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Topeka Livestock Auction

Name: Topeka Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Topeka, Indiana · Tue, Oct 8

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3415

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Feeder Cattle receipts

20 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 0▼ 23 vs year ago 43 · −53.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

104 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 130▼ 33 vs year ago 137 · −24.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Holstein slaughter cows are mostly steady to 1.00 higher this week. No other comparisons are available 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
Dairy Bulls	—	Average	1,809	142.95	2,585	4thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,494	121.12	1,810	17
Dairy Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,834	109.51	2,009	6thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,285	103.03	1,324	55
Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,250	142.00	1,775	1thin
Dairy Heifers	Select	Average	1,163	127.39	1,482	2thin
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,835	149.00	2,734	1thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,123	173.50	1,948	2thin

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	150–200	Large 3	165	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	536	1
Dairy Steers	150–200	Small and Medium 3-4	195	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	254	1
Dairy Steers	350–400	Small and Medium 3-4	365	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	402	1
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	2
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,090	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,226	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	150–200	Large 3	180	170.00/head	170.00–170.00	170	1
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Large 3	212	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	2
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 3	640	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	2
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Large 3	685	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 3	765	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 3Fancy	785	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 3	815	710.00/head	710.00–710.00	710	1
Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 3	875	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,123	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,948	2
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,221	104.06/cwt	97.00–107.50	1,271	17
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,299	91.49/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,188	18
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,327	112.53/cwt	108.00–118.50	1,493	20
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,494	121.12/cwt	116.00–125.50	1,810	17
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,813	110.41/cwt	108.00–114.00	2,002	5
Dairy Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,940	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	2,037	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Select	1,163	127.39/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,482	2
Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,250	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,775	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,835	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,734	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	2,184	1
Dairy Bulls	—	—	1,868	145.93/cwt	144.00–149.00	2,726	3

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 Oct 8, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20Last week 0Year ago 43

Slaughter CattleReceipts 104Last week 130Year ago 137

Holstein slaughter cows are mostly steady to 1.00 higher this week. No other comparisons are available because of light receipts.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,813	108.00–114.00	110.41
1	—	1,940	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,494	116.00–125.50	121.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,327	108.00–118.50	112.53
18	—	1,299	85.00–96.00	91.49
17	—	1,221	97.00–107.50	104.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,163	125.00–131.00	127.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,123	173.50	173.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,868	144.00–149.00	145.93
1	—	1,630	134.00	134.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	195	130.00	130.00
1	350–400	365	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	325.00	325.00
1	350–400	385	170.00	170.00
2	400–450	415	175.00	175.00
2	1050–1100	1,090	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per head · actual wt
1	150–200	180	170.00	170.00
2	200–250	212	450.00	450.00
2	600–650	640	875.00	875.00
1	650–700	685	625.00	625.00
1	750–800	765	750.00	750.00
1	800–850	815	710.00	710.00
1	850–900	875	1,100.00	1,100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
1	750–800	785	1,000.00	1,000.00

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.