Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-03-05

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Mar 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
15 vs last sale 26 75 vs year ago 86 · 87.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
11 vs last sale 114 66 vs year ago 169 · 39.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter steer and heifer classes now include Dairy/Beef cross classifications. Additionally, there is now a Dairy classification for slaughter cows. Due to these additional classes, comparisons will resume next week. Note: There is no Topeka hay or livestock auction next week as they prepare for their spring draft horse sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $140.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$140.00
1 head · 665 lb average
Value per head Derived
$931
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
113.92 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1665140.009311thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
140.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
140.00
+0.00
National average166 barns · 17,981 hd
253.92
−113.92
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,760128.502,2621thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,415119.001,6841thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,508103.501,5612thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,452116.981,69921
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,884109.232,0586thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,301101.611,32241
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,445151.002,1821thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,470123.001,8081thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,540128.001,9711thin

Every lot, as filed

19 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 CowsBreaker 75-80%1,871112.59/cwt110.00–119.002,1074
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,760128.50/cwt128.50–128.502,2621
CowsLean 85-90%1,508103.50/cwt102.00–105.001,5612
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,405110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5461
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,20191.13/cwt85.00–95.001,09411
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,442111.14/cwt108.00–118.001,60312
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,380124.96/cwt124.00–126.001,7242
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,950125.00/cwt125.00–125.002,4381
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,463116.48/cwt111.00–121.001,70418
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,4961
Dairy SteersChoice1,445151.00/cwt151.00–151.002,1821
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,470123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,8081
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650600685.00/head685.00–685.006851
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–500495710.00/head710.00–710.007101
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700665140.00/cwt140.00–140.009311
Dairy HeifersLarge 3950–10009551,085.00/head1,085.00–1,085.001,0851
CowsBoner 80-85%1,415119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,6841
HeifersSelect and Choice1,540128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,9711
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,267101.67/cwt95.50–106.001,28818

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.