Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2021-03-11

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Mar 11
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
550 head
▲ 250 vs last sale 300▲ 300 vs year ago 250 · +120.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,000 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,000▼ 56 vs year ago 1,056 · −5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday at the same market, stocker and feeder cattle firm compared to last week's light test. Buyer attendance was good with local interests trying to fill pasture needs. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-6.00 higher as processors have worked thru their backlog. Buyer attendance was better than last Thursday. Trade was 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 $142.23/cwt on 178 head.
Average price
$142.23
178 head · 609 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$99
per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Large 1-2
$50.00/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
Small and Medium 1-2448155.006945thin
Medium and Large 1-2600150.55903136
Large 1781122.509579thin
Medium and Large 2-3642106.1468122
Large 1-2567105.005956thin
One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $99 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 sale178 hd
142.23
—
WA average1 barns · 178 hd
142.23
+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—High2,05896.021,97641
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,53263.61974399
CowsLean 85-90%High1,35861.58836413

Every lot

26 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2486190.50/cwt190.50–190.509266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2513189.75/cwt189.75–189.759738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,07012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2620166.01/cwt165.00–169.001,02920
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3638155.00/cwt155.00–155.009898
Steers—Large 1743135.79/cwt135.00–137.001,00915
Steers—Large 1928136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2625
Steers—Large 1953145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3828
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2448155.00/cwt155.00–155.006945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475164.35/cwt162.50–166.0078115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2521155.62/cwt152.00–159.5081112
Heifers—Large 1-2567105.00/cwt105.00–105.005956
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570153.21/cwt151.00–154.7587341
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3635109.00/cwt109.00–109.0069215
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3656100.00/cwt100.00–100.006567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2659145.00/cwt145.00–145.0095668
Heifers—Large 1781122.50/cwt122.50–122.509579
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,01490.83/cwt83.00–94.501,82914
Bulls——2,016101.30/cwt101.00–102.002,0426
Bulls——2,10097.97/cwt94.50–99.502,05721
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight1,00949.69/cwt48.50–50.5050122
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35159.66/cwt57.00–62.00806175
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35667.31/cwt66.75–67.7591311
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40264.19/cwt62.00–66.00900205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50560.90/cwt58.00–63.00917185
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55565.95/cwt63.00–68.001,026214

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.