Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-02-27

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 27
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
26 head
4 vs last sale 22 3 vs year ago 23 · +13.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
5 vs last sale 119 2 vs year ago 112 · +1.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report is available as the auction was not covered last 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,826116.972,1365thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,565115.711,81037
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,27695.001,21243
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,568121.591,9072thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,635184.003,0081thin

Every lot, as filed

15 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
SteersChoice1,635184.00/cwt184.00–184.003,0081
CowsLean 85-90%1,25893.23/cwt88.00–98.001,17322
CowsLean 85-90%1,335104.44/cwt99.00–109.001,39414
Dairy HeifersChoice1,568121.59/cwt119.00–124.001,9072
CowsLean 85-90%1,21681.69/cwt75.00–85.509937
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,840123.50/cwt123.50–123.502,2721
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,823115.34/cwt110.00–119.002,1034
CowsBoner 80-85%1,573107.10/cwt105.00–109.501,6856
CowsBoner 80-85%1,559125.34/cwt121.50–131.501,9547
CowsBoner 80-85%1,564115.06/cwt110.00–120.501,80024
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,1331,385.00/head1,385.00–1,385.001,3854
Dairy HeifersLarge 37561,223.11/head925.00–1,325.001,2234
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,3121,635.00/head1,635.00–1,635.001,6352
Dairy HeifersLarge 3582475.00/head475.00–475.004752
Dairy HeifersLarge 3840825.00/head825.00–825.008251

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.