Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-05-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, May 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 69▲ 20 vs year ago 24 · +83.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
123 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 135▲ 47 vs year ago 76 · +61.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available as the auction was not covered last week. One extremely high dressing slaughter bull not included below weighed 1,640 lbs and sold for 170.00 per cwt.

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—Average1,43797.121,3954thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,61485.731,38312
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35281.211,09818
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,26866.2984060
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,13079.008931thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,466123.351,80817
HeifersChoiceAverage1,090134.001,4611thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,372135.201,8553thin

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 · Dairy Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3313303.08/cwt290.00–310.009493
Dairy Heifers—Large 3425324.35/cwt270.00–380.001,3782
Dairy Heifers—Large 3480412.11/cwt400.00–450.001,9784
Dairy Heifers—Large 3517437.26/cwt360.00–520.002,2613
Dairy Heifers—Large 3660650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,2901
Dairy Heifers—Large 3759759.07/cwt755.00–790.005,7619
Dairy Heifers—Large 3880770.00/cwt770.00–770.006,7761
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Fancy9401,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,4002
Dairy Heifers—Large 3975800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,8001
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,055880.00/cwt880.00–880.009,2841
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,2071,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0012,1912
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,372135.20/cwt130.00–138.501,8553
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,090134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,4611
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,13380.00/cwt80.00–80.009062
Bulls——1,740114.23/cwt111.50–117.001,9882
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17075.00/cwt75.00–75.008781
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18351.51/cwt46.50–56.006099
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22664.73/cwt58.50–69.0079428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,23087.07/cwt86.00–88.001,0712
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35273.97/cwt69.50–79.501,00023
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38080.84/cwt77.50–85.001,11615
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56783.95/cwt79.00–88.001,3158
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570102.30/cwt98.50–105.001,6062
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,84376.28/cwt75.50–77.001,4062
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,13079.00/cwt79.00–79.008931
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,466123.35/cwt120.00–127.001,80817

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.