Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 week's ago at the same Special Carlot Feeder Cattle sale and BBQ, Stocker and feeder steers unevenly steady. Stocker and Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Trade active with good demand esp for double vaccinated and weaned offerings. Deamnd good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.25/cwt on 2,162 head.

Average price

$145.25

2,162 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$894

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$20.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.15

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	620	146.80	910	1,808
Small and Medium 1-2	584	138.50	808	321
Medium and Large 2-3	703	126.00	886	33

One grade step is worth $20.80/cwt here — about $24 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 sale2,162 hd

145.25

—

WA average2 barns · 2,380 hd

144.10

+1.15

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

40 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	Large 1	—	993	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,192	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	748	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	913	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	577	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	713	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	763	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	931	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	671	122.72/cwt	122.00–123.50	823	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,089	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	913	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	134.75/cwt	134.50–135.00	505	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	132.00/cwt	130.50–135.00	564	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	134.73/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,054	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	129.94/cwt	125.00–138.00	686	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	129.11/cwt	125.00–134.50	811	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	134.76/cwt	129.50–138.00	646	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	129.31/cwt	125.00–137.00	872	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	130.23/cwt	125.00–135.50	734	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	416	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	582	39
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	518	124.90/cwt	124.00–126.00	647	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	617	123.43/cwt	122.00–124.00	762	34
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	123.94/cwt	122.00–135.00	719	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	497	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	828	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,068	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	541	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	784	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	679	135.13/cwt	135.00–136.00	918	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	725	133.73/cwt	130.00–135.50	970	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,190	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	742	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	141.98/cwt	139.00–143.00	1,099	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	144.09/cwt	135.00–147.00	1,026	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	163.64/cwt	155.00–168.75	764	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	154.97/cwt	147.00–158.00	807	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	141.61/cwt	138.50–149.00	879	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	147.52/cwt	139.00–151.75	974	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	147.71/cwt	139.00–151.75	855	415
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	703	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	886	33
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	432	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	674	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	483	148.67/cwt	130.00–156.00	718	23
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	605	136.26/cwt	135.00–137.00	824	27
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	672	133.84/cwt	130.00–138.50	899	57
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	543	141.46/cwt	127.50–147.00	768	67
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	586	137.01/cwt	133.00–146.00	803	141

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 29, 2019

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

Receipts 3,850Last week 3,540Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	993	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	748	122.00	122.00
9	—	577	123.50	123.50
30	—	763	122.00	122.00
47	—	671	122.00–123.50	122.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	838	130.00	130.00
9	—	713	128.00	128.00
16	—	375	134.50–135.00	134.75
31	—	427	130.50–135.00	132.00
85	—	782	133.00–136.00	134.73
164	—	528	125.00–138.00	129.94
177	—	628	125.00–134.50	129.11
205	—	479	129.50–138.00	134.76
229	—	674	125.00–137.00	129.31
281	—	564	125.00–135.50	130.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	416	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	518	124.00–126.00	124.90
34	—	617	122.00–124.00	123.43
66	—	580	122.00–135.00	123.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	497	155.00	155.00
28	—	828	129.00	129.00
33	—	541	145.00	145.00
63	—	679	135.00–136.00	135.13
100	—	725	130.00–135.50	133.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	832	143.00	143.00
34	—	438	169.50	169.50
72	—	774	139.00–143.00	141.98
116	—	712	135.00–147.00	144.09
117	—	467	155.00–168.75	163.64
172	—	521	147.00–158.00	154.97
282	—	621	138.50–149.00	141.61
345	—	660	139.00–151.75	147.52
415	—	579	139.00–151.75	147.71
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	703	126.00	126.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	156.00	156.00
23	—	483	130.00–156.00	148.67
27	—	605	135.00–137.00	136.26
57	—	672	130.00–138.50	133.84
67	—	543	127.50–147.00	141.46
141	—	586	133.00–146.00	137.01

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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