Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2024-01-04

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Jan 4
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
240 head
130 vs last sale 370 60 vs year ago 300 · 20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,000 head
350 vs last sale 650 100 vs year ago 1,100 · 9.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to the holidays the last 2 weeks and market not reported. Trade active with very good demand. Feeder cattle futures ended the Thursday session triple digits lower with losses of as much as 0.6%. March feeders are still down by $1.32 to $1.42 through midday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index for 1/3 was $228.65, up by $3.60.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $185.80/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$185.80
28 head · 599 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$188
per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small and Medium 1-2
$52.50/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 2-3409212.508697thin
Medium and Large 1-2663182.191,20716thin
Small and Medium 1-2661160.001,0585thin
One grade step is worth $52.50/cwt here — about −$188 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 sale28 hd
185.80
WA average1 barns · 28 hd
185.80
+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
BullsAverage2,050118.222,4246thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,633117.501,9196thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,054114.952,3618thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,697111.021,884384
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,33294.721,262360

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,633117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,9196
CowsLean 85-90%1,35798.33/cwt95.00–100.501,334185
CowsLean 85-90%1,30690.91/cwt85.00–95.001,187175
CowsBoner 80-85%1,654106.71/cwt100.00–112.001,765185
CowsBoner 80-85%1,754114.78/cwt112.00–117.002,013195
CowsPremium White 65-75%2,054114.95/cwt113.00–117.002,3618
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed940127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1944
Bulls2,050118.22/cwt115.00–120.502,4246
Dairy HeifersLarge 3901135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2169
SteersLarge 1768201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5445
SteersLarge 1-2901159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,43313
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,3395
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2661160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0585
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,114134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,49314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2682175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,19411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2620198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2285
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 497384.50/cwt84.50–84.5082210
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3409212.50/cwt212.50–212.508697
BullsLarge 1-2844115.00/cwt115.00–115.009715

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.