Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-11-07

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Nov 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
15 vs last sale 0 158 vs year ago 173 · 91.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
11 vs last sale 132 39 vs year ago 160 · 24.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report this week because there was no auction last 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
BullsAverage1,782130.472,3243thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,805102.001,8412thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,506100.361,51125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29482.231,06455
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,385139.001,9251thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,57796.601,5236thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,41987.821,2467thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,07074.738004thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,478145.172,1463thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,363136.261,8572thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,140112.001,2771thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,22096.001,1711thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,295148.391,9224thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,325138.001,8291thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 38471,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Dairy HeifersLarge 3333400.00/head400.00–400.004003
Dairy SteersLarge 3630112.50/cwt112.50–112.507092
Bulls1,715123.20/cwt118.00–128.502,1132
Bulls1,915145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,7771
Dairy HeifersLarge 3365410.00/head410.00–410.004101
Dairy SteersLarge 3510130.00/cwt130.00–130.006631
Dairy HeifersLarge 3310175.00/cwt175.00–175.005431
Dairy HeifersLarge 3875125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0942
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50395.15/cwt90.00–100.001,43015
CowsBoner 80-85%1,320127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,6761
CowsLean 85-90%1,24778.55/cwt73.00–83.0098019
CowsBoner 80-85%1,531106.09/cwt101.50–112.001,6249
Dairy HeifersSelect1,07074.73/cwt70.00–78.008004
HeifersSelect1,22096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1711
Dairy SteersSelect1,140112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,2771
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,363136.26/cwt135.00–137.501,8572
Dairy SteersChoice1,478145.17/cwt140.00–150.002,1463
Dairy HeifersChoice1,57796.60/cwt93.50–107.501,5236
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,41987.82/cwt81.00–91.001,2467
SteersChoice1,295148.39/cwt146.00–151.001,9224
SteersSelect and Choice1,325138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,8291
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,385139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,9251
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,805102.00/cwt101.50–102.501,8412
CowsLean 85-90%1,28587.58/cwt83.50–93.501,12530
CowsLean 85-90%1,48867.09/cwt61.00–70.009986

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.