Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2023-07-11

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Jul 11
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
▼ 48 vs last sale 84▲ 24 vs year ago 12 · +200.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 72 vs last sale 173▲ 24 vs year ago 77 · +31.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison data is available this week because there was no auction last week because of the July 4th holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $127.25/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −336.33 against this barn's trailing median of $463.58.
Average price
$127.25
2 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$729
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−40.89
vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573127.257292thin
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 sale2 hd
127.25
—
IN average4 barns · 203 hd
168.14
−40.89
This barn, trailing median3 sales
463.58
−336.33
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
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,783106.961,9077thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,395100.611,40334
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16082.1795330
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,410140.001,9741thin
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,223123.141,5062thin
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,287136.871,7623thin
Dairy SteersSelectAverage1,170116.001,3571thin

Every lot

21 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 · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1345117.50/cwt117.50–117.504051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0961
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475152.50/cwt152.50–152.507241
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 38261,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2255
Dairy Heifers—Large 3880870.00/head870.00–870.008701
Dairy Heifers—Large 39621,360.00/head1,360.00–1,360.001,36014
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 349587.50/cwt87.50–87.504331
Dairy Steers—Large 3765102.00/cwt102.00–102.007801
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00862.39/cwt60.00–69.006294
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17880.64/cwt74.00–84.0095011
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18788.57/cwt85.00–95.001,05115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380101.76/cwt97.00–107.001,40415
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39891.41/cwt85.00–95.501,27811
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,418111.09/cwt108.00–118.001,5758
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,658117.37/cwt116.00–118.501,9462
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,6091
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,858105.25/cwt100.00–109.501,9564
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice1,223123.14/cwt122.00–124.001,5062
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,410140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,9741
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Select1,170116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3571
Dairy Steers—Choice1,287136.87/cwt134.50–138.001,7623

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.