Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-09-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. The 9/18 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 12 cents stronger to $252.87. Trade active with very good demand. Buyer attendance was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $273.41/cwt on 1,073 head.

Average price

$273.41

1,073 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,776

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$283

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

$88.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.52

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	317.50	1,597	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	593	287.62	1,704	534
Small and Medium 1-2	615	266.86	1,642	203
Large 1	804	257.75	2,072	246
Large 1-2	834	245.00	2,043	27
Small and Medium 2-3	573	229.20	1,314	50

One grade step is worth $88.30/cwt here — about $283 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 sale1,073 hd

273.41

—

WA average2 barns · 1,174 hd

270.89

+2.52

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

46 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
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	691	255.89/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,768	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	339.50/cwt	339.50–339.50	1,164	9
Steers	Large 1-2	—	834	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,043	27
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	573	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,203	19
Steers	Large 1	—	770	263.07/cwt	259.00–267.00	2,026	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	285.28/cwt	279.00–289.00	1,760	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	287.75/cwt	282.00–293.00	1,640	148
Steers	Large 1	—	721	272.02/cwt	267.00–275.00	1,961	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,597	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	317.49/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,518	47
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	486	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,215	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	277.80/cwt	271.50–281.50	1,878	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	299.02/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,591	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,791	42
Steers	Large 1	—	923	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,201	18
Steers	Large 1	—	821	254.73/cwt	252.85–256.75	2,091	119
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	494	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	988	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	343	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	686	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	776	238.96/cwt	234.75–242.00	1,854	75
Heifers	Large 1	—	819	235.48/cwt	234.00–236.75	1,929	57
Heifers	Large 1	—	707	241.88/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,710	56
Heifers	Large 1	—	861	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,959	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,315	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,092	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	642	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,650	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	376	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,166	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	628	267.38/cwt	255.00–272.00	1,679	47
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	440	255.13/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,123	34
Steers	Large 1	—	867	246.74/cwt	246.00–247.50	2,139	24
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	698	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,169	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,002	7
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	680	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,564	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	581	269.83/cwt	265.00–273.00	1,568	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	268.13/cwt	263.00–274.50	1,550	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	259.14/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,257	48
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	526	252.90/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,330	44
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	539	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	943	21
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	399	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	998	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	477	254.93/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,216	31
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	661	246.84/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,632	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,773	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	264.36/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,428	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	271.56/cwt	271.00–271.75	1,654	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	591	253.56/cwt	250.00–259.00	1,499	56

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 Sep 19, 2023

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

Receipts 2,565Last week 2,235Year ago 2,140

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. The 9/18 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 12 cents stronger to $252.87. Trade active with very good demand. Buyer attendance was good.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	691	250.00–266.00	255.89
8	—	376	310.00	310.00
47	—	628	255.00–272.00	267.38
90	—	581	265.00–273.00	269.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	343	339.50	339.50
102	—	617	279.00–289.00	285.28
148	—	570	282.00–293.00	287.75
47	—	478	310.00–320.00	317.49
108	—	676	271.50–281.50	277.80
7	—	771	235.00	235.00
53	—	532	290.00–307.00	299.02
42	—	705	254.00	254.00
18	—	411	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	834	245.00	245.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	573	210.00	210.00
17	—	486	250.00	250.00
14	—	680	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	770	259.00–267.00	263.07
58	—	721	267.00–275.00	272.02
18	—	923	238.50	238.50
119	—	821	252.85–256.75	254.73
24	—	867	246.00–247.50	246.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	503	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	494	200.00	200.00
6	—	343	200.00	200.00
10	—	698	167.50	167.50
21	—	539	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	776	234.75–242.00	238.96
57	—	819	234.00–236.75	235.48
56	—	707	240.00–245.00	241.88
14	—	861	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	412	265.00	265.00
7	—	378	265.00	265.00
215	—	578	263.00–274.50	268.13
48	—	485	255.00–265.00	259.14
14	—	664	267.00	267.00
82	—	540	260.00–270.00	264.36
44	—	609	271.00–271.75	271.56
9	—	335	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	257.00	257.00
34	—	440	250.00–265.00	255.13
44	—	526	250.00–255.00	252.90
7	—	399	250.00	250.00
31	—	477	250.00–260.00	254.93
37	—	661	245.00–250.00	246.84
56	—	591	250.00–259.00	253.56

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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