Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, Stocker and feeder cattle steady to 2.00 lower. Quality more attractive this week as buyers were able to purchase load lots. CME positions sold off today with triple digit losses seen on all contracts. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to weak. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $136.39/cwt on 551 head.

Average price

$136.39

551 head · 651 lb average

Value per head Derived

$888

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$319

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

$17.59/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
Medium and Large 1-2	613	141.81	870	325
Large 1	749	129.33	969	194
Small and Medium 2-3	443	124.22	551	32

One grade step is worth $17.59/cwt here — about $319 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 sale551 hd

136.39

—

WA average1 barns · 551 hd

136.39

+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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,722	76.82	1,323	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,280	54.50	697	309
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,551	53.93	837	419

Every lot, as filed

40 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	Large 1	—	719	127.62/cwt	126.00–128.75	918	47
Heifers	Large 1	—	964	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,051	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	782	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	919	12
Steers	Large 1	—	761	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	970	12
Steers	Large 1	—	733	130.01/cwt	128.00–132.00	953	164
Steers	Large 1	—	916	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,145	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	560	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	694	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	401	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	541	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	23
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	468	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	604	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	147.92/cwt	146.00–154.00	834	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	194	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	127.64/cwt	125.00–128.50	876	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	140.42/cwt	135.50–144.00	612	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	437	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	459	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	133.44/cwt	128.50–136.00	707	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	139.49/cwt	135.50–141.50	674	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	130.62/cwt	125.00–136.00	820	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	138.57/cwt	131.00–140.00	865	138
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	133.37/cwt	129.50–138.00	899	96
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	360	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	414	7
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	584	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	584	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	808	119.57/cwt	116.00–124.00	966	18
Steers	Large 1	—	827	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,013	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,492	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,238	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	130.43/cwt	127.75–132.00	763	122
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	695	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	695	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	160.63/cwt	159.00–163.50	832	37
Bulls	—	—	1,869	81.54/cwt	77.00–85.00	1,524	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,609	56.04/cwt	53.00–58.00	902	206
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,309	57.14/cwt	54.00–59.00	748	175
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,369	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	904	5
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	606	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	673	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	716	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	852	8
Bulls	—	—	1,586	72.43/cwt	64.00–77.00	1,149	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,508	50.29/cwt	46.00–53.00	758	185
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	51.33/cwt	47.00–54.00	647	125
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	989	47.03/cwt	44.00–50.00	465	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	168.99/cwt	165.50–172.00	782	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,426	61.72/cwt	58.50–64.75	880	23

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

Thu Nov 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,200Last week 400Year ago 980

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,200Last week 1,200Year ago 1,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	719	126.00–128.75	127.62
8	—	964	109.00	109.00
12	—	782	117.50	117.50
18	—	808	116.00–124.00	119.57
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	560	124.00	124.00
6	—	468	129.00	129.00
25	—	437	105.00	105.00
7	—	360	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	194	235.00	235.00
39	—	686	125.00–128.50	127.64
16	—	436	135.50–144.00	140.42
39	—	530	128.50–136.00	133.44
43	—	483	135.50–141.50	139.49
91	—	628	125.00–136.00	130.62
122	—	585	127.75–132.00	130.43
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	716	119.00	119.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	761	127.50	127.50
164	—	733	128.00–132.00	130.01
13	—	916	125.00	125.00
5	—	827	122.50	122.50
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	401	135.00	135.00
23	—	460	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	564	146.00–154.00	147.92
138	—	624	131.00–140.00	138.57
96	—	674	129.50–138.00	133.37
37	—	518	159.00–163.50	160.63
11	—	463	165.50–172.00	168.99
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	584	100.00	100.00
35	—	695	100.00	100.00
5	—	606	111.00	111.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,492	83.00	83.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,869	77.00–85.00	81.54
14	—	1,586	64.00–77.00	72.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,609	53.00–58.00	56.04
5	—	1,369	66.00	66.00
185	—	1,508	46.00–53.00	50.29
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,309	54.00–59.00	57.14
125	—	1,260	47.00–54.00	51.33
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	989	44.00–50.00	47.03
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,426	58.50–64.75	61.72

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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