Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-09-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
10 vs last sale 30 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
12 vs last sale 109 25 vs year ago 122 · 20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 5.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts this 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
BullsAverage1,490154.002,2951thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,337127.961,7116thin
Dairy BullsLow1,518131.501,9962thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,468129.911,90710
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,866126.792,3667thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,328115.121,52943
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,680157.762,6502thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,343169.392,2752thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340171.742,3019thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,300160.232,0832thin

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
HeifersChoice1,343169.39/cwt167.00–171.502,2752
SteersChoice1,340171.74/cwt168.50–174.502,3019
Dairy Bulls1,405122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7141
SteersSelect and Choice1,300160.23/cwt160.00–160.502,0832
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,913129.12/cwt124.00–133.502,4705
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,648119.45/cwt117.00–122.001,9692
Dairy HeifersLarge 3500–550545785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700683868.74/head800.00–935.008692
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–350330436.76/head300.00–500.004375
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–600551950.00/head950.00–950.0095014
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–450430700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–500468661.50/head600.00–725.006622
Dairy HeifersLarge 3200–250245375.00/head375.00–375.003751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3350–400390550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,748120.97/cwt119.50–122.502,1152
CowsBoner 80-85%1,460140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0441
Bulls1,490154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,2951
Dairy Bulls1,630141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,2981
CowsBoner 80-85%1,110119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,3261
CowsBoner 80-85%1,363127.06/cwt123.00–131.001,7324
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,205100.27/cwt95.50–105.001,2087
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,308112.26/cwt107.00–116.001,46814
Dairy SteersChoice1,680157.76/cwt157.50–158.002,6502
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,380121.66/cwt117.50–127.501,67922
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,512136.50/cwt136.50–136.502,0643
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,370130.13/cwt125.50–133.501,7835

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.