Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-03-07

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Mar 7
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
63 vs last sale 23 56 vs year ago 30 · +186.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
169 head
57 vs last sale 112 48 vs year ago 121 · +39.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: No Hay or Livestock Auction on 3/14/23. Compared to last week, slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter heifers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower while slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

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
BullsAverage1,408112.381,5825thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,76790.141,59319
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,54588.741,37151
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23673.7091165
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,271112.061,4245thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,647137.222,2607thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,355123.501,6731thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,315167.502,2031thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,583157.892,4992thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,525174.002,6541thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,509155.972,3547thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,543147.992,2832thin
SteersSelectAverage1,363129.001,7582thin

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 3485475.00/head475.00–475.004751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3820870.31/head860.00–890.008703
Dairy HeifersLarge 3171240.00/head240.00–240.002404
Dairy HeifersLarge 3369500.00/head500.00–500.0050015
Dairy HeifersLarge 3310447.92/head260.00–460.0044816
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,0661,108.35/head1,100.00–1,110.001,1086
Dairy SteersLarge 357599.00/cwt99.00–99.005691
Dairy SteersLarge 381077.00/cwt77.00–77.006241
Dairy HeifersLarge 3640490.00/head490.00–490.004901
Bulls1,730130.20/cwt127.00–132.002,2523
Bulls92585.65/cwt80.00–90.007922
CowsBoner 80-85%1,64697.10/cwt95.00–103.001,5988
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50680.92/cwt79.00–83.501,2197
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70899.25/cwt98.00–103.001,6955
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78982.90/cwt75.00–86.001,4838
Dairy SteersChoice1,647137.22/cwt130.00–141.002,2607
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,355123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,6731
SteersSelect1,363129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,7582
SteersSelect and Choice1,543147.99/cwt147.00–149.002,2832
SteersChoice1,509155.97/cwt150.00–162.002,3547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78892.21/cwt87.00–97.501,6496
HeifersChoice and Prime1,315167.50/cwt167.50–167.502,2031
Dairy HeifersChoice1,271112.06/cwt107.00–118.001,4245
CowsLean 85-90%1,22371.45/cwt64.00–77.0087430
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53088.40/cwt84.00–94.501,35336
CowsLean 85-90%1,03255.56/cwt51.00–61.005739
CowsLean 85-90%1,32182.58/cwt78.00–89.001,09126
HeifersChoice1,583157.89/cwt152.00–165.002,4992
SteersChoice and Prime1,525174.00/cwt174.00–174.002,6541

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.