Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2022-08-02

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
22 head
▲ 22 vs last sale 0▲ 22 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 122▲ 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers and slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls were mostly steady based on a limited comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $120.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −343.58 against this barn's trailing median of $463.58.
Average price
$120.00
3 head · 463 lb average
Value per head Derived
$556
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−21.00
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2463120.005563thin
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 sale3 hd
120.00
—
IN average3 barns · 185 hd
141.00
−21.00
This barn, trailing median3 sales
463.58
−343.58
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—High1,885122.502,3092thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50687.171,31313
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,40082.471,15532
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15266.1176159
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,21582.009961thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,07561.046562thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,18586.001,0191thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,330130.501,7361thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,400132.931,8613thin

Every lot

27 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-242096.00/cwt96.00–96.004031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2265150.00/cwt150.00–150.003981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 2595320.00/head320.00–320.003201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-276585.00/cwt85.00–85.006501
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Value Added451475.00/head475.00–475.004759
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Value Added500102.00/cwt102.00–102.005101
Dairy Heifers—Large 356575.00/cwt75.00–75.004241
Dairy Heifers—Large 3645600.00/head600.00–600.006002
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 3-456081.00/cwt81.00–81.004541
Dairy Steers—Large 373074.47/cwt70.00–79.005442
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,400132.93/cwt128.50–136.501,8613
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,330130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,7361
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,850112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,0721
Bulls——1,920133.00/cwt133.00–133.002,5541
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13353.32/cwt49.00–59.5060415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15775.06/cwt72.00–79.0086820
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15966.64/cwt61.00–71.0077224
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16589.50/cwt89.50–89.501,0431
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,36887.85/cwt82.50–91.001,2027
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40482.59/cwt78.00–87.001,16029
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46077.20/cwt77.00–77.501,1272
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57092.23/cwt92.00–93.001,4484
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,86374.67/cwt70.00–80.001,3912
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,07561.04/cwt60.00–62.006562
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,21582.00/cwt82.00–82.009961
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,18586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0191

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.