Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago Tuesday, stocker steers less than 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers over 700 lbs 1.00-6.00 lower. Stocker heifers less than 600 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance both ringside and on the internet from domestic and Canadian interests..

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $286.67/cwt on 333 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −192.78 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$286.67

333 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

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

$39.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.86

vs WA average

−12.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	294.38	1,637	253
Small and Medium 1-2	529	263.97	1,396	65
Small and Medium 2-3	541	255.00	1,380	15thin

One grade step is worth $39.38/cwt here — about $257 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale333 hd

286.67

—

WA average2 barns · 340 hd

285.81

+0.86

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−12.37

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−192.78

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

59 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	450–500	474	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,507	8
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	541	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,380	15
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	555	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,504	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	341	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,347	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	368.95/cwt	365.00–379.00	1,579	27
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	931	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,750	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	311.93/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,610	90
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	371	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,057	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	663	258.55/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,714	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	270.91/cwt	266.00–272.50	1,807	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	286.09/cwt	281.50–294.00	1,568	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	280.95/cwt	274.50–283.00	1,770	190
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	256.98/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,344	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	394	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	684	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,778	7
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	400–450	417	248.00/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,034	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	284.37/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,664	133
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	850	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,560	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	979	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,762	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	850–900	851	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,634	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	723	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,728	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	301.18/cwt	296.00–315.00	1,416	37
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	474	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,370	9
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,867	12
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	759	228.39/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,733	32
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	707	235.75/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,667	26
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	891	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,867	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	317.81/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,386	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,196	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	260.48/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,519	126
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	263.25/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,666	78
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	583	244.07/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,423	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	629	240.19/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,511	32
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	276.87/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,323	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	527	258.22/cwt	257.50–259.00	1,361	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	258.65/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,394	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	331.88/cwt	330.00–335.00	946	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	751	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,570	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	400–450	443	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,074	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	940	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	278.97/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,423	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,360	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	569	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,394	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	467	286.52/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,338	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	738	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,587	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	382.68/cwt	377.50–389.00	1,496	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	544	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,265	7
Steers	Large 1	750–800	772	250.91/cwt	248.50–258.00	1,937	39
Steers	Large 1	800–850	824	216.33/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,783	33
Steers	Large 1	900–950	933	205.93/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,921	11
Steers	Large 1	850–900	858	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,883	10
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	966	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,889	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	241.58/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,539	28
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	843	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,627	6
Steers	Large 1	700–750	722	249.59/cwt	247.00–253.50	1,802	51
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	543	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,596	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	343.64/cwt	332.00–357.00	1,622	36

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	474	318.00	318.00
10	500–550	543	294.00	294.00
6	550–600	555	271.00	271.00
5	600–650	630	265.00	265.00
14	650–700	663	257.50–260.00	258.55
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	285.00	285.00
15	500–550	541	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	341	395.00	395.00
11	350–400	391	377.50–389.00	382.68
27	400–450	428	365.00–379.00	368.95
36	450–500	472	332.00–357.00	343.64
90	500–550	516	304.00–325.00	311.93
133	550–600	585	280.00–290.00	284.37
190	600–650	630	274.50–283.00	280.95
104	650–700	667	266.00–272.50	270.91
6	750–800	755	221.00	221.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	843	193.00	193.00
8	900–950	931	188.00	188.00
8	950–1000	966	195.50	195.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	350.00	350.00
30	500–550	548	281.50–294.00	286.09
7	650–700	684	260.00	260.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	500–550	523	255.00–258.00	256.98
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	417	245.00–251.00	248.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	723	239.00	239.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	722	247.00–253.50	249.59
39	750–800	772	248.50–258.00	250.91
33	800–850	824	215.00–220.00	216.33
10	850–900	858	219.50	219.50
11	900–950	933	200.00–211.00	205.93
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	850	183.50	183.50
10	950–1000	979	180.00	180.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	851	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	285	330.00–335.00	331.88
7	350–400	392	305.00	305.00
28	400–450	436	309.00–325.00	317.81
37	450–500	470	296.00–315.00	301.18
45	500–550	510	275.00–282.50	278.97
126	550–600	583	252.50–262.00	260.48
78	600–650	633	262.00–266.00	263.25
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	289.00	289.00
21	500–550	527	257.50–259.00	258.22
10	550–600	583	240.00–248.00	244.07
32	600–650	629	240.00–241.00	240.19
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	707	233.00–241.00	235.75
32	750–800	759	220.00–230.00	228.39
11	850–900	891	209.50	209.50
12	1050–1100	1,073	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	478	267.50–285.00	276.87
7	500–550	544	232.50	232.50
8	550–600	569	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	270.00	270.00
36	450–500	467	282.00–289.00	286.52
34	500–550	539	257.00–265.00	258.65
15	550–600	561	242.50	242.50
28	600–650	637	241.00–242.50	241.58
14	700–750	738	215.00	215.00
8	750–800	751	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	443	242.50	242.50

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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