Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2021-08-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 21▲ 4 vs year ago 34 · +11.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 24 vs last sale 106▼ 13 vs year ago 143 · −9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons are available as the auction was not reported last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $92.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −117.61 against this barn's trailing median of $209.61.
Average price
$92.00
2 head · 615 lb average
Value per head Derived
$566
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−32.12
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 161592.005662thin
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 sale2 hd
92.00
—
IN average4 barns · 353 hd
124.12
−32.12
This barn, trailing median1 sales
209.61
−117.61
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
Bulls—High1,90397.251,85010
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,82666.461,21315
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44463.7692018
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17752.3461665
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,446105.351,52311

Every lot

22 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 156593.00/cwt93.00–93.005251
Steers—Medium and Large 166591.00/cwt91.00–91.006051
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 332586.00/cwt86.00–86.002801
Dairy Steers—Large 339579.00/cwt79.00–79.003121
Dairy Steers—Large 3Fancy40097.00/cwt97.00–97.003881
Dairy Steers—Large 361574.00/cwt74.00–74.004551
Dairy Steers—Large 365088.00/cwt88.00–88.0057211
Dairy Steers—Large 370061.00/cwt61.00–61.004271
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3425275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1691
Dairy Heifers—Large 3541400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1643
Dairy Heifers—Large 3595450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,6781
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51884.26/cwt78.00–87.001,2793
Bulls——1,94399.17/cwt97.50–100.001,9274
Bulls——2,233107.69/cwt106.00–110.502,4053
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11942.67/cwt37.50–47.5047715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16153.41/cwt48.00–58.0062039
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31561.76/cwt58.50–65.0081211
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44363.48/cwt57.00–67.0091617
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45568.50/cwt68.50–68.509971
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74860.64/cwt58.50–62.001,0603
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84567.92/cwt63.00–73.001,25312
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,446105.35/cwt100.00–109.501,52311

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.