Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-02-16

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 16
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
5 head
▼ 7 vs last sale 12▲ 5 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 144 vs last sale 189▲ 45 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the livestock auction was not reported last week. Light receipts were noted as a storm hit the area which made livestock movement a challenge.

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
Bulls—Average1,62068.001,1021thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48155.078165thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31251.296734thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22042.975247thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,02564.006561thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,39995.871,3417thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,19885.521,0252thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,156103.651,1984thin

Every lot

13 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3370250.00/cwt250.00–250.009251
Dairy Heifers—Small and Medium 4860450.00/cwt450.00–450.003,8701
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 334566.00/cwt66.00–66.002281
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 467538.00/cwt38.00–38.002571
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,156103.65/cwt101.00–108.001,1984
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,62068.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1021
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16844.75/cwt40.00–48.505232
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22042.97/cwt40.00–47.505247
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45557.83/cwt55.50–61.008412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48155.07/cwt51.00–57.508165
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,19885.52/cwt85.00–86.001,0252
Dairy Steers—Choice1,39995.87/cwt92.00–97.501,3417
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,02564.00/cwt64.00–64.006561

This sale against other markets

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.