Topeka Livestock Auction Market Report

Topeka, Indiana · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 16, 2023

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	438	170	305
Feeder cattle	280	37	175
Slaughter cattle	112	133	127

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	177.50	$177.50	$772	—
492	492	2	181.00	$181.00	$891	—
591	591	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,034	—
675	675	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,114	—
705–715	710	2	137.00–142.50	$139.73	$992	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	2	147.00	$147.00	$723	—
600–620	613	6	175.00–176.00	$175.67	$1,077	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190	1190	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,749	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	1	94.00	$94.00	$902	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1760	1396	80-85%	15	83.50–93.50	$88.60	$1,237	—
1000–1750	1443	80-85%	23	94.00–103.50	$98.01	$1,414	+13.29
965–1735	1456	80-85%	4	104.50–110.00	$106.11	$1,545	+12.92

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	85-90%	1	65.00	$65.00	$705	+5.16
905–1405	1217	85-90%	9	82.50–92.50	$86.69	$1,055	—
925–1485	1233	85-90%	16	72.00–82.00	$76.65	$945	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–1835	1698	75-80%	2	108.50–111.00	$109.65	$1,862	—
1705–1760	1733	75-80%	2	85.00–94.00	$89.57	$1,552	-10.43
1510–2080	1796	75-80%	9	95.50–105.50	$100.48	$1,805	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1220	1200	2	110.00–118.00	$113.93	$1,367	—
1600	1600	1	130.00	$130.00	$2,080	—

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Bred Heifers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
867–1175	922	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	37	1,300.00–1,525.00	$1,369.64
961	961	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	150.00	$150.00	—
180	180	1	160.00	$160.00	—
222–241	236	10	230.00–320.00	$295.39	—
275–286	284	16	350.00–480.00	$456.39	—
325–341	338	19	300.00–490.00	$437.57	—
395	395	2	300.00	$300.00	—
417–429	426	7	430.00–625.00	$570.41	—
462–482	470	6	590.00–650.00	$622.08	—
515–538	525	10	550.00–800.00	$743.50	+93.50
565–585	575	2	635.00–650.00	$642.63	—
623	623	9	910.00	$910.00	—
665–675	672	12	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,167.00	—
721–745	736	24	1,050.00–1,200.00	$1,114.99	—
768–792	777	28	1,160.00–1,270.00	$1,222.38	—
825–840	830	8	1,175.00–1,270.00	$1,248.04	—
877–894	886	15	1,240.00–1,245.00	$1,242.31	—
905	905	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1021	1021	7	1,420.00	$1,420.00	+295.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1420	1314	4	115.00–120.00	$117.61	$1,545	—
1365–1505	1433	3	129.00–136.50	$133.07	$1,907	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	140.00	$140.00	$266	—
215	215	1	110.00	$110.00	$236	—
270–290	280	2	170.00–200.00	$185.54	$520	—
543	543	7	160.00	$160.00	$869	—
767	767	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,189	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1595–1755	1672	3	127.00–140.00	$134.73	$2,253	—

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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.