Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2021-02-18

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Feb 18
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
470 vs last sale 770 1,650 vs year ago 1,950 · 84.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
550 head
150 vs last sale 700 250 vs year ago 800 · 31.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, not enough stocker or feeder cattle this week for accurate market trends. Quality not as attractive this week as most supplies where small lots and singles. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher. Packers continue to buy for the storm market as inclement weather conditions in the trade area affecting movement of livestock. Slaughter bulls were too lightly tested to develop any market trend. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $107.65/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$107.65
44 head · 779 lb average
Value per head Derived
$839
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$12
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3
$32.50/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 1-2629129.008117thin
Medium and Large 2-3748112.9484516thin
Large 2-385396.5082321
One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about −$12 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 sale44 hd
107.65
WA average1 barns · 44 hd
107.65
+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
BullsAverage1,97298.571,94411
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,53271.301,093175
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,29668.23884179

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,94593.07/cwt91.50–94.501,8106
Bulls2,004105.16/cwt100.50–111.502,1075
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53978.57/cwt77.75–79.001,20913
CowsBoner 80-85%1,62764.94/cwt63.00–68.501,05721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53072.01/cwt68.50–75.501,102137
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight1,10056.75/cwt56.75–56.756244
SteersMedium and Large 2-3656119.00/cwt119.00–119.007818
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3824109.50/cwt109.50–109.509025
SteersMedium and Large 3-4418129.00/cwt129.00–129.005395
Dairy HeifersSmall 463551.21/cwt48.00–54.0032522
Dairy HeifersSmall 451445.00/cwt45.00–45.002316
Dairy HeifersSmall 474755.50/cwt55.50–55.504156
Dairy SteersLarge 347477.50/cwt77.50–77.503676
Dairy SteersLarge 3330100.00/cwt100.00–100.0033013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2629129.00/cwt129.00–129.008117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2678138.75/cwt138.75–138.759418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574161.00/cwt161.00–161.009245
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3714114.50/cwt114.50–114.5081811
SteersLarge 2-377582.50/cwt82.50–82.506397
Dairy HeifersLarge 356175.00/cwt75.00–75.004215
Dairy HeifersLarge 349673.61/cwt69.00–75.5036517
Dairy HeifersLarge 340367.50/cwt67.50–67.502726
Dairy HeifersLarge 387086.50/cwt86.50–86.507536
Dairy HeifersLarge 351370.00/cwt70.00–70.003598
CowsLean 85-90%1,28071.01/cwt69.00–74.00909133
CowsLean 85-90%1,41764.09/cwt58.50–69.0090836
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight1,06946.23/cwt44.00–50.0049410
SteersLarge 1753132.00/cwt132.00–132.009946
HeifersLarge 2-379170.00/cwt70.00–70.005547
HeifersLarge 2-3884109.75/cwt109.75–109.7597014

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.