Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Feeder cattle futures closed 62 to 90 cents higher on the day which was a new contract high for April. The 2/27 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 38 cents higher to $182.62. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $219.76/cwt on 1,092 head.

Average price

$219.76

1,092 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,404

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$266

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

$73.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.32

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	597	232.21	1,387	649
Small and Medium 1-2	588	218.37	1,285	114
Large 1	737	197.46	1,456	301
Large 1-2	782	182.36	1,426	21
Large 2-3	705	159.00	1,121	7thin

One grade step is worth $73.21/cwt here — about $266 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 sale1,092 hd

219.76

—

WA average2 barns · 1,117 hd

219.43

+0.32

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	—	785	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,331	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	729	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,316	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	237.39/cwt	237.00–240.50	1,253	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	1,412	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	1,149	32
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	626	202.83/cwt	199.50–206.00	1,270	91
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	651	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,289	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	275.83/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,324	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	782	182.36/cwt	179.50–184.50	1,426	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	256.76/cwt	251.00–269.50	1,333	119
Steers	Large 2-3	—	705	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,121	7
Steers	Large 1	—	717	201.62/cwt	195.50–203.00	1,446	247
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	518	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,186	33
Steers	Large 1	—	757	191.41/cwt	187.00–194.00	1,449	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,361	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	240.91/cwt	240.50–242.00	1,385	53
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	225.21/cwt	222.50–230.00	1,295	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	227.79/cwt	222.00–231.00	1,392	345
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	633	210.89/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,335	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	226.77/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,197	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	209.54/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,389	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	242.59/cwt	237.50–247.00	1,060	70
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	724	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,086	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	197.31/cwt	195.00–212.00	1,310	191
Steers	Large 1	—	928	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	225.22/cwt	212.00–228.00	1,279	85
Steers	Large 1	—	864	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,469	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	654	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	916	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	580	208.26/cwt	199.00–215.00	1,208	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	972	14
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	689	184.28/cwt	183.00–186.00	1,270	21

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 Feb 28, 2023

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

Receipts 2,235Last week 3,020Year ago 3,050

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	785	169.50	169.50
20	—	729	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	528	237.00–240.50	237.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	629	224.50	224.50
32	—	470	244.50	244.50
96	—	528	220.00–235.00	226.77
70	—	437	237.50–247.00	242.59
191	—	664	195.00–212.00	197.31
85	—	568	212.00–228.00	225.22
14	—	385	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	626	199.50–206.00	202.83
56	—	580	199.00–215.00	208.26
21	—	689	183.00–186.00	184.28
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	724	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	654	140.00	140.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	651	198.00	198.00
33	—	518	229.00	229.00
25	—	575	222.50–230.00	225.21
48	—	633	190.00–216.00	210.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	480	272.50–280.00	275.83
119	—	519	251.00–269.50	256.76
11	—	756	180.00	180.00
53	—	575	240.50–242.00	240.91
345	—	611	222.00–231.00	227.79
99	—	663	207.00–211.00	209.54
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	782	179.50–184.50	182.36
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	705	159.00	159.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
247	—	717	195.50–203.00	201.62
22	—	757	187.00–194.00	191.41
8	—	928	168.00	168.00
24	—	864	170.00	170.00

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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