Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2023-10-12

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Oct 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
510 head
15 vs last sale 525 220 vs year ago 730 · 30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,100 head
200 vs last sale 1,300 200 vs year ago 900 · +22.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder steers weak, heifers firm in a light test. Feeder cattle futures finished the Thursday trade with triple digit gains of as much as 0.7%. The 10/11 CME Feeder Cattle Index increased 51 cents to $250.30. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 lower. Not enough slaughter bulls for accurate trends. Trade moderate with light to moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $218.87/cwt on 88 head.
Average price
$218.87
88 head · 581 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$42.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.87
vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556230.181,27955
Small and Medium 1-2461221.501,02012thin
Large 1718187.741,34821
One grade step is worth $42.44/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale88 hd
218.87
WA average2 barns · 641 hd
227.74
−8.87
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
BullsAverage1,955112.522,2003thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,400102.591,437406
CowsLean 85-90%High1,22895.581,173388

Every lot, as filed

31 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 1608235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4296
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2413233.00/cwt233.00–233.009626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2699211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,47510
HeifersLarge 1718187.74/cwt174.00–210.001,34821
BullsMedium and Large 1-2420280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,1765
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,20613
Dairy HeifersLarge 3741145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0746
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,34711
Dairy HeifersLarge 3617127.50/cwt127.50–127.507876
Dairy HeifersLarge 3903152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3737
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,087155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,69013
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 487282.00/cwt82.00–82.007155
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,175146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,7165
SteersLarge 11,195172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,0558
SteersLarge 1717179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,28310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2289550.00/head550.00–550.005505
SteersMedium and Large 2-3454255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1585
SteersMedium and Large 1-2537252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3536
SteersMedium and Large 1-2584219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620216.59/cwt215.00–218.001,34313
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381251.00/cwt251.00–251.009565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2428251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0748
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2585236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,3816
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2508210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0676
Bulls1,955112.52/cwt110.00–115.002,2003
CowsLean 85-90%1,059100.50/cwt100.50–100.501,0648
CowsLean 85-90%1,20593.39/cwt91.00–95.001,125185
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35699.63/cwt96.00–102.001,351195
CowsBoner 80-85%1,433105.13/cwt102.00–107.001,507205
CowsBoner 80-85%1,725112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,9326
CowsLean 85-90%1,25697.45/cwt95.00–99.001,224195

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.