Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2020-01-23

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Jan 23
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
600 vs last sale 1,000 400 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
955 head
140 vs last sale 815 955 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 steers under 600 lbs for accurate market test. Feeder Steers over 600 lbs weak to 5.00 lower. Stocker heifers under 700 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, not enough yearling heifers for an adequate market test. Slaughter cows firm to 7.00 higher as beef type cows where scarce this week. Not enough slaughter bulls for an adequate market test. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $151.46/cwt on 215 head.
Average price
$151.46
215 head · 656 lb average
Value per head Derived
$994
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$213
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$1.51/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 1-2660151.511,000209
Small and Medium 1-2525150.007886thin
One grade step is worth $1.51/cwt here — about $213 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 sale215 hd
151.46
WA average1 barns · 215 hd
151.46
+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
BullsLow2,03881.081,6528thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,57862.24982282
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,86961.871,15624
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24957.76721183

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
Bulls1,98676.71/cwt73.50–79.001,5234
Bulls2,09085.45/cwt83.50–86.501,7864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54459.85/cwt57.00–62.0092488
CowsBoner 80-85%1,70565.66/cwt62.00–67.001,120153
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,87160.44/cwt58.00–62.001,1317
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,86862.46/cwt62.00–62.751,16717
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,09984.00/cwt84.00–84.009235
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,19986.50/cwt86.50–86.501,0375
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,35188.00/cwt88.00–88.001,1898
SteersMedium and Large 1-2731145.35/cwt142.00–148.001,06332
SteersMedium and Large 1-2809138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1167
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525175.00/cwt175.00–175.0091910
SteersMedium and Large 1-2781140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,09310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2578160.70/cwt160.00–162.0092920
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613154.12/cwt147.50–158.0094562
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2673136.08/cwt130.00–139.0091616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2575146.83/cwt144.00–149.5084419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2619141.02/cwt139.00–141.9087345
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-3473151.00/cwt151.00–151.007146
SteersMedium and Large 1-2681148.94/cwt147.85–155.001,01468
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2525150.00/cwt150.00–150.007886
CowsLean 85-90%1,26055.96/cwt53.00–58.0070575
CowsLean 85-90%1,31261.03/cwt58.00–63.0080185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486154.50/cwt154.50–154.507515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2529160.00/cwt160.00–160.008467
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757120.00/cwt120.00–120.009089
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2742127.00/cwt127.00–127.0094211
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight1,17954.63/cwt50.50–56.0064441
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight97951.55/cwt49.00–55.0050523

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.