Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder steers 3.00-6.00 higher. Stocker heifers less than 700 lbs 5.00-11.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs 1.00-5.00 lower. CME Feeder cattle futures closed with gains of 20 cents to $1.32, as nearby September was down 15 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another 52 cents at $244.02 on September 23. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $291.59/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −187.86 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$291.59

251 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$268

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

$46.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.28

vs WA average

+17.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	540	298.46	1,613	164
Medium and Large 1	573	294.24	1,686	55
Small and Medium 1-2	534	251.82	1,345	32

One grade step is worth $46.64/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $435.22, median $479.44 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale251 hd

291.59

—

WA average2 barns · 267 hd

288.31

+3.28

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+17.30

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−187.86

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
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	810	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,802	28
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	769	224.71/cwt	223.50–228.50	1,728	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	249.41/cwt	244.00–253.50	1,541	110
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	725	230.03/cwt	229.75–231.00	1,668	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,548	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	284.70/cwt	280.50–290.00	1,520	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	490	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,475	6
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,880	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	599	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,707	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	506	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,569	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	610	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,696	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,394	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	273.02/cwt	268.00–278.50	1,693	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	266.11/cwt	262.00–275.00	1,783	75
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	534	251.82/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,345	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	739	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,737	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	328.09/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,519	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	735	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	278.02/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,604	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	294.24/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,686	55
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	693	256.73/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,779	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	284.75/cwt	284.75–284.75	1,711	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	326.38/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,413	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	308.74/cwt	300.00–329.00	1,618	83
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	669	183.03/cwt	172.50–196.00	1,224	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	509	212.35/cwt	202.50–225.00	1,081	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	519	280.50/cwt	280.50–280.50	1,456	8
Steers	Large 1	800–850	818	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	1,951	9
Steers	Large 1	750–800	765	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,943	33
Steers	Large 1	700–750	710	259.70/cwt	256.50–263.50	1,844	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	278.05/cwt	275.00–282.00	1,349	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	272.01/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,401	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	261.55/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,501	66
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	526	246.69/cwt	230.00–253.00	1,298	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,349	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	700–750	746	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,380	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	298.42/cwt	293.00–301.50	1,447	29
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	463	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,088	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	368	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,034	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	641	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,535	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	659	236.93/cwt	222.50–241.00	1,561	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,785	24

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 24, 2024

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

Receipts 1,570Last week 1,995Year ago 2,565

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	700–750	725	229.75–231.00	230.03
33	750–800	769	223.50–228.50	224.71
28	800–850	810	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	410	329.00	329.00
47	450–500	485	275.00–282.00	278.05
65	500–550	515	265.00–277.50	272.01
66	550–600	574	257.00–264.00	261.55
110	600–650	618	244.00–253.50	249.41
24	650–700	692	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	485	293.00–301.50	298.42
16	500–550	534	280.50–290.00	284.70
7	550–600	569	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	509	202.50–225.00	212.35
13	650–700	669	172.50–196.00	183.03
10	700–750	746	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	519	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	281.00	281.00
5	450–500	463	235.00	235.00
66	500–550	526	230.00–253.00	246.69
7	600–650	641	239.50	239.50
71	650–700	659	222.50–241.00	236.93
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	301.00	301.00
32	500–550	534	250.00–255.00	251.82
63	650–700	693	245.00–260.00	256.73
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	712	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	506	310.00	310.00
5	550–600	599	285.00	285.00
27	600–650	610	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	403	346.00	346.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	433	320.00–330.00	326.38
19	450–500	463	318.00–335.00	328.09
83	500–550	524	300.00–329.00	308.74
52	550–600	577	274.00–285.00	278.02
105	600–650	620	268.00–278.50	273.02
75	650–700	670	262.00–275.00	266.11
18	700–750	739	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	735	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	550–600	573	290.00–303.00	294.24
16	600–650	601	284.75	284.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	700–750	710	256.50–263.50	259.70
33	750–800	765	254.00	254.00
9	800–850	818	238.50	238.50

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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