Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, stocker steers less than 600 lbs steady to 7.00 lower, feeder cattle 600 lbs and over steady to 6.00 higher. Stocker heifers 400-500 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers 500 lbs and higher 2.00-9.00 higher. CME Feeder cattle futures rallied on Tuesday with contracts up $1.90 to $2.15. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 81 cents from the day prior at $261.54 on December 16. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance both ringside and on the internet.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $281.01/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −142.47 against this barn's trailing median of $423.48.

Average price

$281.01

257 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$1.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs WA average

−3.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	281.32	1,556	213
Small and Medium 1-2	547	279.52	1,529	44

One grade step is worth $1.80/cwt here — about $27 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.61, low $377.43, median $423.48 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 sale257 hd

281.01

—

WA average2 barns · 272 hd

279.75

+1.26

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−3.94

This barn, trailing median4 sales

423.48

−142.47

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

31 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	746	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,775	9
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	812	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,868	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	654	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	276.63/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,577	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	310.26/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,458	36
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	547	279.52/cwt	278.50–280.00	1,529	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	638	306.04/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,953	29
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	448	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,416	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	563	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,664	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	617	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,700	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,555	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	653	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,845	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	576	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,656	7
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	708	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,752	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	657	303.03/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,991	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	292.94/cwt	290.00–298.50	1,828	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	322.52/cwt	316.00–327.00	1,690	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	306.77/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,776	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	269.57/cwt	266.00–277.50	1,795	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	337.58/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,651	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	514	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,568	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	515	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,447	10
Steers	Large 1	700–750	724	276.59/cwt	276.00–277.00	2,003	12
Steers	Large 1	750–800	788	258.60/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,038	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,477	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	288.57/cwt	283.00–293.50	1,933	179
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	324.75/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,185	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	626	269.64/cwt	268.75–274.50	1,688	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	291.25/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,494	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,402	6

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 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,360Last week 2,010Year ago 2,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	746	238.00	238.00
13	800–850	812	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	547	278.50–280.00	279.52
6	650–700	654	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	322.00–327.00	324.75
6	400–450	448	313.00	313.00
36	450–500	470	308.00–314.00	310.26
42	500–550	513	289.00–298.00	291.25
149	550–600	570	273.00–280.00	276.63
196	600–650	626	268.75–274.50	269.64
51	650–700	666	266.00–277.50	269.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	514	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	281.00	281.00
15	600–650	608	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	638	305.00–308.00	306.04
34	650–700	657	298.00–305.00	303.03
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	448	316.00	316.00
7	650–700	653	282.50	282.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	563	295.50	295.50
16	600–650	617	275.50	275.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	361.00	361.00
9	400–450	418	372.00	372.00
41	450–500	489	330.00–345.00	337.58
18	500–550	524	316.00–327.00	322.52
106	550–600	579	300.00–316.00	306.77
47	600–650	624	290.00–298.50	292.94
179	650–700	670	283.00–293.50	288.57
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	576	287.50	287.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	247.50	247.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	724	276.00–277.00	276.59
35	750–800	788	255.00–260.00	258.60

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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