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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-05

Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 5

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

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Receipts

122 head

▼ 3 vs last sale 125▼ 8 vs year ago 130 · −6.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Holstein slaughter steers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. Slaughter heifers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. No comparisons are available on slaughter bulls 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	—	Average	1,675	128.79	2,157	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,500	110.98	1,665	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,805	104.50	1,886	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,225	87.50	1,072	49
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,629	154.25	2,513	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,451	190.21	2,760	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,437	187.31	2,692	3thin

Every lot

13 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,437	187.31/cwt	186.00–189.00	2,692	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,451	190.21/cwt	185.00–194.00	2,760	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,310	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,507	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	128.08/cwt	125.00–130.00	2,273	2
Bulls	—	—	1,840	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	2,650	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,060	72.73/cwt	65.00–78.00	771	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,228	86.30/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,060	18
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,326	97.96/cwt	93.00–104.00	1,299	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,491	100.60/cwt	95.00–105.00	1,500	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,502	113.42/cwt	108.00–117.50	1,704	17
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,948	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,855	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,818	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,629	154.25/cwt	148.50–157.50	2,513	5

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 Sep 5, 2023

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

Receipts 122Last week 125Year ago 130

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,775	125.00–130.00	128.08
1	—	1,840	144.00	144.00
1	—	1,310	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,502	108.00–117.50	113.42
4	—	1,491	95.00–105.00	100.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	98.00	98.00
1	—	1,755	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,228	80.00–92.00	86.30
19	—	1,326	93.00–104.00	97.96
12	—	1,060	65.00–78.00	72.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,451	185.00–194.00	190.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,437	186.00–189.00	187.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,629	148.50–157.50	154.25

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.