Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to no recent sales. A higher undertone was noted. CME feeder cattle were up 95 cents to $2.45 across the board as the Tuesday session came to a close. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $2.25 from the day prior at $259.38 on December 2. Trade very active with very good demand. Buyer attendance was good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $316.72/cwt on 221 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −162.72 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$316.72

221 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,726

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$37.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

−8.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	541	320.48	1,735	199
Small and Medium 1-2	578	282.72	1,634	22

One grade step is worth $37.76/cwt here — about $100 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 sale221 hd

316.72

—

WA average1 barns · 221 hd

316.72

+0.00

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−8.65

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−162.72

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

47 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,206	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	511	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,482	18
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	863	214.27/cwt	211.50–216.50	1,849	18
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	802	217.64/cwt	217.50–218.00	1,745	21
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	721	234.93/cwt	229.50–240.50	1,694	32
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	645	263.69/cwt	263.00–264.00	1,701	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	634	268.08/cwt	265.00–269.50	1,700	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	658	264.81/cwt	264.50–266.00	1,742	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	307.72/cwt	305.50–312.00	1,659	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	338.35/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,590	32
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	660	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,772	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	578	282.72/cwt	272.50–287.50	1,634	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	311.15/cwt	296.00–319.00	1,733	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,728	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	392	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,529	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	450–500	456	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,026	15
Steers	Large 1	750–800	781	251.69/cwt	245.00–255.00	1,966	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	290.99/cwt	283.00–297.50	1,801	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	275.67/cwt	269.50–279.00	1,866	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	329.98/cwt	327.50–335.00	1,759	111
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,491	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	397.87/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,775	52
Steers	Large 1	850–900	874	227.45/cwt	219.00–231.00	1,988	31
Steers	Large 1	700–750	725	261.58/cwt	259.00–264.00	1,896	46
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	7
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	741	242.45/cwt	240.00–244.50	1,797	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	334.78/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,440	56
Steers	Large 1	800–850	829	240.76/cwt	240.00–242.00	1,996	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	580	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,427	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	416	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,310	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	272.93/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,441	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	257.97/cwt	252.50–275.00	1,504	24
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	442	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,370	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	512	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,459	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	304.93/cwt	300.00–307.50	1,552	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,469	20
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	397	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,171	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	433	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,256	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	643	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,511	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	253.13/cwt	251.00–255.00	1,671	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	247.80/cwt	244.50–249.00	1,554	81
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	581	270.05/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,569	143
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	680	237.38/cwt	235.00–240.00	1,614	44
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	731	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,645	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	292.73/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,628	35
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	519	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,362	26

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,010Last week 1,730Year ago 2,340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	511	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	721	229.50–240.50	234.93
21	800–850	802	217.50–218.00	217.64
18	850–900	863	211.50–216.50	214.27
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
8	400–450	442	310.00	310.00
26	500–550	519	262.50	262.50
143	550–600	581	245.00–280.00	270.05
13	600–650	643	235.00	235.00
44	650–700	680	235.00–240.00	237.38
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	594	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	400–450	430	320.00–340.00	334.78
20	450–500	470	312.50	312.50
79	500–550	509	300.00–307.50	304.93
35	550–600	556	285.00–295.00	292.73
81	600–650	627	244.50–249.00	247.80
32	650–700	660	251.00–255.00	253.13
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	295.00	295.00
6	400–450	433	290.00	290.00
5	500–550	512	285.00	285.00
8	550–600	580	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	416	315.00	315.00
30	500–550	528	265.00–277.50	272.93
24	550–600	583	252.50–275.00	257.97
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	731	225.00	225.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	392	390.00	390.00
22	550–600	578	272.50–287.50	282.72
16	600–650	645	263.00–264.00	263.69
5	650–700	660	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	539	305.50–312.00	307.72
5	550–600	596	290.00	290.00
28	600–650	634	265.00–269.50	268.08
25	650–700	658	264.50–266.00	264.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	400–450	446	395.00–407.50	397.87
32	450–500	470	335.00–340.00	338.35
111	500–550	533	327.50–335.00	329.98
46	550–600	557	296.00–319.00	311.15
169	600–650	619	283.00–297.50	290.99
242	650–700	677	269.50–279.00	275.67
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	456	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	700–750	725	259.00–264.00	261.58
78	750–800	781	245.00–255.00	251.69
13	800–850	829	240.00–242.00	240.76
31	850–900	874	219.00–231.00	227.45
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	741	240.00–244.50	242.45
7	750–800	765	240.00	240.00

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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