Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-10-24

Topeka Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 24
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Receipts
132 head
38 vs last sale 170 28 vs year ago 160 · 17.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 4.00 lower. Light receipts today as local farmers had a break in the rainy weather and had a nice fall day to focus on the harvest. Note: No Topeka Livestock Auction next week because of the horse sale.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,54896.341,49113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,84389.501,6496thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,30176.3099348

Every lot, as filed

8 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56497.17/cwt93.50–102.001,5207
CowsBoner 80-85%1,560106.60/cwt103.50–109.001,6632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51489.75/cwt88.00–91.501,3594
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85587.30/cwt84.00–89.501,6195
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,7891
CowsLean 85-90%1,19273.65/cwt68.50–79.0087819
CowsLean 85-90%1,41185.99/cwt80.00–91.501,21319
CowsLean 85-90%1,30062.90/cwt57.00–67.0081810

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.