Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2021-02-25

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Feb 25
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
500 head
▲ 200 vs last sale 300▲ 200 vs year ago 300 · +66.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
900 head
▲ 350 vs last sale 550▼ 70 vs year ago 970 · −7.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, Stocker and feeder cattle firm. Quality more attractive this week as buyers where able to purchase load lots. Buyer attendance was good. Slaughter cows 1.00-3.00 lower as more offerings have shown up. Slaughter bulls firm. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.54/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$144.54
192 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$895
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$158
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$18.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2592146.96871167
Large 1801128.401,02825
One grade step is worth $18.56/cwt here — about −$158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale192 hd
144.54
—
WA average1 barns · 192 hd
144.54
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,93495.181,84115
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,35366.93905432
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,63265.901,075399

Every lot

32 lots · USDA AMS · Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Large 3406105.00/cwt105.00–105.004265
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3465149.00/cwt149.00–149.0069321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486185.50/cwt185.50–185.509027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2514187.50/cwt187.50–187.5096434
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579164.50/cwt164.50–164.5095221
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2624125.00/cwt125.00–125.007809
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629158.00/cwt158.00–158.0099444
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2698140.50/cwt140.50–140.509815
Steers—Large 1777138.49/cwt138.00–140.001,07620
Steers—Large 1-2818120.00/cwt120.00–120.009828
Steers—Large 1845132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1155
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485157.15/cwt153.00–159.0076219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531159.00/cwt159.00–159.0084415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586147.20/cwt144.50–147.7586360
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633142.84/cwt136.00–144.7590460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662136.03/cwt135.50–136.5090113
Heifers—Large 1760132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,00319
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy930117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0886
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Small 424780.00/cwt80.00–80.001987
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 3-4322185.00/cwt185.00–185.005966
Dairy Steers—Small 4342105.00/cwt105.00–105.0035916
Dairy Steers—Small and Medium 3-444664.00/cwt64.00–64.002856
Dairy Steers—Large 350286.00/cwt86.00–86.004325
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,16785.00/cwt85.00–85.009929
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,860108.37/cwt104.50–111.502,0162
Bulls——1,92297.04/cwt94.50–99.501,8659
Bulls——1,99884.41/cwt80.00–88.001,6874
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight96956.08/cwt53.50–58.0054329
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35465.27/cwt63.00–67.00884191
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40469.90/cwt67.00–72.00981212
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,60562.88/cwt60.00–65.001,009185
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,65568.51/cwt65.00–71.001,134214

This sale against other markets

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.