Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-07-20

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jul 20
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
21 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 54▼ 79 vs year ago 100 · −79.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
106 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 103▼ 17 vs year ago 123 · −13.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as auction was not reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $96.75/cwt on 4 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −366.83 against this barn's trailing median of $463.58.
Average price
$96.75
4 head · 751 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−21.92
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 175196.757264thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale4 hd
96.75
—
IN average4 barns · 379 hd
118.67
−21.92
This barn, trailing median3 sales
463.58
−366.83
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 0–100 lb

3 sales
15101079648216median 463.5806/0906/0908/0409/1509/15
Heifers 0–100 lb: high $1,495.95, low $230.37, median $463.58 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—Average1,75791.291,6048thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63467.261,09919
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33164.4185718
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15755.2363940
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,545105.001,6221thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,31095.501,2511thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,49287.711,3093thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,30773.089553thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,48590.001,3371thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,08570.007601thin
HeifersSelectAverage97074.007181thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,275114.501,4601thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,430101.941,4582thin

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 163096.00/cwt96.00–96.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 179197.00/cwt97.00–97.007673
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3405325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3161
Dairy Heifers—Large 349590.00/cwt90.00–90.004461
Dairy Heifers—Large 3525410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1531
Dairy Heifers—Large 3555520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,8863
Dairy Heifers—Large 3630620.00/cwt620.00–620.003,9061
Dairy Heifers—Large 3757740.00/cwt740.00–740.005,6022
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 362080.00/cwt80.00–80.004961
Dairy Steers—Large 367090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Choice and Prime1,275114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,4601
Steers—Choice1,430101.94/cwt100.50–103.501,4582
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Select97074.00/cwt74.00–74.007181
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,17566.50/cwt66.50–66.507811
Bulls——1,84094.83/cwt90.00–100.001,7457
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07644.89/cwt40.00–48.504839
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16862.15/cwt61.00–64.0072612
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18855.75/cwt50.00–60.0066219
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33164.41/cwt60.00–68.5085718
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63467.26/cwt64.50–70.001,09919
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,30773.08/cwt68.50–75.009553
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,31095.50/cwt95.50–95.501,2511
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,49287.71/cwt85.00–90.001,3093
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,545105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,6221
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,08570.00/cwt70.00–70.007601
Dairy Steers—Choice1,48590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,3371

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.