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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Dec 20

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

← Dec 13Dec 20Jan 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

89 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 47▲ 3 vs year ago 86 · +3.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

147 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 128▲ 44 vs year ago 103 · +42.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were trending higher and Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on light receipts. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter Holstein heifers were trending higher based on 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	1,130	70.00	791	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,798	77.50	1,394	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,521	72.46	1,102	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,294	61.74	799	81
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,398	120.06	1,678	3thin
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,305	109.00	1,422	1thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,482	120.71	1,789	3thin
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,385	146.00	2,022	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,267	136.77	1,733	5thin
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,123	129.52	1,455	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,203	136.26	1,639	2thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	378	330.00/head	330.00–330.00	330	9
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	472	396.18/head	325.00–410.00	396	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	553	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	667	499.00/head	400.00–550.00	499	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	945	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,203	136.26/cwt	134.00–138.50	1,639	2
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,123	129.52/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,455	2
Heifers	—	Choice	1,267	136.77/cwt	132.00–142.00	1,733	5
Heifers	—	Choice and Prime	1,385	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,022	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,130	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	791	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,112	43.83/cwt	40.00–50.00	487	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,249	57.13/cwt	51.50–61.00	714	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,339	66.20/cwt	62.00–72.00	886	50
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,516	71.91/cwt	69.00–76.50	1,090	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,525	83.11/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,267	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,535	100.54/cwt	98.00–103.00	1,543	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,655	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	1,109	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,843	66.83/cwt	63.00–69.50	1,232	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,866	74.56/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,391	9
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,482	120.71/cwt	116.00–124.00	1,789	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,305	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,422	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,398	120.06/cwt	116.50–123.50	1,678	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 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 89Last week 47Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 147Last week 128Year ago 103

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,525	81.00–85.50	83.11
29	—	1,516	69.00–76.50	71.91
1	—	1,655	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,339	62.00–72.00	66.20
25	—	1,249	51.50–61.00	57.13
6	—	1,112	40.00–50.00	43.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,843	63.00–69.50	66.83
3	—	1,535	98.00–103.00	100.54
9	—	1,866	70.00–80.00	74.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	129.00–130.00	129.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,385	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	132.00–142.00	136.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	134.00–138.50	136.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,482	116.00–124.00	120.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,305	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,398	116.50–123.50	120.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,130	70.00	70.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
1	—	945	950.00	950.00
9	—	378	330.00	330.00
6	—	472	325.00–410.00	396.18
4	—	553	400.00	400.00
3	—	667	400.00–550.00	499.00

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.