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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 6

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

← Jan 30Feb 6Feb 13 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

30 head

▲ 30 vs last sale 0▲ 0 vs year ago 30 · +0.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

145 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 147▲ 30 vs year ago 115 · +26.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $165.00/cwt on 2 head. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −298.58 against this barn's trailing median of $463.58.

Average price

$165.00

2 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$953

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Small and Medium 3-4 over Medium and Large 1-2

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.71

vs IN average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 3-4	540	185.00	999	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	615	145.00	892	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $107 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

165.00

—

IN average5 barns · 439 hd

180.71

−15.71

This barn, trailing median3 sales

463.58

−298.58

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

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,830	130.59	2,390	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,516	107.32	1,627	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,757	99.84	1,754	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,277	88.49	1,130	65
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,325	133.00	1,762	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,375	167.50	2,303	1thin

Every lot

20 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 3-4	550	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	990	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3-4	540	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	999	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	892	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 3-4	405	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	273	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 3	207	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	300	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 3-4	345	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	390	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	534	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,375	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,303	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,763	124.88/cwt	123.00–127.00	2,202	2
Bulls	—	—	1,965	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	2,790	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	75.86/cwt	69.00–79.50	886	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,233	86.11/cwt	80.00–90.00	1,062	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,365	96.40/cwt	91.00–101.50	1,316	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,504	111.92/cwt	103.50–118.00	1,683	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,508	106.72/cwt	102.00–112.00	1,609	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,588	112.10/cwt	111.00–113.50	1,780	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,604	99.34/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,593	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,796	98.17/cwt	95.00–107.00	1,763	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,825	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,588	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,325	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,762	1

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 Feb 6, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30Last week 0Year ago 30

Slaughter CattleReceipts 145Last week 147Year ago 115

Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter heifers were trending lower based on a limited comparison. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	142.00	142.00
2	—	1,763	123.00–127.00	124.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,588	111.00–113.50	112.10
1	—	1,825	87.00	87.00
7	—	1,796	95.00–107.00	98.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,604	98.00–100.00	99.34
13	—	1,504	103.50–118.00	111.92
33	—	1,508	102.00–112.00	106.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,365	91.00–101.50	96.40
24	—	1,233	80.00–90.00	86.11
13	—	1,168	69.00–79.50	75.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,375	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,325	133.00	133.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	207	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	67.50	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per head · actual wt
1	—	345	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	180.00	180.00

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.