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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 13

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

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Feeder Cattle receipts

47 head

▲ 33 vs last sale 14▼ 4 vs year ago 51 · −7.8%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

128 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 141▼ 6 vs year ago 134 · −4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

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	—	Low	1,179	72.25	852	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,783	71.33	1,272	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,613	70.93	1,144	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,298	54.83	711	60
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,532	107.52	1,647	3thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,707	125.00	2,134	6thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,615	112.00	1,809	1thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,418	132.64	1,881	4thin
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,135	120.00	1,362	1thin

Every lot

29 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 · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	267	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	11
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3Fancy	331	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	12
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	465	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	505	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	230	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	196	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	340	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	306	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	357	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	318	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	475	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	333	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	561	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	337	3
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	633	71.74/cwt	71.00–72.50	454	2
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	712	70.53/cwt	60.00–85.00	502	4
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	885	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	867	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,135	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,362	1
Steers	—	Choice	1,418	132.64/cwt	129.00–137.00	1,881	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,033	64.38/cwt	60.00–70.00	665	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,294	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,252	55.79/cwt	50.00–60.00	698	39
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,272	43.95/cwt	40.00–48.50	559	12
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,310	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,179	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,530	65.15/cwt	61.00–68.50	997	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,610	71.03/cwt	67.00–77.00	1,144	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,625	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,365	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,628	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	1,074	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,753	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	1,139	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,824	70.87/cwt	67.50–74.00	1,293	13
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,809	1
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,707	125.00/cwt	120.00–128.50	2,134	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,532	107.52/cwt	100.00–112.00	1,647	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.

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Topeka Livestock Auction - Topeka, IN

Tue Dec 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 47Last week 14Year ago 51

Slaughter CattleReceipts 128Last week 141Year ago 134

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were mostly steady to 3.00 lower. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
1	—	465	350.00	350.00
1	—	505	350.00	350.00
11	—	267	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
12	—	331	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
1	—	570	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	633	71.00–72.50	71.74
3	—	561	60.00	60.00
4	—	712	60.00–85.00	70.53
1	—	230	85.00	85.00
1	—	885	98.00	98.00
2	—	340	90.00	90.00
2	—	357	89.00	89.00
1	—	475	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,033	60.00–70.00	64.38
1	—	1,470	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,625	84.00	84.00
18	—	1,610	67.00–77.00	71.03
3	—	1,628	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	90.00	90.00
2	—	1,753	65.00	65.00
13	—	1,824	67.50–74.00	70.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,252	50.00–60.00	55.79
9	—	1,530	61.00–68.50	65.15
12	—	1,272	40.00–48.50	43.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	129.00–137.00	132.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,135	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,707	120.00–128.50	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,615	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	100.00–112.00	107.52

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.