Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-06-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $137.09/cwt on 556 head.

Average price

$137.09

556 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3

$14.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	470	144.75	680	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	697	137.64	960	490
Small and Medium 2-3	534	130.35	696	54

One grade step is worth $14.40/cwt here — about −$16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale556 hd

137.09

—

WA average1 barns · 556 hd

137.09

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	606	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	138.46/cwt	137.50–139.50	577	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	123.49/cwt	122.50–124.00	1,016	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	126.80/cwt	126.50–127.00	978	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	126.13/cwt	125.00–131.00	856	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	138.66/cwt	137.75–139.50	715	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	133.13/cwt	128.50–139.00	762	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	130.88/cwt	125.50–132.00	815	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	593	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	729	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	516	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	658	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	556	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	556	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	749	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	899	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	585	138.83/cwt	138.00–140.00	812	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,026	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	796	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	127.31/cwt	127.00–128.50	1,001	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	126.31/cwt	124.50–131.00	909	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	151.48/cwt	146.00–153.75	857	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	142.17/cwt	135.00–144.00	889	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	126.49/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,116	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	141.61/cwt	134.00–145.00	949	218
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	441	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	642	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	498	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	717	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	544	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	702	17
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	576	129.75/cwt	129.75–129.75	747	17
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	489	132.02/cwt	131.00–135.00	646	20

How this sale compares

Washington weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Washington auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Washington feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

Wed Jun 26, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Moses Lake, WA (LS-ML)

Receipts 1,030Last week 0Year ago 0

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	868	123.00	123.00
10	—	417	137.50–139.50	138.46
15	—	823	122.50–124.00	123.49
25	—	771	126.50–127.00	126.80
31	—	679	125.00–131.00	126.13
43	—	516	137.75–139.50	138.66
62	—	572	128.50–139.00	133.13
137	—	623	125.50–132.00	130.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	593	123.00	123.00
7	—	516	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	556	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	749	120.00	120.00
26	—	585	138.00–140.00	138.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	814	126.00	126.00
10	—	549	145.00	145.00
29	—	786	127.00–128.50	127.31
30	—	720	124.50–131.00	126.31
37	—	566	146.00–153.75	151.48
49	—	625	135.00–144.00	142.17
79	—	882	122.00–127.00	126.49
218	—	670	134.00–145.00	141.61
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	441	145.50	145.50
6	—	498	144.00	144.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	544	129.00	129.00
17	—	576	129.75	129.75
20	—	489	131.00–135.00	132.02

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.

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