Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, stocker and feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers steady to 6.00 higher. CME Feeder cattle futures were $1.15 to $1.62 higher on the day. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $1.27 at $248.75 on October 7. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance both ringside and on the internet.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.99/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −188.45 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$290.99

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$12.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.02

vs WA average

−3.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	295.54	1,612	174
Small and Medium 1-2	555	282.75	1,569	96

One grade step is worth $12.79/cwt here — about $43 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale270 hd

290.99

—

WA average2 barns · 286 hd

290.97

+0.02

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−3.32

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−188.45

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

41 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	821	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,806	29
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	683	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,673	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	250–300	292	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	279.28/cwt	273.00–285.50	1,723	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	281.94/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,632	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	317.78/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,525	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	305.84/cwt	299.00–312.50	1,590	99
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	590	273.93/cwt	271.00–274.50	1,616	40
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	530	289.05/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,532	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	365.02/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,398	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	322.40/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,373	19
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	5
Steers	Large 1	900–950	900	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,043	26
Steers	Large 1	750–800	779	253.92/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,978	43
Steers	Large 1	700–750	718	252.50/cwt	250.75–260.00	1,813	44
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	635	267.59/cwt	266.00–270.50	1,699	74
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	300–350	318	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	851	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	265.44/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,760	89
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	594	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,437	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,451	25
Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	500–550	531	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,062	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,668	5
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	730	229.56/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,676	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	271.97/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,542	72
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	521	268.66/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,400	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,634	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	948	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	254.19/cwt	249.00–259.50	1,556	99
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	493	283.31/cwt	265.00–293.00	1,397	57
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	448	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,232	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	618	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,520	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	287.42/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,480	56
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	586	258.73/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,516	83
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	442	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,271	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	658	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,619	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	7
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	765	226.04/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,729	26
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	933	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,866	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,348	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,122	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,468	5

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 1,350Year ago 1,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	730	229.00–231.00	229.56
26	750–800	765	225.00–228.00	226.04
29	800–850	821	220.00	220.00
6	900–950	933	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	292.50	292.50
7	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
19	400–450	426	319.00–324.00	322.40
25	450–500	455	319.00	319.00
56	500–550	515	282.00–292.00	287.42
72	550–600	567	266.00–275.00	271.97
99	600–650	612	249.00–259.50	254.19
21	650–700	675	242.00	242.00
5	750–800	758	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	267.50	267.50
6	400–450	448	275.00	275.00
8	550–600	594	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	287.50	287.50
57	450–500	493	265.00–293.00	283.31
22	500–550	521	260.00–279.00	268.66
83	550–600	586	255.00–264.00	258.73
27	600–650	618	246.00	246.00
13	650–700	658	246.00	246.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	292	350.00	350.00
56	500–550	530	285.00–295.00	289.05
40	550–600	590	271.00–274.50	273.93
74	600–650	635	266.00–270.50	267.59
13	650–700	683	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	383	350.00–382.50	365.02
77	450–500	480	309.00–327.00	317.78
99	500–550	520	299.00–312.50	305.84
75	550–600	579	275.00–287.00	281.94
170	600–650	617	273.00–285.50	279.28
89	650–700	663	262.00–268.00	265.44
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	615	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	718	250.75–260.00	252.50
43	750–800	779	251.00–261.00	253.92
26	900–950	900	227.00	227.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	347.50	347.50
9	500–550	501	224.00	224.00
5	700–750	734	200.00	200.00

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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