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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Aug 27

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

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Receipts

100 head

▼ 40 vs last sale 140▼ 25 vs year ago 125 · −20.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter Holstein cows were 5.00 lower and slaughter Holstein bulls were 8.00 higher. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts this week. An extreme heat wave hit the area which was a contributing factor to slower livestock movement this 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
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,707	161.16	2,750	3thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,520	135.24	2,055	15
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,882	130.63	2,458	8thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,372	119.56	1,640	49
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,055	143.50	1,514	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,195	128.00	1,530	1thin
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,270	139.06	1,766	2thin

Every lot

14 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 · Dairy Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,340	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,037	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,890	165.74/cwt	164.00–168.00	3,132	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,055	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,514	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,195	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,530	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,270	139.06/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,766	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows9 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	105.33/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,257	8
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,404	117.22/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,646	21
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,410	127.72/cwt	122.00–133.00	1,801	20
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	135.75/cwt	130.50–140.50	1,986	10
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,540	144.12/cwt	142.00–146.50	2,219	2
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,695	127.61/cwt	125.00–129.00	2,163	3
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,780	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	2,537	1
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,895	132.51/cwt	129.00–135.50	2,511	5
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,900	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,280	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.

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Topeka Livestock Auction - Topeka, IN

Tue Aug 27, 2024

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

Receipts 100Last week 140Year ago 125

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,890	164.00–168.00	165.74
1	—	1,340	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,195	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	143.50	143.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,270	138.00–140.00	139.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,463	130.50–140.50	135.75
2	—	1,540	142.00–146.50	144.12
3	—	1,695	125.00–129.00	127.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,895	129.00–135.50	132.51
1	—	1,780	142.50	142.50
2	—	1,900	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,404	111.00–121.00	117.22
20	—	1,410	122.00–133.00	127.72
8	—	1,193	102.00–109.00	105.33

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.