Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Trade active with good demand both ringside and on the internet. Buyer attendance was good. The 9/19 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 28 cents higher at $178.20.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $185.82/cwt on 1,138 head.

Average price

$185.82

1,138 head · 708 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$227

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

$44.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	202.27	1,307	165
Medium and Large 1-2	587	194.47	1,142	336
Large 1-2	743	180.77	1,343	133
Large 1	844	178.68	1,508	395
Small and Medium 2-3	645	171.75	1,108	35
Small and Medium 1-2	589	170.94	1,007	32
Medium and Large 2-3	683	158.24	1,081	42

One grade step is worth $44.03/cwt here — about $227 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 sale1,138 hd

185.82

—

WA average2 barns · 1,234 hd

185.62

+0.20

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

46 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	—	938	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,388	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	960	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,363	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	890	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,406	19
Heifers	Large 1	—	731	174.87/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,278	38
Heifers	Large 1	—	833	169.87/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,415	103
Heifers	Large 1	—	778	169.35/cwt	165.00–171.50	1,318	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,048	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	200.85/cwt	200.00–202.00	1,167	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	849	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	168.44/cwt	166.00–171.00	969	12
Steers	Large 1	—	868	174.87/cwt	170.00–180.00	1,518	155
Steers	Large 1	—	1,085	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,617	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	711	184.84/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,314	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	196.33/cwt	195.50–197.50	1,021	20
Steers	Large 1	—	723	201.15/cwt	199.00–203.50	1,454	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	201.29/cwt	199.50–204.50	1,379	120
Steers	Large 1	—	921	169.62/cwt	167.00–170.60	1,562	55
Steers	Large 1-2	—	851	169.75/cwt	169.75–169.75	1,445	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	211.80/cwt	205.00–218.00	985	54
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	615	168.26/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,035	15
Steers	Large 1	—	815	181.04/cwt	177.00–183.75	1,475	107
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	545	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,304	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	682	177.07/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,208	148
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	645	171.75/cwt	171.75–171.75	1,108	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	194.18/cwt	190.50–199.00	1,315	55
Steers	Large 1	—	780	187.19/cwt	182.00–189.00	1,460	47
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	591	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	957	19
Steers	Large 1-2	—	836	168.01/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,405	25
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	404	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	663	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	182.59/cwt	178.00–187.50	1,141	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	190.25/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,191	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	189.02/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,111	109
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	172.40/cwt	170.00–174.00	836	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	581	172.72/cwt	170.00–175.00	1,004	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	441	192.51/cwt	184.00–196.50	849	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	182.15/cwt	178.50–185.00	989	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	776	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,242	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	748	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,137	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	180.18/cwt	174.00–186.50	1,040	134
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	577	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	866	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	896	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	941	19
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	832	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,331	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	536	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	917	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	184.23/cwt	179.00–189.00	873	11

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 Sep 20, 2022

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

Receipts 2,140Last week 0Year ago 2,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	938	148.00	148.00
8	—	960	142.00	142.00
19	—	890	158.00	158.00
38	—	731	170.00–179.00	174.87
103	—	833	168.00–170.00	169.87
153	—	778	165.00–171.50	169.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	682	174.00–179.00	177.07
40	—	625	178.00–187.50	182.59
30	—	441	184.00–196.50	192.51
37	—	543	178.50–185.00	182.15
134	—	577	174.00–186.50	180.18
11	—	474	179.00–189.00	184.23
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	164.00	164.00
10	—	577	150.00	150.00
19	—	896	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	485	170.00–174.00	172.40
37	—	581	170.00–175.00	172.72
12	—	536	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	832	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	500	209.50	209.50
24	—	581	200.00–202.00	200.85
120	—	685	199.50–204.50	201.29
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	395	215.00	215.00
20	—	520	195.50–197.50	196.33
54	—	465	205.00–218.00	211.80
10	—	788	165.50	165.50
5	—	417	220.00	220.00
55	—	677	190.50–199.00	194.18
77	—	626	185.00–196.00	190.25
109	—	588	185.00–196.00	189.02
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	575	166.00–171.00	168.44
15	—	615	165.00–170.00	168.26
5	—	545	185.00	185.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	868	170.00–180.00	174.87
5	—	1,085	149.00	149.00
26	—	723	199.00–203.50	201.15
55	—	921	167.00–170.60	169.62
107	—	815	177.00–183.75	181.04
47	—	780	182.00–189.00	187.19
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	711	182.00–189.00	184.84
8	—	851	169.75	169.75
25	—	836	165.00–170.00	168.01
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	645	171.75	171.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	591	162.00	162.00
9	—	776	160.00	160.00
14	—	748	152.00	152.00

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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