Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker and feeder steers steady to mostly 1.00-6.00 lower. Stocker heifers less than 600 lbs 1.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs weak to 5.00 lower. Buyer attendance was good. Trade active with light to moderate demand. Feeder cattle went home on the first trade day of the new month with $0.70 to $1.25 losses. The Feeder Cattle Index from CME was down by 51 cents on 10/31 to $176.97.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $171.55/cwt on 740 head.

Average price

$171.55

740 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,089

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$210

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

$77.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.33

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	503	201.00	1,011	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	187.28	1,051	330
Small and Medium 1-2	617	162.21	1,000	183
Large 1	777	157.13	1,221	184
Large 1-2	724	150.04	1,086	26
Small and Medium 2-3	647	123.75	801	10thin

One grade step is worth $77.25/cwt here — about $210 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 sale740 hd

171.55

—

WA average2 barns · 805 hd

171.22

+0.33

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

31 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	—	816	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,379	39
Heifers	Large 1	—	760	146.97/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,117	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	152.57/cwt	148.00–157.00	951	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	175.16/cwt	172.00–180.50	921	29
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	474	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	545	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	484	158.42/cwt	147.50–166.00	767	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	494	205.05/cwt	205.00–205.50	1,013	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	174.63/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,002	30
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	581	160.11/cwt	158.50–162.00	930	38
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	724	150.04/cwt	144.00–152.50	1,086	26
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	484	187.24/cwt	185.00–189.00	906	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	174.40/cwt	170.00–176.50	1,158	90
Steers	Large 1	—	923	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,385	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	631	158.60/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,001	68
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	673	158.63/cwt	154.00–162.00	1,068	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	169.77/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,042	43
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	609	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	185.77/cwt	185.00–186.00	1,009	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	161.88/cwt	160.50–164.00	947	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	209.39/cwt	200.00–212.50	882	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	188.09/cwt	186.75–191.50	908	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	846	28
Steers	Large 1	—	715	160.48/cwt	155.00–165.00	1,147	85
Steers	Large 1	—	822	154.63/cwt	154.00–155.00	1,271	91
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	541	162.70/cwt	150.00–167.50	880	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	581	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	872	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	151.52/cwt	147.00–157.75	1,026	45
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	573	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	739	20
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	587	145.03/cwt	135.00–152.00	851	25

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 Nov 1, 2022

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

Receipts 1,570Last week 1,080Year ago 1,645

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	816	169.00	169.00
74	—	760	145.00–148.00	146.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	623	148.00–157.00	152.57
29	—	526	172.00–180.50	175.16
35	—	585	160.50–164.00	161.88
87	—	483	186.75–191.50	188.09
28	—	421	201.00	201.00
45	—	677	147.00–157.75	151.52
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	474	115.00	115.00
20	—	573	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	484	147.50–166.00	158.42
57	—	541	150.00–167.50	162.70
25	—	587	135.00–152.00	145.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	581	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	494	205.00–205.50	205.05
30	—	574	170.00–177.00	174.63
90	—	664	170.00–176.50	174.40
43	—	614	165.00–175.00	169.77
44	—	543	185.00–186.00	185.77
40	—	421	200.00–212.50	209.39
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	581	158.50–162.00	160.11
21	—	484	185.00–189.00	187.24
68	—	631	155.00–162.00	158.60
56	—	673	154.00–162.00	158.63
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	685	120.00	120.00
5	—	609	127.50	127.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	724	144.00–152.50	150.04
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	923	150.00	150.00
85	—	715	155.00–165.00	160.48
91	—	822	154.00–155.00	154.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	503	201.00	201.00

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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