Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 week's ago at the same Special Carlot Feeder Cattle sale and BBQ, Stocker and Feeder cattle steady to 8.00 lower. Best demand was for yearlings coming off grass. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.14/cwt on 1,222 head.

Average price

$149.14

1,222 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$939

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$50.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.50

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	159.94	979	238
Medium and Large 1-2	629	148.10	932	894
Small and Medium 1-2	594	136.72	812	32
Small and Medium 2-3	561	135.28	759	19thin
Medium and Large 2-3	692	134.82	933	14thin
Large 1	913	134.00	1,223	9thin
Medium and Large 2	831	109.00	906	16thin

One grade step is worth $50.94/cwt here — about $73 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 sale1,222 hd

149.14

—

WA average2 barns · 1,360 hd

148.64

+0.50

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	93.75/cwt	85.00–102.50	601	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	642	141.99/cwt	141.75–142.50	912	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	545	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,025	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	449	141.80/cwt	137.00–145.00	637	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,001	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	133.28/cwt	129.00–137.50	896	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	130.89/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,013	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	136.17/cwt	132.00–140.00	647	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	133.80/cwt	130.00–135.00	705	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	131.28/cwt	128.00–136.00	819	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	133.48/cwt	131.00–135.00	773	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	619	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	755	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	566	127.48/cwt	124.50–129.00	722	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	630	125.70/cwt	125.00–127.50	792	32
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	521	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	568	9
Steers	Large 1	—	913	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,223	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	500	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	790	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	440	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	755	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	467	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	773	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	627	159.33/cwt	157.00–160.00	999	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	505	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	776	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	579	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	816	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	671	143.70/cwt	142.00–144.50	964	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,086	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,147	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	646	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,143	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	160.14/cwt	157.00–162.00	777	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	150.92/cwt	144.00–154.50	792	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	145.65/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,050	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	148.55/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,007	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	148.89/cwt	145.00–155.00	941	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	147.97/cwt	145.00–155.00	839	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	830	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,195	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	831	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	906	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	661	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	909	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	492	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	723	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	574	137.49/cwt	135.00–140.00	789	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	695	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	886	12
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	561	135.28/cwt	130.00–140.00	759	19

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 Oct 1, 2019

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Receipts 2,400Last week 1,600Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	641	85.00–102.50	93.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	642	141.75–142.50	141.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	389	140.00	140.00
6	—	840	122.00	122.00
15	—	449	137.00–145.00	141.80
15	—	736	136.00	136.00
62	—	672	129.00–137.50	133.28
81	—	774	129.00–133.00	130.89
84	—	475	132.00–140.00	136.17
110	—	527	130.00–135.00	133.80
142	—	624	128.00–136.00	131.28
245	—	579	131.00–135.00	133.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	566	124.50–129.00	127.48
32	—	630	125.00–127.50	125.70
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	521	109.00	109.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	913	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	158.00	158.00
8	—	440	171.50	171.50
9	—	467	165.50	165.50
216	—	627	157.00–160.00	159.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	505	144.00	144.00
5	—	776	135.00	135.00
16	—	579	141.00	141.00
19	—	671	142.00–144.50	143.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	829	131.00	131.00
10	—	869	132.00	132.00
13	—	418	154.50	154.50
18	—	772	148.00	148.00
41	—	485	157.00–162.00	160.14
103	—	525	144.00–154.50	150.92
136	—	721	140.00–151.00	145.65
145	—	678	146.00–150.00	148.55
147	—	632	145.00–155.00	148.89
201	—	567	145.00–155.00	147.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	830	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	831	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	747	130.00	130.00
9	—	661	137.50	137.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	492	147.00	147.00
10	—	574	135.00–140.00	137.49
12	—	695	127.50	127.50
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	561	130.00–140.00	135.28

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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