Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2023-06-01

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Jun 1
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
430 head
35 vs last sale 465 200 vs year ago 230 · +87.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
800 head
100 vs last sale 900 100 vs year ago 700 · +14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle firm in a light test. CME Feeder cattle prices are also $1.70 to $2.10 higher on the board as August is within $5 of the all time high back in 2014. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was a penny lower $207.61 on 5/29. Slaughter cows 7.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter bulls weak in a light test. 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 $246.25/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$246.25
77 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,682
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$22
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$52.57/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 1-2635268.211,70434
Medium and Large 2-3611247.281,51118thin
Large 1800215.641,72625
One grade step is worth $52.57/cwt here — about −$22 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 sale77 hd
246.25
WA average1 barns · 77 hd
246.25
+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
BullsAverage1,800122.042,1979thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,830110.552,02325
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,561102.291,597385
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,600100.001,6005thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,34299.011,329371

Every lot, as filed

28 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2649266.75/cwt266.75–266.751,73119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,3645
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3524261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,3686
HeifersSmall 3-4435172.50/cwt172.50–172.507505
HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4439195.00/cwt195.00–195.0085614
HeifersSmall and Medium 3-4498191.00/cwt191.00–191.0095119
SteersLarge 1728244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7768
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7728
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3624240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4989
Dairy HeifersLarge 3473127.50/cwt127.50–127.506038
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 3-4422125.00/cwt125.00–125.005285
Dairy HeifersSmall 445197.50/cwt97.50–97.504408
SteersMedium and Large 1-2576269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,5497
SteersLarge 1803214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7186
SteersLarge 1851195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6596
SteersMedium and Large 2-3584250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,46011
SteersLarge 1Value Added852197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6785
SteersMedium and Large 2-3654243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5897
HeifersSmall 3-4483172.50/cwt172.50–172.508336
Bulls1,800122.04/cwt119.00–125.002,1979
CowsBoner 80-85%Light Weight1,29289.50/cwt89.00–90.001,15625
CowsLean 85-90%Light Weight1,13188.56/cwt85.00–91.001,00231
CowsLean 85-90%1,30997.15/cwt94.00–99.001,272165
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,830110.55/cwt107.50–113.002,02325
CowsBoner 80-85%1,605107.18/cwt102.00–111.001,720185
CowsLean 85-90%1,411102.61/cwt99.00–104.501,448175
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55498.94/cwt95.00–102.001,538175
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,600100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,6005

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.