Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2022-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a special Carlot Feeder Cattle sale and BBQ. Buyer attendance was good both ringside and on the internet. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was $179.97 on 12/12, up by another 3 cents.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $181.30/cwt on 1,661 head.

Average price

$181.30

1,661 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$43.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.01

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	638	189.00	1,207	51
Medium and Large 1-2	604	184.32	1,113	1,114
Small and Medium 1-2	570	181.91	1,036	17thin
Large 1	783	174.67	1,368	435
Large 1-2	853	165.00	1,407	35
Medium and Large 2-3	696	146.00	1,016	9thin

One grade step is worth $43.00/cwt here — about $190 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 sale1,661 hd

181.30

—

WA average2 barns · 1,793 hd

178.29

+3.01

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

38 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 1Guaranteed Open	—	895	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,477	41
Heifers	Large 1	—	721	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,218	19
Heifers	Large 1	—	910	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,365	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	810	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	1,365	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	693	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,126	38
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	521	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	184.12/cwt	184.00–184.50	1,232	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	216.29/cwt	215.00–217.50	930	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	596	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,067	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	546	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,007	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	185.44/cwt	183.50–190.00	1,061	282
Steers	Large 1-2	—	853	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,407	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	203.31/cwt	198.00–208.00	984	68
Steers	Large 1	—	857	178.83/cwt	178.75–179.00	1,533	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	177.83/cwt	177.50–179.50	1,211	47
Steers	Large 1	—	725	174.52/cwt	170.00–181.50	1,265	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	216.08/cwt	215.00–220.00	830	21
Steers	Large 1	—	975	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,667	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	174.90/cwt	170.50–181.00	1,181	304
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	696	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,016	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	547	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	930	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	444	177.70/cwt	174.00–180.00	789	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	182.74/cwt	177.00–189.00	1,149	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	194.01/cwt	186.00–197.00	1,013	84
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	597	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	961	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	738	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	539	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	889	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	437	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	601	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	1,090	11
Steers	Large 1	—	753	177.29/cwt	170.00–179.00	1,335	63
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	648	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,030	30
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	361	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	650	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	173.67/cwt	170.00–177.00	985	226
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	658	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,066	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	176.39/cwt	170.00–182.75	845	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	166.68/cwt	162.50–171.50	1,092	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	164.70/cwt	163.00–173.00	1,043	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	175.14/cwt	173.00–177.00	935	188

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 Dec 13, 2022

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

Receipts 3,020Last week 2,875Year ago 2,700

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	895	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	721	169.00	169.00
25	—	910	150.00	150.00
35	—	810	168.50	168.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	693	162.50	162.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	521	142.50	142.50
7	—	437	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	681	177.50–179.50	177.83
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	547	170.00	170.00
5	—	597	161.00	161.00
30	—	648	159.00	159.00
9	—	361	180.00	180.00
25	—	658	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	444	174.00–180.00	177.70
11	—	369	200.00	200.00
226	—	567	170.00–177.00	173.67
63	—	479	170.00–182.75	176.39
104	—	655	162.50–171.50	166.68
152	—	633	163.00–173.00	164.70
188	—	534	173.00–177.00	175.14
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	539	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	669	184.00–184.50	184.12
11	—	527	206.75	206.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	430	215.00–217.50	216.29
282	—	572	183.50–190.00	185.44
68	—	484	198.00–208.00	203.31
21	—	384	215.00–220.00	216.08
304	—	675	170.50–181.00	174.90
345	—	629	177.00–189.00	182.74
84	—	522	186.00–197.00	194.01
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	596	179.00	179.00
9	—	546	184.50	184.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	853	165.00	165.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	857	178.75–179.00	178.83
261	—	725	170.00–181.50	174.52
75	—	975	171.00	171.00
63	—	753	170.00–179.00	177.29
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	696	146.00	146.00

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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