited comparison. No other comparison data is available because of light receipts.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 102.37 against this barn's trailing median of $230.37.
Average price
$128.00
2 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$845
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
15.25
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1660128.008452thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
15101076642208median 230.3712/1612/1606/0908/0408/04
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,495.95, low $222.20, median $230.37 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2 hd
128.00
IN average5 barns · 398 hd
143.25
−15.25
This barn, trailing median3 sales
230.37
−102.37
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
BullsAverage1,70697.841,6695thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,81877.661,4129thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,53173.311,12227
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,27758.5474851
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,63597.061,5872thin

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,460$1,0001thin

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 341589.00/cwt89.00–89.003691
Dairy HeifersLarge 375085.00/cwt85.00–85.006381
Dairy SteersLarge 352077.00/cwt77.00–77.004001
Dairy SteersLarge 356571.00/cwt71.00–71.004011
HeifersMedium and Large 1660128.00/cwt128.00–128.008452
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 1721137.00/cwt137.00–137.009883
Dairy SteersLarge 326070.00/cwt70.00–70.001821
Dairy SteersLarge 341564.00/cwt64.00–64.002661
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650560.00/head560.00–560.005602
Dairy SteersLarge 3Fancy48294.00/cwt94.00–94.004532
Dairy SteersLarge 331560.00/cwt60.00–60.001891
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4601,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,15568.19/cwt67.00–69.507882
Bulls1,65898.06/cwt92.50–103.001,6263
Bulls2,395120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,8741
Bulls1,16075.00/cwt75.00–75.008701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53574.72/cwt70.00–80.001,14720
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37083.50/cwt83.50–83.501,1441
CowsLean 85-90%1,27645.53/cwt40.00–50.0058110
Dairy HeifersChoice1,63597.06/cwt95.00–99.001,5872
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53887.85/cwt86.00–90.001,3512
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84170.50/cwt69.50–73.001,2984
CowsLean 85-90%1,27057.25/cwt51.50–61.5072722
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54566.90/cwt65.00–69.501,0346
CowsLean 85-90%1,28666.89/cwt62.50–71.0086019
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,97380.40/cwt75.00–83.501,5863

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.