Topeka Livestock Auction Market Report

Topeka, Indiana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, December 21, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	193	185
Feeder cattle	86	51
Slaughter cattle	103	134
Replacement cattle	4	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, slaughter steers were trending higher based on a limited comparison. Slaughter cows were mostly steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were trending lower based on a limited comparison.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	113.00	$113.00	$497	-14.00
560	560	1	108.00	$108.00	$605	-3.53
780	780	1	103.00	$103.00	$803	—
815	815	1	111.00	$111.00	$905	+9.00
945	945	1	100.00	$100.00	$945	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1340	1294	4	122.00–129.00	$124.92	$1,616	—
1400	1400	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,855	+20.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	91.00	$91.00	$601	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	58.00	$58.00	$281	—
545	545	1	51.00	$51.00	$278	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1500	1355	2	124.00–133.00	$128.98	$1,748	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	90.00	$90.00	$706	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1320	1150	85-90%	8	32.00–40.00	$37.51	$431	—
915–1485	1192	85-90%	25	43.00–53.00	$48.91	$583	—
955–1605	1255	85-90%	11	53.50–59.00	$55.84	$701	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1420	1340	80-85%	3	64.00–71.00	$67.22	$901	—
1105–1825	1374	80-85%	22	53.00–63.00	$57.64	$792	—
1320–1580	1450	80-85%	2	52.00–52.50	$52.23	$757	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$775	—
1335–1630	1483	75-80%	2	57.00–58.00	$57.55	$853	—
1265–1870	1542	75-80%	21	59.00–67.50	$63.08	$973	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–2115	1792	3	79.00–84.00	$81.18	$1,455	—
1850	1850	1	96.00	$96.00	$1,776	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1470	1253	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	600.00–650.00	$619.55

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1935	1935	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
624	624	10	625.00	$625.00	—
680	680	4	585.00	$585.00	—
731–742	735	5	630.00–640.00	$634.04	+104.04
792	792	4	720.00	$720.00	+162.50
835	835	2	640.00	$640.00	—
852–875	864	4	670.00–700.00	$685.20	—
927–931	930	6	850.00–900.00	$883.38	—
951	951	3	825.00	$825.00	—
1005	1005	2	590.00	$590.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	6	93.50	$93.50	$496	—
580 fancy	580	2	115.00	$115.00	$667	—
636	636	3	90.00	$90.00	$572	—
773	773	4	89.00	$89.00	$688	—
817–840	827	4	75.00–88.00	$80.75	$668	—
870–897	888	3	94.00	$94.00	$835	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1195	1193	2	77.00–80.00	$78.50	$937	—
965–1355	1213	5	67.00–75.00	$71.56	$868	-23.79
1570	1570	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,743	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.