Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-12-31

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 31
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
33 head
103 vs last sale 136 24 vs year ago 57 · 42.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
73 head
24 vs last sale 97 40 vs year ago 113 · 35.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report is available as 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,420119.711,7007thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,153102.971,1872thin
Dairy BullsAverage1,809157.202,8444thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%High1,495118.621,77313
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,803117.252,1144thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Average1,338102.521,37225
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,383151.782,0992thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,195131.221,5682thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage975118.001,1511thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,417152.372,1593thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,005170.001,7091thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 3450–500485675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3Value Added200–250211400.00/head400.00–400.004003
Dairy Bulls1,915166.39/cwt164.00–169.003,1862
Dairy Bulls1,703148.00/cwt147.00–149.002,5202
Dairy HeifersSelect975118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1511
HeifersChoice1,005170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7091
Dairy HeifersChoice1,383151.78/cwt146.00–157.502,0992
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,32699.98/cwt95.00–105.001,3266
Dairy HeifersLarge 3150–200190175.00/head175.00–175.001751
Dairy HeifersLarge 3200–250220300.00/head300.00–300.003006
Dairy HeifersLarge 3250–300265345.83/head325.00–350.003466
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4300–350325275.00/cwt275.00–275.008941
Dairy SteersSmall and Medium 3-4300–350320115.00/cwt115.00–115.003681
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,35189.61/cwt85.00–94.001,2117
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,823116.75/cwt116.50–117.002,1282
Dairy HeifersLarge 3400–450435525.00/head525.00–525.005251
Dairy SteersLarge 3500–550530200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0602
CowsBoner 80-85%1,195103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,2311
Dairy SteersChoice1,417152.37/cwt146.00–156.502,1593
CowsBoner 80-85%1,330130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,7291
Dairy HeifersSelect and Choice1,195131.22/cwt129.00–133.001,5682
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,310129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,6901
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,780128.50/cwt128.50–128.502,2871
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,491120.26/cwt116.00–124.001,7938
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%1,549112.74/cwt109.00–115.001,7464
CowsLean 85-90%1,153102.97/cwt102.50–103.501,1872
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%1,785107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,9101
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%1,337111.33/cwt106.00–116.501,48812
CowsBoner 80-85%1,483121.00/cwt116.00–126.001,7945

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.