Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was the first fall Carlot Feeder Cattle sale and BBQ. Trade was active with good demand. Best demand was for steers and heifers over 600 lbs that where double vaccinated. Buyer attendance was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.28/cwt on 1,401 head.

Average price

$148.28

1,401 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$980

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

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

$61.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.12

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	590	153.93	908	758
Medium and Large 2-3	528	149.71	790	38
Small and Medium 1-2	557	146.79	818	134
Large 1	815	140.11	1,141	465
Small and Medium 2-3	793	92.00	730	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.93/cwt here — about $179 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 sale1,401 hd

148.28

—

WA average2 barns · 1,446 hd

148.16

+0.12

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
Steers	Large 1	—	886	135.05/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,197	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	175.75/cwt	170.00–182.00	670	26
Steers	Large 1	—	922	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,079	33
Steers	Large 1	—	834	137.90/cwt	135.50–143.00	1,150	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	811	130.15/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,056	13
Heifers	Large 1	—	580	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	844	32
Heifers	Large 1	—	910	121.19/cwt	111.50–124.00	1,103	45
Heifers	Large 1	—	874	128.17/cwt	123.00–130.00	1,120	47
Heifers	Large 1	—	763	136.13/cwt	132.00–138.00	1,039	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	157.00/cwt	151.00–162.50	827	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	150.89/cwt	146.50–156.00	937	400
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	528	149.71/cwt	149.00–150.50	790	38
Steers	Large 1	—	770	148.70/cwt	140.00–150.50	1,145	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,072	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,045	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	733	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	640	142.28/cwt	140.00–144.00	911	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	526	147.61/cwt	146.00–149.50	776	33
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	561	145.97/cwt	145.00–146.75	819	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	154.76/cwt	153.00–160.00	896	51
Steers	Large 1	—	1,086	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,200	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	138.08/cwt	135.00–141.00	728	131
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	793	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	730	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	167.26/cwt	162.00–174.00	793	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	148.58/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,000	79
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	462	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	762	6
Steers	Large 1	—	725	148.53/cwt	146.00–150.00	1,077	156
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	759	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	979	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	556	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	952	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	141.10/cwt	139.00–145.50	583	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	138.17/cwt	135.00–140.50	859	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	137.68/cwt	132.00–143.00	932	114
Heifers	Large 2-3	—	867	119.75/cwt	119.75–119.75	1,038	23
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	511	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	692	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	142.49/cwt	138.00–143.50	661	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	136.86/cwt	131.00–140.00	802	87
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	725	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	783	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	712	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	997	63

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 22, 2020

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	886	131.00–137.00	135.05
33	—	922	117.00	117.00
65	—	834	135.50–143.00	137.90
97	—	770	140.00–150.50	148.70
27	—	1,086	110.50	110.50
156	—	725	146.00–150.00	148.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	381	170.00–182.00	175.75
115	—	527	151.00–162.50	157.00
400	—	621	146.50–156.00	150.89
5	—	812	132.00	132.00
10	—	774	135.00	135.00
5	—	431	170.00	170.00
51	—	579	153.00–160.00	154.76
67	—	474	162.00–174.00	167.26
79	—	673	145.00–150.00	148.58
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	528	149.00–150.50	149.71
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	640	140.00–144.00	142.28
33	—	526	146.00–149.50	147.61
79	—	561	145.00–146.75	145.97
6	—	462	165.00	165.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	793	92.00	92.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	485	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	811	126.00–135.00	130.15
32	—	580	145.50	145.50
45	—	910	111.50–124.00	121.19
47	—	874	123.00–130.00	128.17
59	—	763	132.00–138.00	136.13
63	—	712	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	527	135.00–141.00	138.08
6	—	381	146.00	146.00
15	—	744	128.00	128.00
46	—	413	139.00–145.50	141.10
89	—	622	135.00–140.50	138.17
114	—	677	132.00–143.00	137.68
50	—	464	138.00–143.50	142.49
87	—	586	131.00–140.00	136.86
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	759	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	867	119.75	119.75
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	511	135.50	135.50
5	—	725	108.00	108.00

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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