Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, Stocker and feeder cattle firm. Quality more attractive this week as buyers where able to purchase load lots. Buyer attendance was good. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower as more offerings have shown up. Slaughter bulls firm. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.54/cwt on 192 head.

Average price

$144.54

192 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$895

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$158

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

$18.56/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	592	146.96	871	167
Large 1	801	128.40	1,028	25

One grade step is worth $18.56/cwt here — about −$158 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 sale192 hd

144.54

—

WA average1 barns · 192 hd

144.54

+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	1,934	95.18	1,841	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,353	66.93	905	432
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,632	65.90	1,075	399

Every lot, as filed

32 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
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	247	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	198	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	136.03/cwt	135.50–136.50	901	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	844	15
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	446	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	285	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,354	65.27/cwt	63.00–67.00	884	191
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,404	69.90/cwt	67.00–72.00	981	212
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	969	56.08/cwt	53.50–58.00	543	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,655	68.51/cwt	65.00–71.00	1,134	214
Bulls	—	—	1,922	97.04/cwt	94.50–99.50	1,865	9
Bulls	—	—	1,860	108.37/cwt	104.50–111.50	2,016	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	465	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	693	21
Dairy Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	322	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	164.50/cwt	164.50–164.50	952	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	994	44
Steers	Large 3	—	406	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	426	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,167	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	992	9
Dairy Steers	Small 4	—	342	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	359	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	624	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	780	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	981	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	964	34
Steers	Large 1	—	845	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,115	5
Steers	Large 1	—	777	138.49/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,076	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	142.84/cwt	136.00–144.75	904	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	185.50/cwt	185.50–185.50	902	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	818	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	982	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	502	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	432	5
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	930	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,088	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	760	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,003	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	157.15/cwt	153.00–159.00	762	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	147.20/cwt	144.50–147.75	863	60
Bulls	—	—	1,998	84.41/cwt	80.00–88.00	1,687	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,605	62.88/cwt	60.00–65.00	1,009	185

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 Feb 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 500Last week 300Year ago 300

Slaughter CattleReceipts 900Last week 550Year ago 970

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	247	80.00	80.00
16	—	342	105.00	105.00
Dairy Steers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	446	64.00	64.00
6	—	322	185.00	185.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	502	86.00	86.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	662	135.50–136.50	136.03
15	—	531	159.00	159.00
60	—	633	136.00–144.75	142.84
19	—	485	153.00–159.00	157.15
60	—	586	144.50–147.75	147.20
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	930	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	760	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	465	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	579	164.50	164.50
44	—	629	158.00	158.00
5	—	698	140.50	140.50
34	—	514	187.50	187.50
7	—	486	185.50	185.50
Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	406	105.00	105.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	624	125.00	125.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	845	132.00	132.00
20	—	777	138.00–140.00	138.49
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	818	120.00	120.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,167	85.00	85.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	1,354	63.00–67.00	65.27
212	—	1,404	67.00–72.00	69.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	969	53.50–58.00	56.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
214	—	1,655	65.00–71.00	68.51
185	—	1,605	60.00–65.00	62.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,922	94.50–99.50	97.04
2	—	1,860	104.50–111.50	108.37
4	—	1,998	80.00–88.00	84.41

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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