Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, Stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-7.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers 9.00-14.00 lower, as supply exceeds demand. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was $174.61 on 10/7, down by 31 cents. Trade active with good demand both from ringside and internet bidders.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.00/cwt on 896 head.

Average price

$175.00

896 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,215

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$248

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

$59.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.39

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	470	209.73	986	38
Medium and Large 1-2	621	179.80	1,116	462
Large 1	812	166.73	1,354	331
Large 1-2	781	164.47	1,284	57
Small and Medium 1-2	492	150.00	738	8thin

One grade step is worth $59.73/cwt here — about $248 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 sale896 hd

175.00

—

WA average2 barns · 1,030 hd

174.61

+0.39

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

39 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	—	1,038	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,401	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	879	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,314	28
Heifers	Large 1	—	820	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,271	30
Heifers	Large 1	—	718	161.62/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,160	117
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	551	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	722	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	940	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,316	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	492	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	738	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	174.70/cwt	167.50–176.50	1,176	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	178.72/cwt	178.00–179.75	1,047	50
Steers	Large 1	—	1,020	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,489	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	199.13/cwt	194.00–204.00	962	12
Steers	Large 1	—	869	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,443	54
Steers	Large 1	—	725	176.18/cwt	171.50–183.50	1,277	93
Steers	Large 1	—	817	164.30/cwt	160.00–168.75	1,342	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	215.38/cwt	208.00–220.00	995	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	561	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	842	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	162.09/cwt	161.00–163.75	998	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	176.99/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,111	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,031	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	194.45/cwt	191.00–199.00	1,048	77
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	448	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	717	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	926	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	171.61/cwt	169.50–176.00	812	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,211	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	911	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,357	15
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	338	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	160.40/cwt	155.00–162.75	1,068	112
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	505	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	783	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	619	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	867	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	865	7
Steers	Large 1	—	777	167.63/cwt	162.50–170.00	1,302	58
Steers	Large 1-2	—	734	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,248	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	744	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	972	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	923	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	166.01/cwt	160.00–172.50	878	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	178.02/cwt	173.00–179.50	910	44
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	512	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	717	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	637	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	968	14

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 11, 2022

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

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

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,038	135.00	135.00
28	—	879	149.50	149.50
30	—	820	155.00	155.00
117	—	718	160.00–165.00	161.62
5	—	940	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	551	131.00	131.00
11	—	512	140.00	140.00
14	—	637	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	561	150.00	150.00
7	—	448	160.00	160.00
9	—	505	155.00	155.00
14	—	619	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	616	161.00–163.75	162.09
50	—	570	162.50	162.50
26	—	473	169.50–176.00	171.61
112	—	666	155.00–162.75	160.40
6	—	435	171.00	171.00
102	—	529	160.00–172.50	166.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	467	178.00	178.00
44	—	511	173.00–179.50	178.02
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	972	95.00	95.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	492	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	673	167.50–176.50	174.70
50	—	586	178.00–179.75	178.72
12	—	483	194.00–204.00	199.13
169	—	628	170.00–182.00	176.99
77	—	539	191.00–199.00	194.45
11	—	710	170.50	170.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,020	146.00	146.00
54	—	869	166.00	166.00
93	—	725	171.50–183.50	176.18
94	—	817	160.00–168.75	164.30
58	—	777	162.50–170.00	167.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	462	208.00–220.00	215.38
15	—	504	204.50	204.50
7	—	416	208.00	208.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	911	149.00	149.00
42	—	734	170.00	170.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per head · actual wt
7	—	338	350.00	350.00

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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