Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2020-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last month Tuesday at the same market, Stocker steers less than 600 lbs steady to 11.00 higher. Feeder steers more than 600 lbs and all heifers 1.00-7.00 lower. Trade active from Canadian and internet buyers, slow with local feedlots as most where off the market. Demand good for stocker steers less than 600 lbs, light for all other classes. Buyer attendance was light.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.98/cwt on 1,028 head.

Average price

$135.98

1,028 head · 665 lb average

Value per head Derived

$905

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$41.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.04

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	535	147.21	788	56
Medium and Large 1-2	599	142.98	857	574
Large 1	780	125.17	976	377
Large 1-2	779	116.00	904	6thin
Large 2-3	766	106.00	812	15thin

One grade step is worth $41.21/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 sale1,028 hd

135.98

—

WA average2 barns · 1,176 hd

134.94

+1.04

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

37 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	—	873	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	960	31
Heifers	Large 1	—	721	118.90/cwt	117.75–122.00	857	93
Steers	Large 1	—	762	126.24/cwt	123.75–127.00	962	149
Steers	Large 1	—	988	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,077	37
Steers	Large 1	—	715	129.28/cwt	127.50–132.00	924	127
Steers	Large 1	—	822	125.06/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,028	59
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	465	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	730	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	597	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	734	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	583	125.69/cwt	123.00–129.00	733	55
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	698	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	810	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	522	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	799	26
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	493	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	619	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	174.98/cwt	174.50–176.00	756	35
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	333	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	391	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	131.62/cwt	129.50–134.50	888	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	128.72/cwt	124.75–133.00	799	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	701	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	376	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	526	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	134.94/cwt	129.50–139.50	766	88
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	563	139.23/cwt	138.00–140.00	784	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	134.86/cwt	130.00–141.00	703	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	150.00/cwt	146.00–151.00	830	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	135.99/cwt	130.50–141.50	857	326
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	165.38/cwt	160.50–170.00	799	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	161.74/cwt	159.50–167.00	843	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	606	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	867	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	727	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	642	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	552	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	138.22/cwt	134.50–142.50	666	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	588	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	759	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	126.74/cwt	120.00–131.75	840	109
Steers	Large 1	—	930	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,023	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	779	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	904	6
Steers	Large 2-3	—	766	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	812	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	143.39/cwt	142.50–144.00	624	24

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 Dec 8, 2020

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

Receipts 2,000Last week 2,330Year ago 3,125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	873	110.00	110.00
93	—	721	117.75–122.00	118.90
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	665	120.00	120.00
55	—	583	123.00–129.00	125.69
10	—	493	125.50	125.50
6	—	376	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	123.00	123.00
5	—	698	116.00	116.00
7	—	333	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	621	124.75–133.00	128.72
88	—	568	129.50–139.50	134.94
71	—	521	130.00–141.00	134.86
8	—	393	140.50	140.50
54	—	482	134.50–142.50	138.22
109	—	663	120.00–131.75	126.74
24	—	435	142.50–144.00	143.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	129.00	129.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	762	123.75–127.00	126.24
37	—	988	109.00	109.00
127	—	715	127.50–132.00	129.28
59	—	822	124.00–126.00	125.06
5	—	930	110.00	110.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	465	157.00	157.00
26	—	522	153.00	153.00
25	—	563	138.00–140.00	139.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	432	174.50–176.00	174.98
81	—	675	129.50–134.50	131.62
9	—	374	187.50	187.50
46	—	553	146.00–151.00	150.00
326	—	630	130.50–141.50	135.99
27	—	483	160.50–170.00	165.38
40	—	521	159.50–167.00	161.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	606	143.00	143.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	779	116.00	116.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	766	106.00	106.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	632	115.00	115.00
6	—	434	148.00	148.00

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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