Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-10-15

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Dairy Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 15
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
386 head
366 vs last sale 20 105 vs year ago 281 · +37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
22 vs last sale 104 44 vs year ago 170 · 25.9%
Replacement Dairy Cattle receipts
1 head
1 vs last sale 0 1 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein cows were 8.00 higher. Both slaughter Holstein dairy steers and slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter heifers and slaughter Holstein bulls were both trending higher based on a limited comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $145.00/cwt on 1 head.
Average price
$145.00
1 head · 515 lb average
Value per head Derived
$747
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs IN average
112.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1515145.007471thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1 hd
145.00
IN average1 barns · 1 hd
145.00
+0.00
National average191 barns · 21,361 hd
257.81
−112.81
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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 HeifersChoiceAverage1,250141.501,7691thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,539128.031,9715thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,883145.392,7382thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,477127.551,88414
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,850116.592,1577thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%High1,340113.701,52450
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,120133.761,4982thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,541163.272,5164thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,472140.422,0673thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,245178.132,2182thin
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,247155.971,9453thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,341183.012,4547thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,291158.522,0467thin
SteersSelectAverage1,255150.431,8883thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)815$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

63 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 HeifersLarge 3Value Added100–150141625.00/head625.00–625.0062519
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4800–850845985.00/head985.00–985.009851
Dairy HeifersLarge 3700–750723995.65/head925.00–1,135.009963
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added500–5505161,285.32/head1,225.00–1,375.001,28528
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added650–7006541,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2256
Dairy HeifersLarge 31100–11501,1071,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6002
Dairy HeifersLarge 3800–850819819.00/head819.00–819.0081913
Dairy HeifersLarge 3900–9509231,547.60/head1,225.00–1,700.001,54811
Dairy HeifersLarge 3550–600588923.43/head500.00–1,050.009236
Dairy SteersLarge 3650–700683147.47/cwt140.00–155.001,0072
Dairy SteersLarge 3300–350338150.00/cwt150.00–150.005076
Dairy SteersLarge 3500–550537147.50/cwt147.50–147.507922
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–450409558.49/head375.00–675.005584
Dairy HeifersLarge 3500–550527808.70/head635.00–875.0080910
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added600–6506431,323.29/head1,250.00–1,400.001,32328
Dairy SteersLarge 3400–450405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005675
Dairy SteersLarge 3150–200177234.75/cwt215.00–260.004165
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4650–700657120.00/cwt120.00–120.007882
Dairy HeifersLarge 3300–350325450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Dairy SteersLarge 3600–650631124.83/cwt120.00–135.007883
Dairy SteersLarge 31150–12001,150135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,5531
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4400–450425102.29/cwt85.00–120.004352
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4300–350320130.00/cwt130.00–130.004161
Dairy SteersLarge 3250–300268165.00/cwt165.00–165.004423
Dairy SteersLarge 3800–850823142.16/cwt130.00–155.001,1702
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added800–8508302,081.93/head1,775.00–2,225.002,08242
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added450–5004951,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0507
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550505115.00/cwt115.00–115.005811
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500465202.50/cwt202.50–202.509421
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550515145.00/cwt145.00–145.007471
BullsLarge 3600–650615142.50/cwt142.50–142.508761
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,310136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,7881
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,470128.93/cwt124.00–133.501,89511
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,870111.95/cwt110.00–113.502,0933
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,441122.79/cwt118.00–128.001,76917
Dairy HeifersChoice1,120133.76/cwt133.00–134.501,4982
SteersSelect1,255150.43/cwt148.00–154.501,8883
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,315100.32/cwt95.00–105.501,31910
Dairy Bulls1,883145.39/cwt143.00–148.002,7382
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,250141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,7691
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,600115.50/cwt113.00–117.501,8482
Dairy SteersChoice1,541163.27/cwt160.00–165.502,5164
Dairy SteersSelect and Choice1,472140.42/cwt137.00–145.502,0673
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,835120.07/cwt117.00–125.002,2034
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,277112.80/cwt107.00–117.501,44023
SteersSelect and Choice1,291158.52/cwt155.50–165.002,0467
SteersChoice1,341183.01/cwt179.50–187.502,4547
HeifersChoice1,245178.13/cwt175.00–181.002,2182
HeifersSelect and Choice1,247155.97/cwt154.00–158.001,9453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,465134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,9701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,558126.41/cwt122.00–131.001,9694
Bred HeifersApproved8151,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330175.00/cwt175.00–175.005781
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–300295525.00/head525.00–525.005253
Dairy HeifersLarge 3850–9008731,626.84/head1,425.00–1,700.001,62716
Dairy HeifersLarge 3650–700654995.73/head675.00–1,050.009969
HeifersMedium and Large 1150–200153240.00/cwt240.00–240.003673
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added750–8007761,805.06/head1,750.00–1,850.001,80524
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added350–400397850.00/head850.00–850.008502
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added550–6005771,454.86/head1,200.00–1,510.001,45552
Dairy HeifersLarge 3450–500481463.52/head335.00–600.004646
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4700–750720750.00/head750.00–750.007501
Dairy HeifersLarge 3600–650615651.12/head425.00–910.006514

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.