Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle steady. CME feeders cattle futures were down $2.50 to $3.50 on the day. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $1.74 at $241.27 on September 4. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter Dairy cows 8.00-11.00 lower. Slaughter bulls firm in a light test. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.56/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −167.44 against this barn's trailing median of $394.00.

Average price

$226.56

54 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$32.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

−14.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	564	237.41	1,339	36
Medium and Large 2-3	566	204.86	1,159	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale54 hd

226.56

—

WA average1 barns · 54 hd

226.56

+0.00

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−14.13

This barn, trailing median18 sales

394.00

−167.44

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	1,886	158.09	2,982	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	132.32	1,709	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,244	126.86	1,578	80
Dairy Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,787	135.94	2,429	11
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,509	125.78	1,898	220
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,315	113.81	1,497	200

Every lot, as filed

53 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	700–750	711	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,671	12
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	682	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,432	8
Dairy Heifers	Small 4	700–750	708	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	761	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,133	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,694	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,037	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,659	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	800–850	815	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,255	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	550–600	571	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,256	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,142	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	233.04/cwt	230.50–234.50	1,580	32
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	904	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,880	14
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	974	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,938	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,544	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,432	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,380	8
Steers	Large 1	750–800	763	242.05/cwt	240.50–243.50	1,847	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	253.17/cwt	250.75–254.50	1,727	25
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	673	232.70/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,566	18
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	708	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,749	6
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,057	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,950	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	558	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,328	6
Steers	Large 2-3Unweaned	700–750	701	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,486	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	689	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,578	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	254.34/cwt	249.50–257.00	1,587	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	400–450	444	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,099	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	9
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,457	122.88/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,790	105
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,557	128.42/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,999	115
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,263	110.63/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,397	95
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,362	116.69/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,589	105
Dairy Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,787	135.94/cwt	135.00–136.75	2,429	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	134.87/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,792	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	121.95/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,480	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	128.74/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,596	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,267	130.68/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,656	45
Bulls	—	—	1,886	158.09/cwt	154.00–161.50	2,982	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	665	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,370	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	242.80/cwt	238.50–249.00	1,401	22
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	732	231.10/cwt	227.00–233.50	1,692	44
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	868	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,758	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	684	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,419	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	601	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,403	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	185.32/cwt	183.00–186.00	1,877	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	550–600	597	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,194	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	611	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,402	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	551	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	500–550	517	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,099	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,215	8
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	817	214.18/cwt	211.00–217.00	1,750	15
Steers	Large 1	700–750	713	248.54/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,772	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,312	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	457	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,143	5

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 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 960Last week 700Year ago 980

Slaughter CattleReceipts 840Last week 800Year 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
14	450–500	486	270.00	270.00
8	500–550	517	267.00	267.00
14	600–650	624	249.50–257.00	254.34
25	650–700	682	250.75–254.50	253.17
12	700–750	711	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	682	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	571	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	457	250.00	250.00
8	500–550	519	220.00	220.00
6	550–600	558	238.00	238.00
13	650–700	683	226.00	226.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	713	248.00–250.00	248.54
29	750–800	763	240.50–243.50	242.05
7	950–1000	974	199.00	199.00
19	1050–1100	1,057	184.50	184.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	673	228.00–240.00	232.70
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	247.00	247.00
Steers — Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	701	212.00	212.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	689	229.00	229.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	708	107.50	107.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	815	154.00	154.00
10	1000–1050	1,037	160.00	160.00
8	1100–1150	1,133	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	250.00	250.00
22	550–600	577	238.50–249.00	242.80
8	600–650	601	233.50	233.50
32	650–700	678	230.50–234.50	233.04
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	732	227.00–233.50	231.10
15	800–850	817	211.00–217.00	214.18
8	850–900	868	202.50	202.50
14	900–950	904	208.00	208.00
31	1000–1050	1,013	183.00–186.00	185.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
9	500–550	539	230.00	230.00
5	550–600	551	227.00	227.00
16	600–650	648	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	247.50	247.50
7	500–550	517	212.50	212.50
11	550–600	597	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	665	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	684	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	611	229.50	229.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	375	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,457	120.00–125.00	122.88
115	—	1,557	125.00–131.00	128.42
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,263	105.00–114.00	110.63
105	—	1,362	114.00–121.00	116.69
Dairy Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,787	135.00–136.75	135.94
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,329	131.00–137.00	134.87
25	—	1,240	124.00–131.00	128.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,214	114.00–127.00	121.95
45	—	1,267	127.00–133.00	130.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,886	154.00–161.50	158.09

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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