Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle weak in a light test. Lower market based on lower quality and numbers offered today. Buyer attendance light. The CME Feeder Cattle Index from 9/20 was 67 cents higher to $254.09. Slaughter cows and bulls firm to 3.00 higher. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $215.56/cwt on 91 head.

Average price

$215.56

91 head · 581 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,253

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$586

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

$80.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.68

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	511	235.50	1,204	30
Large 1	701	225.00	1,577	15thin
Small and Medium 1-2	515	210.54	1,085	34
Small and Medium 2-3	537	177.50	953	7thin
Large 1-2	1,155	155.00	1,790	5thin

One grade step is worth $80.50/cwt here — about −$586 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 sale91 hd

215.56

—

WA average2 barns · 978 hd

249.24

−33.68

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	1,723	122.46	2,109	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	119.00	2,047	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,790	117.50	2,103	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,706	110.51	1,885	340
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,307	102.74	1,342	320

Every lot, as filed

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,368	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,175	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	233.91/cwt	232.50–235.00	1,200	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	475	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,021	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	701	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,577	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,164	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	393	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	963	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	524	204.17/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,070	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	1,323	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	537	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	953	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,196	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,842	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,300	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,989	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,100	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,678	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	421	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,313	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,097	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	1,155	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,790	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,041	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	584	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,168	10
Steers	Large 1	—	777	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,624	8
Steers	Large 1	—	1,002	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,894	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	484	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,222	5
Bulls	—	—	1,617	124.54/cwt	122.00–128.50	2,014	18
Bulls	—	—	2,390	131.98/cwt	131.00–133.00	3,154	2
Bulls	—	—	1,774	117.32/cwt	106.00–122.00	2,081	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,754	113.06/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,983	175
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,655	107.80/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,784	165
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,720	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	2,047	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,255	100.03/cwt	96.00–103.00	1,255	155
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,790	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	2,103	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,355	105.28/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,427	165

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 Sep 21, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 640Last week 820Year ago 1,200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 800Last week 900Year ago 1,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	222.50	222.50
6	—	416	282.50	282.50
5	—	312	312.50	312.50
16	—	513	232.50–235.00	233.91
5	—	245	525.00	525.00
8	—	571	230.00	230.00
6	—	320	450.00	450.00
8	—	385	285.00	285.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	421	235.00	235.00
5	—	484	252.50	252.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	777	209.00	209.00
9	—	1,002	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	475	215.00	215.00
5	—	393	245.00	245.00
14	—	524	200.00–207.50	204.17
10	—	584	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	701	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	240.00	240.00
10	—	600	220.50	220.50
7	—	538	220.00	220.00
8	—	393	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	537	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,155	155.00	155.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,196	154.00	154.00
5	—	1,300	153.00	153.00
6	—	1,100	152.50	152.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,617	122.00–128.50	124.54
2	—	2,390	131.00–133.00	131.98
11	—	1,774	106.00–122.00	117.32
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,754	110.00–115.50	113.06
165	—	1,655	105.00–110.00	107.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,720	119.00	119.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,255	96.00–103.00	100.03
165	—	1,355	103.00–107.00	105.28
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,790	117.50	117.50

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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