Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, stocker and feeder cattle 4.00-5.00 lower in a light test. Quality not as attractive as last week as most supplies are cutbacks from Tuesday night Special Carlot feeder cattle sale. Buyer attendance was light. Feeder cattle also gained on Thursday, with $2.35 to $2.45 gains. November rolled off the board at $155.92. The 11/17 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 2 cents weaker to $155.46. Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 8.00 higher. Flood and road closures in Canada are making supplies hard to get delivered. Trade active with good demand.Weekly Export Sales data showed beef booking for the week that ended 11/11 totaled 25,463 MT. That was the most since the week of May 20, led by a new all time record 13,751 MT sold to China. Their prior record booking was 9,205 MT in May. China’s beef commitments for 2021 were at 176,522 MT, or 17.6% of the total. Of the 1.022 MMT total commitments, 805,604 MT have been shipped, which is the most ever through 1/11 and less than 50k MT behind 2020’s full year total.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.54/cwt on 93 head.

Average price

$134.54

93 head · 805 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,083

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$394

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

$12.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.40

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	141.05	865	44
Large 1	978	128.69	1,258	49

One grade step is worth $12.35/cwt here — about −$394 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 sale93 hd

134.54

—

WA average2 barns · 1,038 hd

144.94

−10.40

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	1,930	79.32	1,531	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,502	60.73	912	460
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,262	56.32	711	300

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Large 1	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	754	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	117.44/cwt	115.00–125.50	813	21
Steers	Large 1	—	931	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,196	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	727	129.40/cwt	125.00–134.50	941	17
Steers	Large 1	—	763	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,019	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,185	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,452	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	132.87/cwt	130.00–135.00	838	12
Steers	Large 1	—	1,112	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,423	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	830	6
Steers	Large 1	—	853	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,100	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	175.50/cwt	175.50–175.50	814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	133.85/cwt	130.00–137.50	887	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	129.01/cwt	125.00–135.50	790	20
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	533	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	600	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	448	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	526	5
Bulls	—	—	2,009	82.11/cwt	79.00–84.50	1,650	11
Bulls	—	—	1,833	75.91/cwt	70.50–79.00	1,391	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Certified Prgms	—	1,400	69.86/cwt	67.00–72.00	978	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	1,050	40.14/cwt	35.00–44.00	421	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,508	60.45/cwt	58.00–62.00	912	185
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,554	55.81/cwt	53.00–58.00	867	175
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,290	59.40/cwt	57.00–61.00	766	155
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	55.10/cwt	52.00–57.00	694	125

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 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 500Last week 600Year ago 1,200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 800Last week 1,300Year ago 1,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	730	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	571	132.00	132.00
21	—	692	115.00–125.50	117.44
8	—	463	145.00	145.00
20	—	612	125.00–135.50	129.01
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	116.00	116.00
8	—	533	112.50	112.50
5	—	448	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	727	125.00–134.50	129.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	931	128.50	128.50
10	—	763	133.50	133.50
6	—	1,185	122.50	122.50
17	—	1,112	128.00	128.00
8	—	853	129.00	129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	631	130.00–135.00	132.87
6	—	593	140.00	140.00
7	—	464	175.50	175.50
19	—	663	130.00–137.50	133.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	2,009	79.00–84.50	82.11
9	—	1,833	70.50–79.00	75.91
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,400	67.00–72.00	69.86
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,050	35.00–44.00	40.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,508	58.00–62.00	60.45
175	—	1,554	53.00–58.00	55.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,290	57.00–61.00	59.40
125	—	1,260	52.00–57.00	55.10

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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