Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-10-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures finished the Tuesday session with $0.47 to $1.27 gains, leaving the Nov contract's weekly pullback at $1.12.The CME Feeder Cattle Index was $1.43 weaker to $246.83. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $253.78/cwt on 657 head.

Average price

$253.78

657 head · 580 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,472

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$59.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.07

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	460	291.00	1,339	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	590	259.91	1,534	358
Small and Medium 1-2	558	247.05	1,378	245
Large 1	752	231.60	1,742	22
Small and Medium 2-3	548	231.43	1,269	21

One grade step is worth $59.57/cwt here — about $70 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 sale657 hd

253.78

—

WA average2 barns · 711 hd

250.71

+3.07

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

30 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	Small and Medium 2-3	—	615	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,322	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3Full	—	584	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,022	9
Heifers	Large 1	—	706	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,631	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	763	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,717	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,007	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	688	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,548	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,070	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,485	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	249.16/cwt	243.00–252.50	1,610	96
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	687	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,580	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	248.66/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,634	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	281.89/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,373	52
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	641	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,346	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	511	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,226	15
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	480	263.48/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,265	57
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	574	242.89/cwt	237.00–249.75	1,394	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	280.42/cwt	280.00–282.00	1,455	29
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	636	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,399	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	385	221.95/cwt	215.00–230.00	855	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	570	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,297	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	239.84/cwt	234.00–242.50	1,509	116
Steers	Large 1	—	752	231.60/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,742	22
Steers	Large 1-2	—	460	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,339	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	474	223.31/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,058	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	249.33/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,319	76
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	534	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,180	37
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	486	247.78/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,204	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	242.94/cwt	241.00–249.00	1,370	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	269.79/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,300	67

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 17, 2023

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Receipts 1,370Last week 1,350Year ago 1,500

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	215.00	215.00
27	—	474	221.00–230.00	223.31
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	584	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	231.00	231.00
8	—	763	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	392	257.00	257.00
8	—	688	225.00	225.00
116	—	629	234.00–242.50	239.84
76	—	529	245.00–255.00	249.33
107	—	564	241.00–249.00	242.94
67	—	482	260.00–272.50	269.79
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	636	220.00	220.00
11	—	385	215.00–230.00	221.95
11	—	570	227.50	227.50
37	—	534	221.00	221.00
21	—	486	240.00–252.00	247.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	382	280.00	280.00
56	—	568	261.50	261.50
96	—	646	243.00–252.50	249.16
106	—	657	240.00–251.00	248.66
7	—	414	282.50	282.50
52	—	487	281.00–286.00	281.89
29	—	519	280.00–282.00	280.42
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	687	230.00	230.00
57	—	480	250.00–270.00	263.48
176	—	574	237.00–249.75	242.89
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	641	210.00	210.00
15	—	511	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	752	230.00–235.00	231.60
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	460	291.00	291.00

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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