Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle weak. CME Feeder cattle futures are 55 to 95 cents higher so far on Thursday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up 73 cents at $249.48 on October 8. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Dairy cows 3.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls scarce. Trade moderate to active with light to moderate demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $241.28/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −152.72 against this barn's trailing median of $394.00.

Average price

$241.28

69 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,277

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$128

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

$30.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.09

vs WA average

−11.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	252.48	1,322	44
Small and Medium 1-2	539	221.57	1,194	25

One grade step is worth $30.91/cwt here — about $128 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 sale69 hd

241.28

—

WA average2 barns · 315 hd

262.37

−21.09

National average183 barns · 16,319 hd

252.68

−11.40

This barn, trailing median18 sales

394.00

−152.72

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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,192	123.83	1,475	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,394	122.36	1,705	80
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,493	120.02	1,792	220
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,290	111.64	1,440	200

Every lot, as filed

48 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	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	294	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,290	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	156	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	204	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	7
Bulls	Large 1	700–750	735	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,323	5
Heifers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,221	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,581	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,249	9
Dairy Heifers	Small 4	650–700	698	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	656	5
Dairy Heifers	Small 4	350–400	384	510.00/head	510.00–510.00	510	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	360	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	470	257.53/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,446	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	410	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,546	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	622	236.40/cwt	230.00–240.50	1,470	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	505	297.96/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,505	36
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	962	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,828	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	579	241.28/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,397	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,533	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,482	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,581	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	750–800	786	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,710	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	562	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,017	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	354	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	158	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	239	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	323	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	904	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	708	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,735	5
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	822	214.30/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,762	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,382	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	563	224.54/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,264	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	978	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	25
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	881	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,780	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	237.35/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,258	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,198	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,240	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,291	6
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,500	6
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	777	212.56/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,652	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	125.95/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,777	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,371	117.75/cwt	109.00–123.00	1,614	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	120.59/cwt	115.00–124.00	1,399	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	126.14/cwt	124.00–127.50	1,531	35
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,709	122.48/cwt	119.00–125.00	2,093	115
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,362	114.69/cwt	111.00–117.00	1,562	105
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	108.26/cwt	104.00–111.00	1,311	95
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,257	117.33/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,475	105

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 Oct 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,090Last week 570Year ago 510

Slaughter CattleReceipts 700Last week 700Year ago 1,100

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	150–200	156	860.00	860.00
7	200–250	204	875.00	875.00
8	250–300	294	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	501	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	735	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	777	205.00–215.00	212.56
27	800–850	822	214.00–215.00	214.30
7	850–900	881	202.00	202.00
6	1050–1100	1,091	137.50	137.50
5	1200–1250	1,221	129.50	129.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	530	225.00–250.00	237.35
7	550–600	562	181.00	181.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt
6	150–200	158	825.00	825.00
8	200–250	239	850.00	850.00
5	300–350	323	280.00	280.00
5	350–400	354	850.00	850.00
17	350–400	391	250.00	250.00
6	450–500	489	245.00	245.00
25	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
13	550–600	563	220.00–230.00	224.54
9	600–650	614	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	265.00	265.00
6	500–550	538	240.00	240.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	470	250.00–265.00	257.53
9	500–550	543	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	410	377.00	377.00
7	450–500	490	295.00	295.00
36	500–550	505	295.00–312.50	297.96
39	550–600	579	240.00–250.00	241.28
23	600–650	622	230.00–240.50	236.40
6	650–700	685	220.00	220.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	708	245.00	245.00
5	950–1000	962	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	327.50	327.50
6	500–550	547	271.00	271.00
5	600–650	608	260.00	260.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	786	217.50	217.50
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	510.00	510.00
5	650–700	698	94.00	94.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per head · actual wt
5	350–400	360	850.00	850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,411	123.00–128.00	125.95
35	—	1,371	109.00–123.00	117.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,160	115.00–124.00	120.59
35	—	1,214	124.00–127.50	126.14
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,709	119.00–125.00	122.48
105	—	1,257	115.00–119.00	117.33
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,362	111.00–117.00	114.69
95	—	1,211	104.00–111.00	108.26

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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