Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2022-03-01

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Mar 1
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
3,050 head
3,050 vs last sale 0 3,050 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a special Carlot feeder cattle sale and BBQ. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance both ringside and on the internet. CME Feeders were another triple digits weaker on Tuesday, closing $1.45 to $2.55 in the red. The CME Feeder Cattle Index from 2/28 was 24 cents weaker at $159.67.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $176.40/cwt on 1,475 head.
Average price
$176.40
1,475 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,128
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$126
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$24.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.04
vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2603182.241,0981,090
Small and Medium 1-2571178.871,02140
Small and Medium 2-3694159.001,10356
Large 1778157.401,225289
One grade step is worth $24.85/cwt here — about −$126 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 sale1,475 hd
176.40
WA average2 barns · 1,490 hd
176.36
+0.04
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

24 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 1863138.47/cwt132.00–145.001,19526
HeifersLarge 1706158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,11530
HeifersLarge 1775149.99/cwt149.00–151.001,16268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2624161.81/cwt157.00–167.001,010222
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2436183.84/cwt180.00–187.5080242
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2519176.23/cwt170.00–180.5091570
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575192.57/cwt185.00–195.501,107134
SteersMedium and Large 1-2623173.20/cwt168.75–178.001,079350
SteersMedium and Large 1-2473214.97/cwt214.00–216.001,01732
SteersLarge 1723157.89/cwt154.00–162.001,142128
SteersLarge 1930145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,34917
SteersSmall and Medium 1-2571178.87/cwt175.00–183.001,02140
SteersLarge 1817153.97/cwt152.00–156.001,25842
SteersLarge 1761163.16/cwt162.00–164.351,24262
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420210.94/cwt208.00–214.0088642
SteersSmall and Medium 2-3694159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,10356
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523205.65/cwt197.00–215.001,076196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2674167.19/cwt162.00–172.751,127336
HeifersSmall and Medium 2-3523140.00/cwt140.00–140.0073240
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2483182.64/cwt177.50–188.00882194
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571167.01/cwt160.50–174.00954244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2679155.74/cwt150.00–161.751,057274
HeifersSmall and Medium 1-2520163.55/cwt158.00–169.5085038
SteersLarge 1875155.75/cwt155.75–155.751,36340

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.