Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle weak in a light test. CME Feeder cattle futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts up 67 cents to $1.70. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.15 at $249.56 on October 23. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Dairy cows 2.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls Steady. Trade moderate to active with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $252.63/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 14 comparable sales and sits −227.75 against this barn's trailing median of $480.38.

Average price

$252.63

20 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,413

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$67

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

$6.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.11

vs WA average

−46.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	549	254.17	1,396	15thin
Small and Medium 1-2	590	248.00	1,463	5thin

One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about −$67 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $553.41, low $402.46, median $480.38 across 14 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 sale20 hd

252.63

—

WA average2 barns · 353 hd

284.74

−32.11

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−46.42

This barn, trailing median14 sales

480.38

−227.75

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	1,875	134.05	2,514	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	125.50	2,134	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	122.18	1,646	126
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	113.78	1,325	100
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,307	109.33	1,429	207
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,562	105.57	1,649	224

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1-2	600–650	606	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,327	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	594	218.83/cwt	217.50–220.00	1,300	19
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	212.92/cwt	210.00–217.50	1,297	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	235.98/cwt	230.00–239.50	1,567	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	273.97/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,137	18
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	998	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	1,931	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	590	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,275	7
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	1,020.00/head	1,020.00–1,020.00	1,020	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	261	890.00/head	890.00–890.00	890	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,505	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	790.00/head	790.00–790.00	790	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,318	10
Steers	Large 1	750–800	760	211.82/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,610	14
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	891	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,174	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,201	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	630	198.90/cwt	190.00–207.50	1,253	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	697	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,464	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	744	221.16/cwt	220.00–223.00	1,645	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	217	685.00/head	685.00–685.00	685	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	13
Heifers	Large 1	950–1000	967	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,835	6
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	880	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,637	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,505	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	266	795.00/head	795.00–795.00	795	23
Bulls	—	—	1,750	136.71/cwt	134.00–139.00	2,392	6
Bulls	—	—	1,950	129.64/cwt	124.00–134.00	2,528	6
Bulls	—	—	2,180	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	3,150	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,039	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,538	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,111	109.20/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,213	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	2,134	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,609	107.92/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,736	115
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,510	102.54/cwt	99.00–105.00	1,548	105
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,358	106.07/cwt	102.00–109.00	1,440	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,209	117.52/cwt	114.00–120.00	1,421	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,308	124.61/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,630	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,427	116.50/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,662	55
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,257	111.92/cwt	109.00–114.00	1,407	105
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,600	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,880	4
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,377	114.75/cwt	114.75–114.75	1,580	7

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 24, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 590Last week 570Year ago 490

Slaughter CattleReceipts 900Last week 800Year ago 1,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	606	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	217	685.00	685.00
23	250–300	266	795.00	795.00
13	300–350	316	925.00	925.00
18	400–450	415	265.00–277.50	273.97
5	500–550	522	230.00	230.00
19	550–600	594	217.50–220.00	218.83
13	600–650	609	210.00–217.50	212.92
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	600	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	225.00	225.00
9	500–550	515	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	850–900	880	186.00	186.00
6	950–1000	967	189.75	189.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	200–250	230	790.00	790.00
12	250–300	261	890.00	890.00
13	300–350	327	1,020.00	1,020.00
10	400–450	432	305.00	305.00
8	550–600	579	260.00	260.00
10	600–650	627	240.00	240.00
16	650–700	664	230.00–239.50	235.98
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	744	220.00–223.00	221.16
14	750–800	760	210.00–215.00	211.82
6	950–1000	998	193.50	193.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	590	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	515	247.50	247.50
5	650–700	697	210.00	210.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	426	269.00	269.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	630	190.00–207.50	198.90

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,750	134.00–139.00	136.71
6	—	1,950	124.00–134.00	129.64
1	—	2,180	144.50	144.50
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,039	148.00	148.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,111	102.00–114.00	109.20
55	—	1,209	114.00–120.00	117.52
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,700	125.50	125.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,308	120.00–128.00	124.61
55	—	1,427	110.00–120.00	116.50
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,609	105.00–110.00	107.92
105	—	1,510	99.00–105.00	102.54
4	—	1,600	117.50	117.50
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,358	102.00–109.00	106.07
105	—	1,257	109.00–114.00	111.92
7	—	1,377	114.75	114.75

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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