Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2020-10-08

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Oct 8
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
0 vs last sale 500 230 vs year ago 730 · 31.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,190 head
30 vs last sale 1,220 10 vs year ago 1,200 · 0.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
20 vs last sale 30 90 vs year ago 100 · 90.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, Stocker and feeder cattle 3.00-7.00 lower as the fall run is in full swing. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower as supply exceeds demand. Slaughter bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Trade light to moderate with light to moderate demand. Buyer attendance was light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.77/cwt on 190 head.
Average price
$139.77
190 head · 597 lb average
Value per head Derived
$835
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Large 1 over Small and Medium 1-2
$27.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.68
vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1708142.001,00514thin
Medium and Large 1-2577141.21815164
Large 1-2786119.509397thin
Small and Medium 1-2676115.007775thin
One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale190 hd
139.77
WA average2 barns · 1,138 hd
145.46
−5.68
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
BullsLow1,95885.811,68028
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,59859.46950397
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,31958.04766401

Every lot, as filed

26 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
SteersLarge 1708142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,00514
CowsLean 85-90%1,29555.38/cwt52.00–58.00717183
Bulls2,07380.76/cwt78.00–85.001,67411
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight1,10848.96/cwt47.50–50.0054213
CowsLean 85-90%1,35461.00/cwt58.00–63.00826205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,65362.05/cwt59.00–64.001,026208
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54356.40/cwt53.00–59.00870185
CowsBoner 80-85%Certified Prgms1,27166.75/cwt66.75–66.758484
Bulls1,95788.02/cwt85.00–89.501,72314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2483151.39/cwt149.00–153.0073112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2414144.06/cwt143.00–145.0059617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510142.71/cwt140.00–144.7572826
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2569127.96/cwt124.00–131.0072820
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2691125.50/cwt125.50–125.508677
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0101,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0012,1206
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417129.00/cwt125.00–134.0053825
Bulls1,54394.00/cwt94.00–94.001,4503
SteersLarge 1-2786119.50/cwt119.50–119.509397
SteersMedium and Large 1-2662140.89/cwt138.50–146.0093331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2629137.69/cwt136.00–141.7586656
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2635125.37/cwt124.00–130.0079644
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519128.77/cwt126.00–132.0066853
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584141.06/cwt139.50–142.5082422
SteersMedium and Large 1-2297500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,4856
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2458134.00/cwt134.00–134.006145
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2676115.00/cwt115.00–115.007775

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.