Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-02-14

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 14
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
64 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 30▲ 64 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
115 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 115▲ 18 vs year ago 97 · +18.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report is available as the auction was not reported 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 $85.00/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits −981.61 against this barn's trailing median of $1,066.61.
Average price
$85.00
1 head · 940 lb average
Value per head Derived
$799
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−49.15
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 194085.007991thin
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 sale1 hd
85.00
—
IN average4 barns · 115 hd
134.15
−49.15
This barn, trailing median9 sales
1,066.61
−981.61
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—Average1,537118.631,8235thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,75390.841,5924thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,49481.751,22245
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,22568.4283839
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,476125.611,8547thin
Dairy HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,585114.951,8222thin
Dairy HeifersSelectAverage1,200101.441,2172thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,553130.162,0216thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,373144.921,9902thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,510143.742,1704thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,308110.001,4392thin

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 · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 194085.00/cwt85.00–85.007991
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 3635525.00/head525.00–525.005251
Dairy Heifers—Large 3691870.00/head870.00–870.008706
Dairy Heifers—Large 3738675.25/head650.00–700.006752
Dairy Heifers—Large 3785700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Dairy Heifers—Large 3815800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Value Added8431,264.99/head1,240.00–1,290.001,26518
Dairy Heifers—Large 3850910.00/head910.00–910.009101
Dairy Heifers—Large 3Value Added8521,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3009
Dairy Heifers—Large 39681,137.92/head980.00–1,170.001,1386
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,308110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4392
Steers—Choice1,510143.74/cwt140.50–146.502,1704
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,373144.92/cwt143.50–146.001,9902
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,443110.50/cwt105.00–114.001,5953
Bulls——1,678130.82/cwt124.00–139.002,1952
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18375.64/cwt71.00–82.0089518
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24654.71/cwt50.00–59.006827
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26965.98/cwt60.00–70.0083714
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45583.90/cwt80.00–90.001,22115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47975.65/cwt70.00–79.501,11922
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,61194.52/cwt91.00–102.001,5238
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66899.23/cwt95.00–105.001,6552
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,83882.44/cwt80.00–85.001,5152
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Select1,200101.44/cwt100.00–103.001,2172
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,476125.61/cwt120.00–128.501,8547
Dairy Heifers—Select and Choice1,585114.95/cwt114.00–116.001,8222
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,553130.16/cwt127.00–134.002,0216

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.