Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 week's ago Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-6.00 lower. CME Feeder cattle futures were up 67 cents to $1.87 to close out Tuesday, as weaker corn was supportive for the walking inputs. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down 19 cents at $249.64 on November 11. Trade moderate to active with moderate to good demand as buyers yards are reaching capacity, Weaned calves selling at a premium to the bawlers on the heavy calves .

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.44/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −192.00 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$287.44

129 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$61.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.75

vs WA average

−18.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	292.35	1,584	118
Small and Medium 2-3	559	240.00	1,342	5thin
Small and Medium 1-2	583	230.50	1,344	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.85/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale129 hd

287.44

—

WA average2 barns · 136 hd

284.69

+2.75

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−18.00

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−192.00

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

32 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	700–750	739	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,700	11
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	753	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,604	18
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	571	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,308	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	640	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,427	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	524	250.08/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,310	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,359	7
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	559	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	301.08/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,575	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	248.23/cwt	244.50–255.50	1,698	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,166	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	266.66/cwt	259.50–269.50	1,675	28
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	374	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	935	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	635	248.03/cwt	233.00–255.00	1,575	16
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	499	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,447	8
Steers	Large 1	900–950	939	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,981	8
Steers	Large 1	750–800	776	237.37/cwt	235.50–240.50	1,842	29
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	627	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,458	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,541	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,501	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	583	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,344	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	520	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,201	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	300–350	348	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	835	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	340.38/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,518	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	278.83/cwt	275.00–283.50	1,609	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	231.27/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,526	30
Steers	Large 1	800–850	834	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,801	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	233.93/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,441	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	31
Steers	Large 1	700–750	719	239.71/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,724	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	266.10/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,354	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,114	31

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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,730Last week 2,230Year ago 2,340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	739	230.00	230.00
18	750–800	753	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	500–550	524	242.00–253.00	250.08
9	550–600	571	229.00	229.00
15	600–650	640	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	381	292.50	292.50
31	450–500	468	276.00	276.00
14	500–550	509	261.00–270.00	266.10
7	550–600	564	241.00	241.00
84	600–650	616	230.00–238.00	233.93
30	650–700	660	229.00–232.00	231.27
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	240.00	240.00
5	500–550	520	231.00	231.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	559	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	627	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	345.00	345.00
53	400–450	446	340.00–342.50	340.38
6	450–500	469	320.00	320.00
77	500–550	523	300.00–304.00	301.08
31	550–600	577	275.00–283.50	278.83
28	600–650	628	259.50–269.50	266.66
56	650–700	684	244.50–255.50	248.23
5	700–750	711	227.00	227.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	499	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	583	230.50	230.50
16	600–650	635	233.00–255.00	248.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	719	235.00–245.00	239.71
29	750–800	776	235.50–240.50	237.37
7	800–850	834	216.00	216.00
8	900–950	939	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	577	267.00	267.00

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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