Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle steers uneven 400-500 lbs 5.00-16.00 higher, 500-700 lbs 4.00-10.00 lower, 700-850 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher, Heifers 400-650 lbs weak to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand esp for black hided supplies. Fleshier mid-weights and heavy calves discounted.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $245.11/cwt on 741 head.

Average price

$245.11

741 head · 614 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,505

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$686

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

$110.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.88

vs WA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	300.18	1,535	88
Medium and Large 1-2	564	260.57	1,469	287
Medium and Large 2-3	577	230.00	1,327	19thin
Small and Medium 1-2	590	223.97	1,321	165
Large 1	784	217.45	1,705	144
Large 1-2	793	209.50	1,661	29
Small and Medium 2-3	447	190.00	849	9thin

One grade step is worth $110.18/cwt here — about $686 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 sale741 hd

245.11

—

WA average2 barns · 854 hd

241.23

+3.88

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

42 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,040	5
Cows	Large 1	—	746	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,358	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	522	188.39/cwt	176.00–192.00	983	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,286	29
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	477	242.84/cwt	229.00–254.00	1,158	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	423	231.26/cwt	224.00–245.00	978	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	227.43/cwt	218.00–230.50	1,512	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	442	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,582	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,115	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	793	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,661	29
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	496	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,238	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	505	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,528	20
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	629	213.49/cwt	199.00–225.00	1,343	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	344.34/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,618	26
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	541	236.15/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,278	18
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	419	275.92/cwt	255.00–307.50	1,156	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	237.31/cwt	230.00–240.50	1,493	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	239.87/cwt	237.00–242.50	1,394	55
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	447	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	849	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	577	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,327	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	334.55/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,408	32
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	575	211.48/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,216	26
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	692	206.43/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,428	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	248.62/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,343	67
Steers	Large 1	—	859	210.50/cwt	210.50–210.50	1,808	8
Steers	Large 1	—	908	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,589	13
Steers	Large 1	—	814	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,677	15
Steers	Large 1	—	739	216.54/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,600	34
Steers	Large 1	—	769	228.39/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,756	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,504	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	267.42/cwt	263.00–271.00	1,244	88
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	626	183.14/cwt	170.00–193.00	1,146	24
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	584	198.94/cwt	181.00–212.00	1,162	60
Heifers	Large 1	—	804	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,463	36
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	373	252.59/cwt	240.00–261.00	942	22
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	528	229.00/cwt	205.00–235.00	1,209	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	194.50/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,317	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	217.40/cwt	214.00–219.50	1,315	50
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	—	483	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	942	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,219	27
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	326	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	828	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	254.14/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,306	52

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

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Receipts 1,440Last week 1,900Year ago 1,570

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	594	175.00	175.00
Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	746	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	522	176.00–192.00	188.39
6	—	483	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	559	230.00	230.00
88	—	465	263.00–271.00	267.42
14	—	677	194.00–195.00	194.50
50	—	605	214.00–219.50	217.40
27	—	419	291.00	291.00
52	—	514	250.00–255.00	254.14
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	477	229.00–254.00	242.84
18	—	423	224.00–245.00	231.26
24	—	626	170.00–193.00	183.14
60	—	584	181.00–212.00	198.94
22	—	373	240.00–261.00	252.59
45	—	528	205.00–235.00	229.00
8	—	326	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	804	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	665	218.00–230.50	227.43
6	—	343	325.00	325.00
26	—	470	340.00–347.50	344.34
36	—	629	230.00–240.50	237.31
55	—	581	237.00–242.50	239.87
32	—	421	330.00–340.00	334.55
67	—	540	240.00–250.00	248.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	442	358.00	358.00
51	—	537	280.00	280.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	793	209.50	209.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	496	249.50	249.50
60	—	629	199.00–225.00	213.49
18	—	541	233.00–240.00	236.15
21	—	419	255.00–307.50	275.92
26	—	575	200.00–230.00	211.48
32	—	692	200.00–214.00	206.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	505	302.50	302.50
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	447	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	577	230.00	230.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	859	210.50	210.50
13	—	908	175.00	175.00
15	—	814	206.00	206.00
34	—	739	210.00–225.00	216.54
74	—	769	226.00–230.00	228.39

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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