Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-12-13

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
47 head
33 vs last sale 14 4 vs year ago 51 · 7.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
128 head
13 vs last sale 141 6 vs year ago 134 · 4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. No other comparisons are available because of 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
BullsLow1,17972.258523thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,78371.331,27216
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,61370.931,14422
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29854.8371160
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,532107.521,6473thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,707125.002,1346thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,615112.001,8091thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,418132.641,8814thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,135120.001,3621thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 3465350.00/head350.00–350.003501
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2570475.00/head475.00–475.004751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Fancy331425.00/head425.00–425.0042512
Dairy HeifersLarge 3505350.00/head350.00–350.003501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3267350.00/head350.00–350.0035011
Dairy SteersLarge 363371.74/cwt71.00–72.504542
Dairy SteersLarge 356160.00/cwt60.00–60.003373
Dairy SteersLarge 371270.53/cwt60.00–85.005024
Dairy SteersLarge 323085.00/cwt85.00–85.001961
Dairy SteersLarge 388598.00/cwt98.00–98.008671
Dairy SteersLarge 334090.00/cwt90.00–90.003062
Dairy SteersLarge 335789.00/cwt89.00–89.003182
Dairy SteersLarge 347570.00/cwt70.00–70.003331
Bulls1,03364.38/cwt60.00–70.006652
Bulls1,47088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2941
CowsBoner 80-85%1,62584.00/cwt84.00–84.001,3651
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61071.03/cwt67.00–77.001,14418
CowsBoner 80-85%1,62866.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0743
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,31090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,1791
SteersChoice1,418132.64/cwt129.00–137.001,8814
Dairy SteersChoice1,707125.00/cwt120.00–128.502,1346
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,615112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,8091
Dairy HeifersChoice1,532107.52/cwt100.00–112.001,6473
CowsLean 85-90%1,25255.79/cwt50.00–60.0069839
CowsLean 85-90%1,53065.15/cwt61.00–68.509979
CowsLean 85-90%1,27243.95/cwt40.00–48.5055912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75365.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1392
SteersSelect and Choice1,135120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3621
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,82470.87/cwt67.50–74.001,29313

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.