Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-07-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to the 4th of July holiday last Thursday and market not reported. CME Feeder cattle are up 30 cents to $1.05. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 82 cents on July 9 at $258.15. A weaker undertone was noted on slaughter cows. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $306.00/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −172.91 against this barn's trailing median of $478.91.

Average price

$306.00

7 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,671

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+3.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	306.00	1,671	7thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $553.41, low $402.46, median $478.91 across 15 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 sale7 hd

306.00

—

WA average1 barns · 7 hd

306.00

+0.00

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

+3.09

This barn, trailing median15 sales

478.91

−172.91

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	1,885	176.60	3,329	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,503	136.36	2,050	254
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	118.00	1,770	5thin
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,750	128.50	2,249	4thin
Dairy Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,956	128.50	2,513	8thin
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,303	122.06	1,591	222

Every lot, as filed

42 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	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	693	257.64/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,785	28
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	682	252.23/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,720	19
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	669	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,565	5
Bulls	Small and Medium 3-4	500–550	535	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,097	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	750–800	762	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	792	15
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	800–850	819	106.65/cwt	105.00–108.00	873	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	268.23/cwt	266.00–270.00	1,811	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	294.16/cwt	289.00–299.50	1,833	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	280.58/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,782	31
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,064	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,000	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	721	230.71/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,663	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	615	281.14/cwt	280.50–282.50	1,729	16
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,014	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,835	15
Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	713	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,569	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,884	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	275.46/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,837	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	900–950	941	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,477	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	950–1000	950	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,397	7
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	736	238.42/cwt	235.50–242.50	1,755	77
Steers	Large 1	900–950	949	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,775	12
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	786	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,847	6
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	9
Steers	Large 1	750–800	763	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,949	23
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	994	197.22/cwt	195.00–200.00	1,960	27
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	801	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,886	30
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	752	238.20/cwt	230.50–240.00	1,791	32
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1250–1300	1,258	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,925	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,071	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,692	8
Bulls	—	—	1,885	176.60/cwt	172.00–179.00	3,329	13
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,750	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	2,249	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,500	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,770	5
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,296	124.45/cwt	122.00–127.00	1,613	123
Steers	Large 1	800–850	819	240.54/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,970	135
Steers	Large 1	700–750	722	253.05/cwt	250.00–255.50	1,827	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,049	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,521	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,357	133.88/cwt	131.00–136.00	1,817	115
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,641	138.21/cwt	136.00–141.00	2,268	135
Dairy Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,956	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	2,513	8
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,311	119.61/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,568	95
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,354	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,449	4

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 Jul 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 800Last week 1,240Year ago 1,220

Slaughter CattleReceipts 950Last week 700Year ago 1,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	615	280.50–282.50	281.14
28	650–700	693	257.50–258.00	257.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	546	306.00	306.00
20	600–650	623	289.00–299.50	294.16
20	650–700	667	273.00–283.00	275.46
23	750–800	777	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	721	215.00–240.00	230.71
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	713	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	722	250.00–255.50	253.05
23	750–800	763	255.50	255.50
135	800–850	819	240.00–241.00	240.54
12	900–950	949	187.00	187.00
27	950–1000	994	195.00–200.00	197.22
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	786	235.00	235.00
9	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	682	251.00–255.00	252.23
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	669	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	580	280.00	280.00
31	600–650	635	279.00–284.00	280.58
27	650–700	675	266.00–270.00	268.23
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	700–750	736	235.50–242.50	238.42
32	750–800	752	230.50–240.00	238.20
30	800–850	801	235.50	235.50
Bulls — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	535	205.00	205.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	762	104.00	104.00
11	800–850	819	105.00–108.00	106.65
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	941	157.00	157.00
8	1050–1100	1,071	158.00	158.00
5	1250–1300	1,258	153.00	153.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	950	147.00	147.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1050–1100	1,064	188.00	188.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,014	181.00	181.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,885	172.00–179.00	176.60
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,750	128.50	128.50
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,296	122.00–127.00	124.45
95	—	1,311	116.00–122.00	119.61
4	—	1,354	107.00	107.00
Dairy Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,956	128.50	128.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,500	118.00	118.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,049	145.00	145.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,357	131.00–136.00	133.88
135	—	1,641	136.00–141.00	138.21

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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