Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-02-28

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 28
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
23 head
41 vs last sale 64 2 vs year ago 25 · 8.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
112 head
3 vs last sale 115 29 vs year ago 141 · 20.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

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
BullsAverage1,755124.992,1942thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,81093.381,69012
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,47993.311,38038
CowsLean 85-90%High1,19973.3087934
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,490121.591,8126thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,545112.501,7382thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,580129.002,0381thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,505117.551,7692thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,18591.321,0822thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,430158.772,2702thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,420161.082,2875thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,335145.331,9402thin

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 SteersLarge 3608134.00/cwt134.00–134.008154
Dairy SteersLarge 3808123.00/cwt123.00–123.009945
Dairy SteersLarge 3509140.00/cwt140.00–140.007136
Dairy HeifersLarge 3730600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Bulls1,755124.99/cwt121.00–131.002,1942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,513103.56/cwt100.00–109.001,5678
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76695.49/cwt90.00–100.001,6867
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,8161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,89587.52/cwt86.00–89.001,6594
CowsLean 85-90%1,24380.79/cwt75.00–85.001,00416
CowsLean 85-90%1,12357.14/cwt49.00–60.006425
CowsLean 85-90%1,17570.31/cwt65.00–74.0082613
Dairy SteersSelect1,18591.32/cwt88.00–94.001,0822
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,505117.55/cwt117.00–118.001,7692
Dairy SteersChoice1,580129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,0381
SteersSelect and Choice1,335145.33/cwt142.50–147.501,9402
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43681.91/cwt75.00–86.001,1766
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47892.75/cwt87.00–98.001,37124
HeifersChoice1,430158.77/cwt158.00–159.502,2702
SteersChoice1,420161.08/cwt154.00–166.502,2875
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,545112.50/cwt112.00–113.001,7382
Dairy HeifersChoice1,490121.59/cwt117.00–127.501,8126

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.