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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-02-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Feb 27

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

← Feb 13Feb 27Mar 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

26 head

▲ 4 vs last sale 22▲ 3 vs year ago 23 · +13.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

114 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 119▲ 2 vs year ago 112 · +1.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison report is available as the auction was not covered last week.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,826	116.97	2,136	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,565	115.71	1,810	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,276	95.00	1,212	43
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,568	121.59	1,907	2thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,635	184.00	3,008	1thin

Every lot

15 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 · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	582	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	756	1,223.11/head	925.00–1,325.00	1,223	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	840	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,133	1,385.00/head	1,385.00–1,385.00	1,385	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,312	1,635.00/head	1,635.00–1,635.00	1,635	2
Slaughter Cattle · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,635	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	3,008	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,216	81.69/cwt	75.00–85.50	993	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,258	93.23/cwt	88.00–98.00	1,173	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,335	104.44/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,394	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,559	125.34/cwt	121.50–131.50	1,954	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,564	115.06/cwt	110.00–120.50	1,800	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,573	107.10/cwt	105.00–109.50	1,685	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,823	115.34/cwt	110.00–119.00	2,103	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,840	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	2,272	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,568	121.59/cwt	119.00–124.00	1,907	2

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 27, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 22Year ago 23

Slaughter CattleReceipts 114Last week 119Year ago 112

No comparison report is available as the auction was not covered last week.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,258	88.00–98.00	93.23
14	—	1,335	99.00–109.00	104.44
7	—	1,216	75.00–85.50	81.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,840	123.50	123.50
4	—	1,823	110.00–119.00	115.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,573	105.00–109.50	107.10
7	—	1,559	121.50–131.50	125.34
24	—	1,564	110.00–120.50	115.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,568	119.00–124.00	121.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
4	—	1,133	1,385.00	1,385.00
4	—	756	925.00–1,325.00	1,223.11
2	—	1,312	1,635.00	1,635.00
2	—	582	475.00	475.00
1	—	840	825.00	825.00

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.