Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-01-09

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 9
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
42 vs last sale 57 25 vs year ago 40 · 62.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
14 vs last sale 113 41 vs year ago 168 · 24.4%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein steers were 2.00 lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were 9.00 lower based on a limited comparison. No other comparisons available available because of light receipts which the icy road conditions contributed to today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits 115.37 against this barn's trailing median of $230.37.
Average price
$115.00
1 head · 1,160 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,334
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
57.81
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,160115.001,3341thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
15101076642208median 230.3712/1612/1606/0908/0408/04
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,495.95, low $222.20, median $230.37 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
115.00
IN average5 barns · 364 hd
172.81
−57.81
This barn, trailing median3 sales
230.37
−115.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsAverage1,459120.411,7567thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,51398.461,49016
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,85996.771,79912
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,29980.941,05172
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,590142.002,2581thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage995102.501,0201thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,230153.371,8864thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,441162.402,3404thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,435149.502,1452thin

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 Stage (1-3 mo)865$8751thin

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 3685560.00/head560.00–560.005602
Dairy HeifersLarge 3705700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,1101,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 11,160115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3341
Bred HeifersApproved865875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Bulls1,398119.52/cwt118.00–121.001,6712
Bulls1,688132.57/cwt130.00–135.002,2383
Bulls1,175103.06/cwt100.00–106.001,2112
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,81884.41/cwt82.00–86.001,5354
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,895100.52/cwt96.00–105.501,9057
CowsLean 85-90%1,20866.33/cwt60.00–70.008019
CowsLean 85-90%1,29776.99/cwt71.00–82.0099928
CowsLean 85-90%1,32387.86/cwt83.00–93.501,16235
Dairy SteersSelect995102.50/cwt102.50–102.501,0201
Dairy SteersChoice1,590142.00/cwt142.00–142.002,2581
HeifersChoice1,230153.37/cwt149.00–159.501,8864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54699.63/cwt96.00–106.001,5409
CowsBoner 80-85%1,570118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,8531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45593.44/cwt86.00–95.501,3606
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,770120.00/cwt120.00–120.002,1241
SteersSelect and Choice1,435149.50/cwt149.00–150.002,1452
SteersChoice1,441162.40/cwt157.00–166.502,3404

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.