Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-01-03

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jan 3
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 14 vs last sale 89▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
168 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 147▲ 168 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available because there was no livestock auction last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $66.50/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −1,000.11 against this barn's trailing median of $1,066.61.
Average price
$66.50
6 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$496
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−41.58
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 374766.504966thin
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 sale6 hd
66.50
—
IN average5 barns · 57 hd
108.08
−41.58
This barn, trailing median9 sales
1,066.61
−1,000.11
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

9 sales
123311521072992median 1066.6108/0409/1509/2910/1311/03
Bulls 0–100 lb: high $1,218.82, low $1,005.59, median $1,066.61 across 9 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—Average1,29586.081,1155thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,83280.311,47116
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,52579.541,21338
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,28563.8982164
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,509128.101,9336thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,450117.891,7094thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,13585.849742thin
Dairy SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,705134.002,2851thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,557127.541,9868thin
Dairy SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,505110.781,6672thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,194100.781,2034thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,220120.001,4641thin

Every lot

35 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 · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 262381.57/cwt76.00–87.005082
Steers—Medium and Large 1970119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1542
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 250287.00/cwt87.00–87.004372
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Large 362568.00/cwt68.00–68.004251
Bulls—Large 365055.00/cwt55.00–55.003581
Bulls—Large 380169.00/cwt69.00–69.005534
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 316160.00/cwt60.00–60.00974
Dairy Steers—Large 322175.00/cwt75.00–75.001664
Dairy Steers—Large 3285100.00/cwt100.00–100.002851
Dairy Steers—Large 363590.00/cwt90.00–90.005722
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3335276.95/head275.00–280.002775
Dairy Heifers—Large 3475450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Dairy Heifers—Large 351566.00/cwt66.00–66.003401
Dairy Heifers—Large 3570475.00/head475.00–475.004752
Dairy Heifers—Large 3700385.00/head385.00–385.003851
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Choice1,220120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4641
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,06850.00/cwt50.00–50.005342
Bulls——1,430133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,9021
Bulls——1,45598.70/cwt92.00–105.001,4362
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17951.03/cwt44.00–55.0060212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26861.27/cwt56.00–66.0077724
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33398.89/cwt96.00–102.001,3182
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34671.65/cwt67.00–75.0096428
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,52779.72/cwt76.00–86.001,21728
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56874.08/cwt72.00–75.501,1628
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58589.69/cwt87.00–93.001,4222
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,86472.75/cwt66.00–76.001,3564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,86981.45/cwt78.00–86.501,52210
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,194100.78/cwt96.00–104.001,2034
Dairy Steers—Select and Choice1,505110.78/cwt105.00–115.001,6672
Dairy Steers—Choice1,557127.54/cwt122.00–131.501,9868
Dairy Steers—Choice and Prime1,705134.00/cwt134.00–134.002,2851
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,13585.84/cwt81.00–90.009742
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,450117.89/cwt116.00–122.501,7094
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,509128.10/cwt123.00–133.501,9336

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.