Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2019-09-05

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Sep 5
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
200 head
300 vs last sale 500 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
793 head
93 vs last sale 700 793 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
7 head
7 vs last sale 0 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, not enough stocker cattle last week for accurate trends. Feeder cattle weak in a light test. Slaughter cows steady to firm as higher milk prices keeping more cows on the dairies. Slaughter bulls 5.00-5.50 lower. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $132.01/cwt on 78 head.
Average price
$132.01
78 head · 712 lb average
Value per head Derived
$940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$123
per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.90/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
Small and Medium 1-2577143.008256thin
Medium and Large 1-2723131.1094872
One grade step is worth $11.90/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale78 hd
132.01
WA average1 barns · 78 hd
132.01
+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
BullsLow1,59079.011,25636
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,65569.661,153342
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,35364.80877334

Every lot, as filed

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473144.00/cwt144.00–144.006815
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2735121.00/cwt121.00–121.0088914
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2555137.00/cwt137.00–137.0076010
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Full784118.50/cwt118.50–118.509298
SteersMedium and Large 1-2708134.50/cwt134.50–134.509529
SteersMedium and Large 1-2773125.00/cwt125.00–125.009669
SteersMedium and Large 1-2862118.19/cwt118.00–118.501,01913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2666139.19/cwt139.00–139.5092716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2625140.70/cwt140.00–141.0087917
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2577143.00/cwt143.00–143.008256
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,17382.50/cwt82.50–82.509686
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-371176.00/cwt76.00–76.005407
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2425124.00/cwt124.00–124.005275
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2483127.50/cwt127.50–127.506165
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,0701,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0011,7705
Bulls1,35166.91/cwt63.00–73.009049
Bulls1,52378.64/cwt73.00–85.001,19813
Bulls1,80587.13/cwt85.00–89.501,57314
CowsBoner 80-85%1,70867.91/cwt65.50–69.001,160156
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61171.12/cwt69.00–74.001,146186
CowsLean 85-90%1,34462.14/cwt58.00–66.00835154
CowsLean 85-90%1,37267.36/cwt66.00–69.00924175
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97357.00/cwt57.00–57.005555

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.