Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-01-16

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 16
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
67 head
52 vs last sale 15 27 vs year ago 40 · +67.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
21 vs last sale 127 62 vs year ago 168 · 36.9%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
1 head
0 vs last sale 1 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were 5.00 higher this week.

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
BullsAverage1,040100.001,0402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,894106.482,0177thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,485103.871,54333
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24280.881,00529
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,560148.532,3172thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,308137.401,7976thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,287112.721,4513thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,03299.051,0223thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,408133.461,8793thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,330123.001,6361thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,342171.312,2993thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,535149.002,2874thin

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 Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)955$1,0501thin

Every lot, as filed

27 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 37901,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,40013
Dairy HeifersLarge 3135100.00/head100.00–100.001003
Dairy HeifersLarge 3275310.00/head310.00–310.003103
Dairy HeifersLarge 3480575.00/head575.00–575.005751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3192150.00/head150.00–150.001502
Dairy HeifersLarge 3632956.08/head835.00–1,025.009568
Dairy HeifersLarge 38411,311.66/head925.00–1,350.001,31211
Dairy HeifersLarge 39081,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0003
Bred HeifersApproved9551,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Bulls970109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0571
Bulls1,11091.00/cwt91.00–91.001,0101
CowsLean 85-90%1,22476.88/cwt73.00–83.0094110
CowsBoner 80-85%1,576114.15/cwt111.50–117.501,7994
CowsBoner 80-85%1,483105.96/cwt100.00–110.001,57117
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,803111.26/cwt106.00–115.502,0065
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,287112.72/cwt109.00–118.001,4513
Dairy HeifersSelect1,03299.05/cwt96.00–101.001,0223
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,330123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,6361
Dairy SteersChoice1,408133.46/cwt130.50–135.001,8793
Dairy HeifersChoice1,308137.40/cwt132.50–141.501,7976
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,560148.53/cwt143.50–152.502,3172
CowsBreaker 75-80%2,12394.53/cwt90.00–99.002,0072
SteersSelect and Choice1,535149.00/cwt148.00–150.002,2874
SteersChoice1,342171.31/cwt169.00–174.502,2993
CowsLean 85-90%1,30988.71/cwt84.00–94.001,16113
CowsLean 85-90%1,12970.58/cwt70.00–72.507976
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45897.48/cwt95.00–99.001,42112

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.