Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-01-24

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 24
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
30 head
10 vs last sale 40 6 vs year ago 24 · +25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
53 vs last sale 168 32 vs year ago 83 · +38.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not reported last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $76.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$76.00
1 head · 765 lb average
Value per head Derived
$581
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
77.97
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 276576.005811thin
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
76.00
IN average3 barns · 187 hd
153.97
−77.97
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
BullsAverage1,442102.341,4754thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,48679.271,17830
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,86174.491,3867thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27063.2180352
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,16599.151,1552thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,420124.001,7611thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,240111.961,3883thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,13898.481,1212thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285102.001,3111thin

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 276576.00/cwt76.00–76.005811
Dairy HeifersLarge 3325275.00/head275.00–275.002751
Dairy SteersLarge 3280105.00/cwt105.00–105.002941
Dairy SteersLarge 3360101.00/cwt101.00–101.003641
Dairy SteersLarge 376594.99/cwt93.00–97.007272
Dairy HeifersLarge 3205230.00/head230.00–230.002301
Dairy HeifersLarge 3265220.00/head220.00–220.002201
Bulls1,567109.78/cwt108.00–111.001,7203
Bulls1,06580.00/cwt80.00–80.008521
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48877.25/cwt73.00–82.001,14920
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47392.53/cwt89.50–97.001,3636
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49669.47/cwt68.00–70.001,0394
CowsLean 85-90%1,24962.05/cwt56.00–66.0077516
Dairy SteersChoice1,420124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,7611
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,16599.15/cwt95.00–103.001,1552
HeifersSelect and Choice1,285102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,3111
CowsLean 85-90%1,40672.26/cwt68.00–78.001,01622
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86174.49/cwt73.00–76.001,3867
CowsLean 85-90%1,08250.30/cwt45.00–55.5054414
Dairy SteersSelect1,13898.48/cwt98.00–99.001,1212
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,240111.96/cwt108.00–116.001,3883

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.