Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago on Tuesday, stocker steers and heifers under 550 lbs 2.00-6.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder cattle over 700 lbs. 2.00-10.00 lower. Trade active with good demand both from ringside and internet buyers.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $186.37/cwt on 755 head.

Average price

$186.37

755 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,230

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$54

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

$34.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.46

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	691	194.00	1,341	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	594	192.98	1,147	475
Small and Medium 1-2	649	177.38	1,151	34
Large 1	792	174.81	1,384	226
Large 1-2	804	160.00	1,286	11thin

One grade step is worth $34.00/cwt here — about $54 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 sale755 hd

186.37

—

WA average2 barns · 918 hd

184.92

+1.46

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

27 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	—	765	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,262	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	710	163.02/cwt	157.50–166.00	1,157	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	177.91/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,199	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	180.03/cwt	178.00–180.75	1,102	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	193.50/cwt	193.50–193.50	975	14
Steers	Large 1	—	815	170.12/cwt	165.00–172.75	1,386	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,341	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	656	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,161	21
Steers	Large 1	—	785	173.80/cwt	173.00–174.00	1,364	45
Steers	Large 1	—	864	161.43/cwt	161.00–162.00	1,395	46
Steers	Large 1	—	721	186.91/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,348	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	187.09/cwt	184.00–190.00	1,240	134
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	637	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,134	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,236	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	696	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,100	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	576	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	956	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	187.71/cwt	178.00–189.50	999	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	200.43/cwt	197.00–204.00	1,072	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,028	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	804	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,286	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	189.98/cwt	181.00–193.00	910	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	179.37/cwt	176.75–181.00	1,051	198
Steers	Large 1	—	951	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,474	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	226.13/cwt	225.00–227.50	1,006	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	182.95/cwt	180.00–186.00	1,068	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	186.99/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,165	101

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 4, 2022

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

Receipts 1,800Last week 2,140Year ago 1,525

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	765	165.00	165.00
57	—	710	157.50–166.00	163.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	415	200.00	200.00
51	—	674	175.00–185.00	177.91
61	—	612	178.00–180.75	180.03
87	—	532	178.00–189.50	187.71
97	—	479	181.00–193.00	189.98
198	—	586	176.75–181.00	179.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	504	193.50	193.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	696	158.00	158.00
14	—	576	166.00	166.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	815	165.00–172.75	170.12
45	—	785	173.00–174.00	173.80
46	—	864	161.00–162.00	161.43
96	—	721	180.00–190.00	186.91
21	—	951	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	691	194.00	194.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	656	177.00	177.00
13	—	637	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	663	184.00–190.00	187.09
15	—	723	171.00	171.00
142	—	535	197.00–204.00	200.43
6	—	459	224.00	224.00
29	—	445	225.00–227.50	226.13
48	—	584	180.00–186.00	182.95
101	—	623	185.00–188.00	186.99
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	804	160.00	160.00

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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