Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker and feeder cattle weak to 6.00 lower. Buyer attendance was light to moderate both ringside and on the internet. Feeder cattle futures ended the day with $1.22 to $1.82 losses, past October's 92 cent gain. The 10/21 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 68 cents higher to $173.62. Trade active with light to moderate demand with an interest or so out of the market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.64/cwt on 538 head.

Average price

$172.64

538 head · 611 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,054

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$366

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

$67.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	190.00	1,051	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	566	185.58	1,051	309
Medium and Large 2-3	692	165.00	1,142	27
Small and Medium 1-2	636	162.29	1,033	97
Large 1	789	152.94	1,207	49
Large 1-2	710	149.00	1,058	22
Small and Medium 2-3	559	122.43	685	28

One grade step is worth $67.57/cwt here — about $366 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 sale538 hd

172.64

—

WA average2 barns · 665 hd

170.71

+1.93

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

36 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	—	1,041	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,041	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	815	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,092	10
Heifers	Large 1	—	936	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,357	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	719	149.46/cwt	146.00–151.50	1,075	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	536	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	665	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	467	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	509	6
Steers	Large 1	—	813	150.13/cwt	144.50–155.00	1,221	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,051	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	485	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	728	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	607	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,014	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	551	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	882	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	675	162.98/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,100	64
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	188.26/cwt	185.00–191.00	1,005	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	407	223.76/cwt	207.50–229.00	911	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	177.50/cwt	174.50–179.00	1,085	46
Steers	Large 1-2	—	710	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,058	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	175.37/cwt	170.00–178.50	1,031	108
Steers	Large 1	—	774	151.56/cwt	150.50–152.50	1,173	13
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	589	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	736	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	692	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,142	27
Steers	Large 1-2	—	297	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	172.10/cwt	169.00–177.50	1,184	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	204.32/cwt	199.00–207.50	964	59
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	509	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	687	17
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	469	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	736	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	158.24/cwt	152.00–161.50	983	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	453	169.84/cwt	167.50–170.50	769	23
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	413	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	568	6
Steers	Large 1	—	729	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,203	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	636	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	763	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	161.36/cwt	160.00–163.50	855	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	593	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	721	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	152.88/cwt	149.00–157.50	1,014	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	159.67/cwt	158.50–162.00	904	37

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 25, 2022

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

Receipts 1,080Last week 1,500Year ago 1,270

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,041	100.00	100.00
10	—	815	134.00	134.00
14	—	936	145.00	145.00
15	—	719	146.00–151.50	149.46
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	536	124.00	124.00
6	—	467	109.00	109.00
6	—	636	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	509	135.00	135.00
9	—	469	157.00	157.00
6	—	413	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	621	152.00–161.50	158.24
23	—	453	167.50–170.50	169.84
107	—	530	160.00–163.50	161.36
13	—	354	167.50	167.50
20	—	437	165.00	165.00
36	—	663	149.00–157.50	152.88
37	—	566	158.50–162.00	159.67
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	813	144.50–155.00	150.13
13	—	774	150.50–152.50	151.56
8	—	729	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	190.00	190.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	150.00	150.00
13	—	607	167.00	167.00
14	—	551	160.00	160.00
64	—	675	160.00–165.00	162.98
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	520	119.00	119.00
16	—	589	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	534	185.00–191.00	188.26
25	—	407	207.50–229.00	223.76
46	—	611	174.50–179.00	177.50
108	—	588	170.00–178.50	175.37
48	—	688	169.00–177.50	172.10
59	—	472	199.00–207.50	204.32
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	710	149.00	149.00
5	—	297	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	692	165.00	165.00

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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