Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-03-26

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Mar 26
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
15 head
4 vs last sale 11 31 vs year ago 46 · 67.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
30 vs last sale 103 13 vs year ago 146 · 8.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as the auction was not reported 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
BullsAverage1,725143.002,4671thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,665129.892,1632thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,615123.501,9951thin
Dairy BullsHigh1,482127.671,8923thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,492121.841,81833
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,879119.122,23810
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,288104.861,35041
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,635145.452,3782thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,724160.462,7667thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,505140.002,1071thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,300173.502,2561thin
HeifersSelectAverage1,190138.001,6421thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,118169.901,8992thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,210158.001,9121thin

Every lot, as filed

24 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
HeifersChoice1,300173.50/cwt173.50–173.502,2561
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,471120.50/cwt116.00–126.501,77319
CowsBoner 80-85%1,665129.89/cwt125.00–135.002,1632
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,505140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1071
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,274101.36/cwt95.00–105.501,29115
SteersSelect and Choice1,210158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,9121
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,870132.04/cwt130.50–133.502,4692
Dairy Bulls1,620145.50/cwt145.50–145.502,3571
Dairy SteersChoice1,724160.46/cwt153.50–165.502,7667
Dairy HeifersChoice1,635145.45/cwt140.00–152.002,3782
CowsLean 85-90%1,615123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,9951
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,865121.32/cwt116.50–125.002,2635
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,19391.34/cwt87.00–98.001,0905
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,908106.85/cwt102.00–112.002,0393
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,474112.35/cwt105.50–115.501,6565
Dairy Bulls1,146110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2611
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,546129.94/cwt127.00–136.002,0099
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,320110.57/cwt106.00–116.001,46021
SteersChoice1,118169.90/cwt167.00–172.501,8992
HeifersSelect1,190138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,6421
Dairy Bulls1,680127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,1421
Bulls1,725143.00/cwt143.00–143.002,4671
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–500485650.00/head650.00–650.006502
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–350320200.00/head200.00–200.002001

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.