Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same market, Stocker and feeder steers 2.00-4.00 lower. Stocker heifers under 600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 600 lbs 5.00-6.00 lower. Buyer attendance was moderate. Trade moderate to active with light to moderate demand as most area feedlots are full and lack new pen space for new arrivals. CME Feeders were also lower with losses limited to 65 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was $154.10, up 20 cents, on 10/18.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.44/cwt on 832 head.

Average price

$146.44

832 head · 638 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$170

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

$6.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

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	601	148.23	890	612
Small and Medium 1-2	540	145.00	783	7thin
Large 1	750	141.37	1,060	213

One grade step is worth $6.86/cwt here — about −$170 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 sale832 hd

146.44

—

WA average2 barns · 912 hd

145.75

+0.69

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

20 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 1-2	—	489	137.97/cwt	137.50–138.50	675	60
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	522	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	681	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	466	171.63/cwt	166.00–177.00	800	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	144.46/cwt	142.00–146.50	965	173
Steers	Large 1	—	906	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,151	9
Steers	Large 1	—	727	143.28/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,042	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	173.28/cwt	173.00–173.50	768	16
Steers	Large 1	—	854	133.23/cwt	133.00–133.50	1,138	26
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	540	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	783	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.79/cwt	143.00–148.00	838	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	132.99/cwt	132.50–134.00	831	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	135.23/cwt	133.00–144.00	717	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	152.45/cwt	148.00–157.00	816	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	144.72/cwt	137.50–147.75	905	187
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	603	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	754	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	133.13/cwt	133.00–134.00	873	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	133.53/cwt	130.00–135.50	776	207
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	147.13/cwt	144.75–148.00	605	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	557	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	718	130.68/cwt	130.00–132.00	938	21

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 1,730Last week 2,180Year ago 2,200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	489	137.50–138.50	137.97
128	—	625	132.50–134.00	132.99
110	—	530	133.00–144.00	135.23
122	—	656	133.00–134.00	133.13
207	—	581	130.00–135.50	133.53
35	—	411	144.75–148.00	147.13
11	—	384	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	522	130.50	130.50
6	—	603	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	718	130.00–132.00	130.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	466	166.00–177.00	171.63
173	—	668	142.00–146.50	144.46
16	—	443	173.00–173.50	173.28
97	—	575	143.00–148.00	145.79
110	—	535	148.00–157.00	152.45
187	—	625	137.50–147.75	144.72
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	906	127.00	127.00
178	—	727	140.00–148.00	143.28
26	—	854	133.00–133.50	133.23
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	540	145.00	145.00

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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