Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-05-07

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, May 7
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
253 vs last sale 264 26 vs year ago 37 · 70.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
121 head
22 vs last sale 99 12 vs year ago 133 · 9.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available this week because 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
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,317156.352,0593thin
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,125146.001,6431thin
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,115140.801,5703thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,270101.001,2831thin
Dairy BullsAverage2,125141.002,9962thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,535122.271,87635
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,873116.092,1749thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,264104.801,32539
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,725149.002,5701thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,103130.341,4383thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,050122.771,2892thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,360148.332,0172thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,285139.001,7861thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,128163.011,8392thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,155164.001,8941thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,228144.421,7732thin

Every lot, as filed

26 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 Bulls1,935135.00/cwt135.00–135.002,6121
Dairy Bulls2,315147.00/cwt147.00–147.003,4031
Dairy HeifersSelect1,050122.77/cwt122.00–123.501,2892
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,103130.34/cwt126.00–136.001,4383
Beef/Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,125146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,6431
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,115140.80/cwt138.00–146.001,5703
Dairy HeifersLarge 3950–10009501,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4252
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4900–9509451,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,317156.35/cwt153.00–158.002,0593
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,512123.37/cwt118.50–128.501,86524
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,14292.97/cwt88.50–98.001,0626
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,604116.25/cwt112.00–118.001,8659
HeifersChoice1,128163.01/cwt159.50–167.001,8392
Dairy HeifersLarge 31150–12001,1621,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4752
CowsLean 85-90%1,270101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,2831
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,493136.24/cwt132.50–140.002,0342
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,845107.01/cwt105.00–109.001,9742
SteersSelect and Choice1,228144.42/cwt142.50–146.001,7732
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,900117.30/cwt113.50–123.002,2296
Dairy HeifersChoice1,725149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,5701
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,285139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7861
SteersChoice1,155164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,8941
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,289104.32/cwt100.00–109.001,34524
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,280113.98/cwt110.00–120.001,4599
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,765127.00/cwt127.00–127.002,2421
Dairy SteersChoice1,360148.33/cwt143.00–153.002,0172

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.