Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago Tuesday at the same market, Stocker steers and heifers 650 lbs and lower steady to 6.00 lower. 650-800 lbs steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Trade active with light to moderate demand for stocker cattle under 650 lbs, good demand for feeder cattle 650 lbs and higher. Buyer attendance was good. CME positions were sharply lower today as all contracts saw triple digit losses.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.60/cwt on 948 head.

Average price

$146.60

948 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$24.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.80

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	600	148.97	893	670
Small and Medium 1-2	525	144.05	756	165
Large 1	816	137.74	1,124	100
Large 1-2	733	124.50	913	13thin

One grade step is worth $24.47/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale948 hd

146.60

—

WA average2 barns · 1,103 hd

145.80

+0.80

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

35 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	—	753	138.25/cwt	138.00–138.50	1,041	20
Heifers	Large 1	—	824	116.31/cwt	115.00–119.00	958	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	714	142.78/cwt	139.00–151.50	1,019	27
Heifers	Large 1	—	855	117.75/cwt	117.75–117.75	1,007	30
Steers	Large 1	—	950	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,121	28
Steers	Large 1	—	795	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,137	15
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	331	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	533	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	688	126.65/cwt	125.00–128.00	871	20
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	431	135.10/cwt	135.00–135.50	582	42
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	387	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	542	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	528	127.75/cwt	126.50–129.50	675	32
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	675	126.02/cwt	125.00–126.50	851	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	478	150.23/cwt	147.00–151.50	718	49
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	539	144.35/cwt	143.75–145.00	778	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	150.17/cwt	145.50–157.00	785	52
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	568	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	781	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	138.91/cwt	131.00–141.00	950	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	134.26/cwt	130.00–141.00	776	145
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	609	127.45/cwt	125.50–129.00	776	62
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	469	134.77/cwt	132.00–138.00	632	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	149.27/cwt	144.00–153.50	996	155
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	604	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	815	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	136.90/cwt	133.00–142.00	856	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	131.83/cwt	130.00–135.00	703	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	742	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,024	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	162.56/cwt	160.00–165.00	758	34
Steers	Large 1-2	—	733	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	913	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	750	16
Steers	Large 1	—	854	131.64/cwt	131.50–132.00	1,124	18
Steers	Large 1	—	710	152.71/cwt	149.50–154.75	1,084	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	145.53/cwt	142.00–151.00	834	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	747	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	165.15/cwt	160.00–170.00	699	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	148.50/cwt	140.00–153.75	921	210

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

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	753	138.00–138.50	138.25
22	—	824	115.00–119.00	116.31
27	—	714	139.00–151.50	142.78
30	—	855	117.75	117.75
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	688	125.00–128.00	126.65
12	—	390	135.00	135.00
42	—	431	135.00–135.50	135.10
32	—	528	126.50–129.50	127.75
62	—	609	125.50–129.00	127.45
88	—	469	132.00–138.00	134.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	684	131.00–141.00	138.91
145	—	578	130.00–141.00	134.26
114	—	625	133.00–142.00	136.90
162	—	533	130.00–135.00	131.83
16	—	482	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	747	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	950	118.00	118.00
15	—	795	143.00	143.00
18	—	854	131.50–132.00	131.64
39	—	710	149.50–154.75	152.71
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	331	161.00	161.00
6	—	387	140.00	140.00
16	—	675	125.00–126.50	126.02
49	—	478	147.00–151.50	150.23
71	—	539	143.75–145.00	144.35
6	—	568	137.50	137.50
10	—	604	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	523	145.50–157.00	150.17
155	—	667	144.00–153.50	149.27
17	—	742	138.00	138.00
34	—	466	160.00–165.00	162.56
181	—	573	142.00–151.00	145.53
21	—	423	160.00–170.00	165.15
210	—	620	140.00–153.75	148.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	733	124.50	124.50

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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