Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-09-26

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
90 vs last sale 139 106 vs year ago 155 · 68.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
9 vs last sale 137 23 vs year ago 123 · +18.7%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
3 head
3 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 3 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

Slaughter cows were mostly steady this week. Slaughter bulls were trending lower 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
BullsAverage1,970109.002,1471thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,495106.101,58617
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,778104.501,8583thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,32683.891,11281
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,313137.731,8084thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,078111.361,2002thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,506154.832,3325thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,113135.991,5142thin

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 Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)1,170$1,5503thin

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 HeifersLarge 39951,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3423492.40/head475.00–510.004922
Dairy HeifersLarge 38361,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2505
Dairy HeifersLarge 3665710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Dairy HeifersLarge 39151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,0801,150.00/head1,150.00–1,150.001,1501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3560550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred HeifersApproved1,1701,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5503
Bulls1,970109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,1471
CowsBoner 80-85%1,447117.14/cwt116.00–118.001,6953
CowsBoner 80-85%1,57598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,5441
CowsBoner 80-85%1,500104.18/cwt101.50–110.001,56313
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,84095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,7571
CowsLean 85-90%1,33082.72/cwt76.00–88.001,10032
Dairy SteersChoice1,506154.83/cwt152.00–157.502,3325
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,113135.99/cwt134.00–138.001,5142
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,750101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,7681
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,745117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,0421
Dairy HeifersChoice1,313137.73/cwt135.50–139.001,8084
CowsLean 85-90%1,39993.22/cwt89.00–99.501,30430
CowsLean 85-90%1,20371.12/cwt65.00–75.0085619
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,078111.36/cwt107.00–116.001,2002

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.