Sale reports / Indiana / Topeka Livestock Auction / 2024-09-10

Topeka Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Sep 10
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415
Feeder Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 30▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
97 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 109▼ 25 vs year ago 122 · −20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows were 5.00 lower and Holstein slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 higher. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts this week.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,490154.002,2951thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,337127.961,7116thin
Dairy Bulls—Low1,518131.501,9962thin
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,468129.911,90710
Dairy CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,866126.792,3667thin
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,328115.121,52943
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,680157.762,6502thin
HeifersChoiceAverage1,343169.392,2752thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340171.742,3019thin
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,300160.232,0832thin

Every lot

26 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 · Dairy Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers200–250Large 3245375.00/head375.00–375.003751
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 3330436.76/head300.00–500.004375
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3390550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Dairy Heifers400–450Large 3430700.00/head700.00–700.007002
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3468661.50/head600.00–725.006622
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3545785.00/head785.00–785.007851
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3551950.00/head950.00–950.0095014
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 3683868.74/head800.00–935.008692
Slaughter Cattle · Steers2 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and Choice1,300160.23/cwt160.00–160.502,0832
Steers—Choice1,340171.74/cwt168.50–174.502,3019
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Choice1,343169.39/cwt167.00–171.502,2752
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,490154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,2951
Slaughter Cattle · Cows3 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,110119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,3261
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,363127.06/cwt123.00–131.001,7324
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,460140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,0441
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Bulls——1,405122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,7141
Dairy Bulls——1,630141.00/cwt141.00–141.002,2981
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,205100.27/cwt95.50–105.001,2087
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,308112.26/cwt107.00–116.001,46814
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,370130.13/cwt125.50–133.501,7835
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,380121.66/cwt117.50–127.501,67922
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,512136.50/cwt136.50–136.502,0643
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,648119.45/cwt117.00–122.001,9692
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,748120.97/cwt119.50–122.502,1152
Dairy Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,913129.12/cwt124.00–133.502,4705
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,680157.76/cwt157.50–158.002,6502

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.