Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same market, Stocker steers less than 550 lbs 4.00-7.00 lower, over 550 lbs 4.00-7.00 higher. Stocker heifers less than 600 lbs 1.00-3.00 lower, over 600 lbs 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade active with good demand both from ringside and internet buyers. On Tuesday feeder cattle futures were mostly higher on the day, gaining as much as 77 cents in the front months. October contracts closed with a 75 cent loss. The 10/11 CME Feeder Cattle Index bounced another 53 cents to $154.15. The monthly WASDE report saw 2021 beef output reaching 27.742 billion lbs. That was up from 27.17 billion in 2020, and a 90 million lb increase from the September forecast. Looking ahead to 2022, USDA increased the output from 26.875 billion to 26.995 billion. However, that came with a projected 6-yr low for Q3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $151.98/cwt on 1,038 head.

Average price

$151.98

1,038 head · 601 lb average

Value per head Derived

$913

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$108

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

$30.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.15

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	567	158.32	898	654
Large 1	743	144.59	1,074	162
Small and Medium 1-2	613	140.51	861	158
Small and Medium 2-3	463	137.00	634	45
Large 1-2	790	127.37	1,006	19thin

One grade step is worth $30.95/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale1,038 hd

151.98

—

WA average2 barns · 1,169 hd

149.83

+2.15

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

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	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	681	130.98/cwt	130.00–132.00	892	18
Heifers	Large 1	—	923	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,172	56
Heifers	Large 1	—	726	129.48/cwt	125.00–134.00	940	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	752	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,015	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	840	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,142	29
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	561	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	718	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	148.58/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,012	159
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	696	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	680	139.06/cwt	129.50–144.50	946	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	147.78/cwt	145.00–155.00	847	71
Steers	Large 1-2	—	845	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,018	10
Steers	Large 1	—	888	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,154	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	146.44/cwt	142.00–150.50	901	154
Steers	Large 1	—	719	146.35/cwt	140.00–150.00	1,052	112
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	540	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	810	26
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	573	138.06/cwt	134.50–142.00	791	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	389	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	735	46
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	463	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	634	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	164.88/cwt	161.50–169.00	872	86
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	518	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	663	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	729	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	984	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	887	117.05/cwt	114.00–119.00	1,038	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	142.98/cwt	136.00–145.50	964	108
Steers	Large 1	—	769	143.66/cwt	140.00–145.50	1,105	39
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	611	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	852	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	658	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	869	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	174.16/cwt	167.75–175.75	810	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	339	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	536	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	140.60/cwt	135.00–144.75	880	146
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	484	133.36/cwt	131.00–134.00	645	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	136.32/cwt	134.50–138.00	654	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	133.14/cwt	130.50–137.00	767	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	451	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	719	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	627	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	809	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	134.16/cwt	130.50–137.00	711	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	147.14/cwt	142.00–148.00	642	77

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 12, 2021

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

Receipts 2,180Last week 1,525Year ago 1,800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	681	130.00–132.00	130.98
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	923	127.00	127.00
16	—	726	125.00–134.00	129.48
16	—	752	135.00	135.00
29	—	840	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	561	128.00	128.00
6	—	518	128.00	128.00
9	—	658	132.00	132.00
29	—	484	131.00–134.00	133.36
11	—	627	129.00	129.00
41	—	435	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	887	114.00–119.00	117.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	674	136.00–145.50	142.98
22	—	339	158.00	158.00
146	—	626	135.00–144.75	140.60
52	—	480	134.50–138.00	136.32
102	—	576	130.50–137.00	133.14
69	—	530	130.50–137.00	134.16
77	—	436	142.00–148.00	147.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	451	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	681	145.00–156.00	148.58
6	—	413	168.50	168.50
71	—	573	145.00–155.00	147.78
154	—	615	142.00–150.50	146.44
46	—	389	189.00	189.00
86	—	529	161.50–169.00	164.88
132	—	465	167.75–175.75	174.16
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	680	129.50–144.50	139.06
26	—	540	150.00	150.00
59	—	573	134.50–142.00	138.06
9	—	611	139.50	139.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	845	120.50	120.50
9	—	729	135.00	135.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	888	130.00	130.00
112	—	719	140.00–150.00	146.35
39	—	769	140.00–145.50	143.66
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	463	137.00	137.00

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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