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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 14

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

← Dec 7Dec 14Dec 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

51 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 28▲ 51 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

134 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 159▲ 134 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein steers were mostly steady based on a limited comparison. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were trending higher based on a limited comparison.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $101.41/cwt on 10 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −108.19 against this barn's trailing median of $209.61.

Average price

$101.41

10 head · 522 lb average

Value per head Derived

$529

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$470

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$32.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.43

vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	624	111.02	693	7thin
Medium and Large 2	283	79.00	224	3thin

One grade step is worth $32.02/cwt here — about $470 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale10 hd

101.41

—

IN average5 barns · 537 hd

134.85

−33.43

This barn, trailing median1 sales

209.61

−108.19

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,140	95.53	1,089	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,868	61.90	1,156	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,567	59.91	939	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,290	50.07	646	41
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,310	99.94	1,309	4thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,358	86.14	1,170	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,233	79.71	983	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,511	111.09	1,679	14
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,235	95.35	1,178	2thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,075	115.50	1,242	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,432	111.83	1,601	3thin

Every lot

32 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	283	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	224	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	111.53/cwt	97.00–117.00	629	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	862	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	263	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	694	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	687	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	275	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	633	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	705	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	3,737	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	773	557.50/cwt	460.00–640.00	4,309	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,030	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	721	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	297	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	279	5
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	360	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	313	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	460	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	442	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,432	111.83/cwt	109.00–114.50	1,601	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,075	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,242	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,140	95.53/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,089	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	37.62/cwt	34.00–42.00	416	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,205	47.55/cwt	43.00–53.00	573	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,440	56.55/cwt	53.50–59.50	814	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,522	51.49/cwt	49.50–55.00	784	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,572	60.81/cwt	57.00–65.00	956	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,852	57.33/cwt	57.00–58.00	1,062	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,864	62.45/cwt	58.50–67.00	1,164	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,965	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,356	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,235	95.35/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,178	2
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,511	111.09/cwt	105.50–114.50	1,679	14
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,233	79.71/cwt	77.00–82.00	983	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,310	99.94/cwt	96.50–102.50	1,309	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,358	86.14/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,170	3

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.

Indiana feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Topeka Livestock Auction - Topeka, IN

Tue Dec 14, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Indianapolis, IN (LS-IS)

Feeder CattleReceipts 51Last week 28Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 134Last week 159Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	694	99.00	99.00
1	—	550	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	72.00	72.00
1	—	680	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	127.00	127.00
2	—	845	102.00	102.00
4	—	564	97.00–117.00	111.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	283	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	460.00–640.00	557.50
1	—	705	530.00	530.00
1	—	1,030	70.00	70.00
1	—	485	395.00	395.00
4	—	275	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	87.00	87.00
5	—	297	94.00	94.00
1	—	460	96.00	96.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,140	90.00–98.00	95.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,572	57.00–65.00	60.81
3	—	1,522	49.50–55.00	51.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,105	34.00–42.00	37.62
19	—	1,205	43.00–53.00	47.55
17	—	1,440	53.50–59.50	56.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,852	57.00–58.00	57.33
12	—	1,864	58.50–67.00	62.45
1	—	1,965	69.00	69.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,511	105.50–114.50	111.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	91.00–100.00	95.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,233	77.00–82.00	79.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	84.00–90.00	86.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,310	96.50–102.50	99.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,075	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,432	109.00–114.50	111.83

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.