Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2023-01-05

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Jan 5
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
300 head
300 vs last sale 0 50 vs year ago 350 · 14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,100 head
1,100 vs last sale 0 750 vs year ago 350 · +214.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to market not reported last week. A higher undertone was noted on slaughter cows. Trade very active with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $149.90/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$149.90
41 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$311
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$23.29/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
Large 1799160.361,28114thin
Medium and Large 1-2633155.2798311thin
Medium and Large 2-3708137.0697016thin
One grade step is worth $23.29/cwt here — about $311 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 sale41 hd
149.90
WA average1 barns · 41 hd
149.90
+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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68985.001,4364thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,61882.441,334431
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,38379.761,103390

Every lot, as filed

19 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2420181.00/cwt181.00–181.007606
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2776139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513179.00/cwt179.00–179.009188
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2631150.06/cwt148.00–153.0094714
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,062110.78/cwt110.50–111.001,17614
SteersLarge 1823160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3179
SteersMedium and Large 1-2688153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0536
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,197110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3178
SteersLarge 1755161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2165
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,107112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,24519
CowsLean 85-90%1,35776.06/cwt70.00–80.001,032185
CowsLean 85-90%1,40783.09/cwt80.00–85.001,169205
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68985.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4364
CowsBoner 80-85%1,60579.45/cwt76.00–82.001,275205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,65684.94/cwt82.00–87.001,407215
CowsBoner 80-85%Certified Prgms1,12689.42/cwt88.50–90.001,00711
SteersMedium and Large 1-2567158.00/cwt158.00–158.008965
SteersMedium and Large 2-3654143.00/cwt143.00–143.0093511
SteersMedium and Large 2-3826124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0245

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.