Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle weak in a light test. CME Feeders tagged along for the ride on Thursday, with gains of 90 cents to $1.62. The CME Feeder Cattle index on April 9th was down another $1.84 to $243.65. Slaughter cows unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls firm in a light test. Trade active with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $275.43/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −118.57 against this barn's trailing median of $394.00.

Average price

$275.43

35 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,532

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$163

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

$20.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+11.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	280.77	1,575	26
Small and Medium 1-2	543	260.00	1,412	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.77/cwt here — about $163 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $493.55, low $319.09, median $394.00 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale35 hd

275.43

—

WA average1 barns · 35 hd

275.43

+0.00

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

+11.47

This barn, trailing median18 sales

394.00

−118.57

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	1,800	151.44	2,726	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,344	135.26	1,817	56
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,501	122.41	1,837	421
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,278	118.84	1,519	369

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,073	$1,325	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,449	$2,303	16

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls	—	—	1,800	151.44/cwt	147.00–155.00	2,726	12
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,644	127.74/cwt	127.50–128.50	2,100	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	850–900	876	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,752	12
Steers	Large 1	750–800	781	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,445	7
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	733	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,620	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,322	134.26/cwt	133.00–135.00	1,775	45
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	129.36/cwt	128.75–130.00	1,856	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,432	139.36/cwt	139.00–139.75	1,996	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	498	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,357	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,924	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,662	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,474	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,322	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	464	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,276	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	305.72/cwt	302.50–308.00	1,740	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	131	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	561	280.77/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,575	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,798	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,449	2,302.67/head	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,303	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	668	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,770	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	400	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,060	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	493	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,269	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	543	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,412	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	495	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,411	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	121.72/cwt	117.00–125.00	1,588	185
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,556	124.56/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,938	195
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	118.60/cwt	115.00–121.00	1,728	185
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,206	114.59/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,382	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 Apr 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 650Last week 960Year ago 550

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,000Last week 700Year ago 900

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,800	147.00–155.00	151.44
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,644	127.50–128.50	127.74
185	—	1,305	117.00–125.00	121.72
165	—	1,206	111.00–117.00	114.59
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,435	128.75–130.00	129.36
195	—	1,556	121.00–127.00	124.56
185	—	1,457	115.00–121.00	118.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,322	133.00–135.00	134.26
11	—	1,432	139.00–139.75	139.36

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	876	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	781	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	421	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	543	306.00	306.00
12	550–600	569	302.50–308.00	305.72
7	600–650	642	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	675	285.00	285.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	668	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	495	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	733	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	437	302.50	302.50
10	450–500	498	272.50	272.50
26	550–600	561	275.00–285.00	280.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	400	265.00	265.00
5	450–500	493	257.50	257.50
9	500–550	543	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
8	100–150	131	750.00	750.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,073	1,325.00	1,325.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,449	2,250.00–2,350.00	2,302.67

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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Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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