Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-06-04

Topeka Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jun 4
● Final8 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Receipts
98 head
59 vs last sale 157 29 vs year ago 127 · 22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher this week. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts. A contributing factor to lighter receipts today is many farmers were busy doing fieldwork before the next round of storms moved in.

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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,400142.321,9922thin
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,807135.692,4523thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,505131.571,98125
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,194110.411,31937

Every lot, as filed

8 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 CowsLean 85-90%1,220100.56/cwt95.00–104.001,22711
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,200120.53/cwt116.00–126.501,44610
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,173110.85/cwt105.00–115.001,30016
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,807135.69/cwt129.00–139.502,4523
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,465126.28/cwt119.00–129.501,85011
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,615142.57/cwt141.00–144.502,3034
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,506133.00/cwt130.00–139.502,00310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400142.32/cwt141.50–143.001,9922

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.