Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance. The best demand for calves was for heavy weigh calves and weaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.32/cwt on 879 head.

Average price

$145.32

879 head · 712 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$53.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	156.50	1,096	83
Medium and Large 1-2	710	145.46	1,032	748
Small and Medium 1-2	538	142.74	768	15thin
Large 1	921	132.00	1,216	14thin
Medium and Large 2-3	817	102.76	840	19thin

One grade step is worth $53.74/cwt here — about $256 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale879 hd

145.32

—

WA average2 barns · 1,065 hd

141.81

+3.51

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

28 lots · USDA AMS · Toppenish Special Feeder Cattle 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	134.31/cwt	132.00–140.50	782	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	126.62/cwt	126.00–126.75	1,065	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	133.01/cwt	128.00–135.00	1,047	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	136.73/cwt	135.00–140.00	701	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	134.80/cwt	133.00–137.00	898	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	132.44/cwt	126.00–135.75	960	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	138.68/cwt	134.00–144.00	865	165
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	534	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	713	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	619	128.19/cwt	126.50–130.00	793	25
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	481	134.64/cwt	133.00–137.00	648	32
Steers	Large 1	—	921	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,216	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	700	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,096	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	719	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	971	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	773	136.12/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,052	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	877	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,175	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	147.52/cwt	146.00–150.00	773	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	153.04/cwt	150.00–155.00	725	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	148.15/cwt	145.00–154.00	1,070	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	144.93/cwt	144.75–146.00	1,119	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	143.52/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,183	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	149.57/cwt	148.00–153.00	1,010	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	152.17/cwt	145.00–155.00	883	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.44/cwt	151.00–155.50	959	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	132.01/cwt	126.50–137.50	1,135	114
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	868	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	898	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	799	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	819	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	538	142.74/cwt	142.50–143.00	768	15

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 Special Feeder Cattle Auction - Toppenish, WA

Tue Sep 17, 2019

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Receipts 1,600Last week 1,030Year ago 0

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance. The best demand for calves was for heavy weigh calves and weaned calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	582	132.00–140.50	134.31
12	—	495	140.00	140.00
28	—	841	126.00–126.75	126.62
38	—	787	128.00–135.00	133.01
52	—	513	135.00–140.00	136.73
55	—	666	133.00–137.00	134.80
81	—	725	126.00–135.75	132.44
165	—	624	134.00–144.00	138.68
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	534	133.50	133.50
25	—	619	126.50–130.00	128.19
32	—	481	133.00–137.00	134.64
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	921	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	700	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	719	135.00	135.00
23	—	773	135.00–140.00	136.12
31	—	877	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	524	146.00–150.00	147.52
35	—	474	150.00–155.00	153.04
63	—	722	145.00–154.00	148.15
67	—	772	144.75–146.00	144.93
76	—	824	140.00–145.50	143.52
101	—	675	148.00–153.00	149.57
103	—	580	145.00–155.00	152.17
104	—	625	151.00–155.50	153.44
114	—	860	126.50–137.50	132.01
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	868	103.50	103.50
14	—	799	102.50	102.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	538	142.50–143.00	142.74

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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