Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-8.00 lower. CME Feeder cattle futures saw losses of $2 to $3.12 losses across the board, with soon to expire October up down nickel. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up 12 cents at $249.49 on October 28. Trade active with light to moderate demand as feed yards are nearing capacity.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.65/cwt on 344 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −195.80 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$283.65

344 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,568

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

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

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.70

vs WA average

−17.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	290.00	1,607	49
Medium and Large 1-2	554	283.80	1,572	265
Small and Medium 1-2	535	274.95	1,471	24
Small and Medium 2-3	565	260.00	1,469	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about $138 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 sale344 hd

283.65

—

WA average2 barns · 364 hd

281.94

+1.70

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−17.04

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−195.80

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

36 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 1-2Full	650–700	670	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,434	8
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	704	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,672	28
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,379	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,339	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	281.51/cwt	281.00–282.00	1,210	12
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	565	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,469	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	619	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	306.37/cwt	299.50–317.00	1,575	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	257.57/cwt	250.00–260.50	1,726	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	265.43/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,582	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	502	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,355	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	275.65/cwt	273.50–284.00	1,618	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	265.39/cwt	260.00–274.50	1,677	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	262.31/cwt	256.00–267.50	1,781	256
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	526	285.42/cwt	284.00–287.50	1,501	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,460	11
Steers	Large 1	800–850	843	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,939	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,712	28
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	550	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,416	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,607	49
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	708	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	318.64/cwt	310.50–333.00	1,520	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	251.87/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,546	86
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	536	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,356	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	247.77/cwt	241.00–250.50	1,638	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	525	250.76/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,316	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	557	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,376	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	712	248.95/cwt	240.00–252.50	1,773	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	263.33/cwt	259.50–269.50	1,359	18
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	592	231.94/cwt	227.50–235.00	1,373	27
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	669	236.36/cwt	236.00–236.50	1,581	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	244.73/cwt	237.50–247.00	1,390	77
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	477	260.66/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,243	46
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	610	241.15/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,471	150

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 29, 2024

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Receipts 2,230Last week 2,080Year ago 1,440

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	670	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	704	237.50	237.50
40	750–800	750	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	506	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	430	281.00–282.00	281.51
10	450–500	485	276.00	276.00
18	500–550	516	259.50–269.50	263.33
77	550–600	568	237.50–247.00	244.73
86	600–650	614	247.00–256.00	251.87
56	650–700	661	241.00–250.50	247.77
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	450–500	477	250.00–269.00	260.66
7	500–550	536	253.00	253.00
27	550–600	592	227.50–235.00	231.94
150	600–650	610	230.00–243.00	241.15
39	650–700	669	236.00–236.50	236.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
62	500–550	525	246.00–255.00	250.76
10	550–600	557	247.00	247.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	260.00	260.00
7	600–650	619	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	422	346.00	346.00
83	450–500	477	310.50–333.00	318.64
84	500–550	514	299.50–317.00	306.37
125	550–600	587	273.50–284.00	275.65
224	600–650	632	260.00–274.50	265.39
256	650–700	679	256.00–267.50	262.31
6	700–750	703	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	502	270.00	270.00
23	550–600	596	263.00–270.00	265.43
33	650–700	670	250.00–260.50	257.57
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	526	284.00–287.50	285.42
9	550–600	550	257.50	257.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	712	240.00–252.50	248.95
53	800–850	843	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	550–600	554	290.00	290.00
28	600–650	618	277.00	277.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	236.00	236.00

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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