Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2024-06-13

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Jun 13
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
400 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 460▼ 30 vs year ago 430 · −7.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
700 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 800▼ 100 vs year ago 800 · −12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to the market not being reported the last 2 week's. CME Feeder cattle futures were hindered by higher feed costs, settling 5 to 12 cents lower. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $1.09 on June 12 at $255.86. Trade very active with very good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
700–800 lb steers averaged $258.93/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 22 comparable sales and sits −103.64 against this barn's trailing median of $362.57.
Average price
$258.93
48 head · 750 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,942
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$87
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$23.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WA average
−0.82 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1735269.011,97827
Medium and Large 1-2769245.981,89121
One grade step is worth $23.03/cwt here — about $87 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale48 hd
258.93
—
WA average1 barns · 48 hd
258.93
+0.00
National average128 barns · 5,022 hd
259.75
−0.82
This barn, trailing median22 sales
362.57
−103.64
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 700–800 lb

22 sales
432392353313median 362.5703/0505/0707/0209/1010/22
Steers 700–800 lb: high $417.81, low $327.47, median $362.57 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,918175.743,37034
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,833148.002,7134thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,462147.142,15161
Dairy CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,913136.452,61011
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,459133.611,949400

Every lot

20 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2296900.00/head900.00–900.009005
Steers700–750Large 1702282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,98312
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,7525
Steers750–800Large 1762258.21/cwt257.50–259.001,96815
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788245.50/cwt245.50–245.501,93516
Steers950–1000Large 1959222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,1346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-22911,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0257
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,7259
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2630207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,3076
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2674205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3826
Heifers750–800Large 1771222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,71513
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers700–750Small and Medium 4729122.00/cwt122.00–122.008897
Dairy Heifers1350–1400Large 31,386148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,0515
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,878173.66/cwt169.00–176.503,26127
Bulls——2,071183.75/cwt179.50–186.503,8057
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,462147.14/cwt143.00–150.002,15161
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,833148.00/cwt148.00–148.002,7134
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,408130.72/cwt127.00–133.001,841195
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,507136.36/cwt133.00–138.502,055205
Dairy Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,913136.45/cwt136.00–137.002,61011

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.