Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2019-08-22

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Aug 22
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
370 head
370 vs last sale 0 370 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,000 head
1,000 vs last sale 0 1,000 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to scheduling conflicts and market not reported the last 2 weeks. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $122.73/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$122.73
66 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$26.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2689126.6987452
Small and Medium 1-2689116.007997thin
Large 1971100.009717thin
One grade step is worth $26.69/cwt here — about −$97 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 sale66 hd
122.73
WA average1 barns · 66 hd
122.73
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,93086.851,67738
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36368.18929147
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,17657.4867651

Every lot, as filed

29 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,88284.01/cwt77.00–88.001,58122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55375.24/cwt74.00–75.501,16810
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35963.76/cwt59.00–67.0086628
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48969.94/cwt67.00–73.001,04143
CowsBoner 80-85%Certified Prgms1,34375.17/cwt73.00–78.001,01043
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight1,08854.11/cwt53.00–55.0058923
CowsLean 85-90%1,09258.83/cwt57.00–60.006429
CowsLean 85-90%1,17562.66/cwt60.00–65.0073610
CowsLean 85-90%1,30067.69/cwt65.00–70.0088010
CowsLean 85-90%Certified Prgms1,46371.75/cwt71.75–71.751,0503
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight1,10646.48/cwt44.00–52.0051419
SteersMedium and Large 2-3726113.00/cwt113.00–113.008208
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,15167.00/cwt67.00–67.007715
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,08878.34/cwt72.00–83.0085221
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2-374274.00/cwt74.00–74.005499
Bulls1,95096.50/cwt96.50–96.501,8821
Bulls2,00090.38/cwt88.00–94.501,80815
HeifersLarge 1971100.00/cwt100.00–100.009717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2497141.00/cwt141.00–141.007015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2835119.00/cwt119.00–119.009947
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2334143.00/cwt143.00–143.004788
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566135.00/cwt135.00–135.007649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2859117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,00523
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2689116.00/cwt116.00–116.007997
SteersLarge 1998115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1486
SteersLarge 11,119107.75/cwt107.75–107.751,20613
SteersLarge 1908125.00/cwt124.00–126.001,13518
SteersMedium and Large 1-2443160.00/cwt160.00–160.007098
SteersMedium and Large 1-2511156.00/cwt156.00–156.007978

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.