Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-10-08

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
20 head
20 vs last sale 0 23 vs year ago 43 · 53.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
104 head
26 vs last sale 130 33 vs year ago 137 · 24.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Holstein slaughter cows are mostly steady to 1.00 higher this week. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

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
Dairy BullsAverage1,809142.952,5854thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,494121.121,81017
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,834109.512,0096thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,285103.031,32455
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,250142.001,7751thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,163127.391,4822thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,835149.002,7341thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,123173.501,9482thin

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 CowsBreaker 75-80%1,813110.41/cwt108.00–114.002,0025
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4150–200195130.00/cwt130.00–130.002541
Dairy HeifersSelect1,163127.39/cwt125.00–131.001,4822
HeifersChoice1,123173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,9482
Dairy SteersChoice1,835149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,7341
Dairy HeifersChoice1,250142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,7751
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,494121.12/cwt116.00–125.501,81017
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4350–400365110.00/cwt110.00–110.004021
Dairy SteersLarge 3150–200165325.00/cwt325.00–325.005361
Dairy SteersLarge 31050–11001,090112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,2262
Dairy SteersLarge 3350–400385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006551
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450415175.00/cwt175.00–175.007262
Dairy HeifersLarge 3200–250212450.00/head450.00–450.004502
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650640875.00/head875.00–875.008752
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–850815710.00/head710.00–710.007101
Dairy HeifersLarge 3850–9008751,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700685625.00/head625.00–625.006251
Dairy HeifersLarge 3750–800765750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Fancy750–8007851,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0001
Dairy HeifersLarge 3150–200180170.00/head170.00–170.001701
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,327112.53/cwt108.00–118.501,49320
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,940105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,0371
Dairy Bulls1,868145.93/cwt144.00–149.002,7263
Dairy Bulls1,630134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,1841
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,29991.49/cwt85.00–96.001,18818
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,221104.06/cwt97.00–107.501,27117

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.