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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-05

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Sep 5

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132

← Aug 29Sep 5Sep 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

960 head

▲ 260 vs last sale 700▼ 20 vs year ago 980 · −2.0%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

840 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 800▼ 160 vs year ago 1,000 · −16.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle steady. CME feeders cattle futures were down $2.50 to $3.50 on the day. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $1.74 at $241.27 on September 4. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter Dairy cows 8.00-11.00 lower. Slaughter bulls firm in a light test. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $226.56/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 21 comparable sales and sits −160.80 against this barn's trailing median of $387.36.

Average price

$226.56

54 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$179

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$32.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

−14.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	564	237.41	1,339	36
Medium and Large 2-3	566	204.86	1,159	18thin

One grade step is worth $32.54/cwt here — about $179 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale54 hd

226.56

—

WA average1 barns · 54 hd

226.56

+0.00

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−14.13

This barn, trailing median21 sales

387.36

−160.80

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 500–600 lb

21 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $493.55, low $302.65, median $387.36 across 21 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,886	158.09	2,982	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	132.32	1,709	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,244	126.86	1,578	80
Dairy Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,787	135.94	2,429	11
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,509	125.78	1,898	220
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,315	113.81	1,497	200

Every lot

53 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	457	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,143	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,312	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,380	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	519	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,142	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	558	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,328	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	571	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,256	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	254.34/cwt	249.50–257.00	1,587	14
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	673	232.70/cwt	228.00–240.00	1,566	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	253.17/cwt	250.75–254.50	1,727	25
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 2-3	682	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,432	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	683	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,544	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	689	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,578	7
Steers	700–750	Large 2-3Unweaned	701	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,486	21
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	708	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,749	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,671	12
Steers	700–750	Large 1	713	248.54/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,772	30
Steers	750–800	Large 1	763	242.05/cwt	240.50–243.50	1,847	29
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	974	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,938	7
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,057	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	1,950	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	444	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,099	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	486	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,215	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	517	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,099	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	539	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,240	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	551	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,251	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	242.80/cwt	238.50–249.00	1,401	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Unweaned	597	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,194	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	601	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,403	8
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	611	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	1,402	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	648	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,432	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3	665	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,370	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	233.04/cwt	230.50–234.50	1,580	32
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 2-3	684	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,419	7
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	732	231.10/cwt	227.00–233.50	1,692	44
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	817	214.18/cwt	211.00–217.00	1,750	15
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	868	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,758	8
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	904	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,880	14
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	185.32/cwt	183.00–186.00	1,877	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	9
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Small 4	708	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	761	5
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 3	815	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,255	5
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 3	1,037	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,659	10
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 3	1,133	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,694	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,886	158.09/cwt	154.00–161.50	2,982	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,214	121.95/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,480	35
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,240	128.74/cwt	124.00–131.00	1,596	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,267	130.68/cwt	127.00–133.00	1,656	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,329	134.87/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,792	35
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,263	110.63/cwt	105.00–114.00	1,397	95
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,362	116.69/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,589	105
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,457	122.88/cwt	120.00–125.00	1,790	105
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,557	128.42/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,999	115
Dairy Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,787	135.94/cwt	135.00–136.75	2,429	11

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.

Washington feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

Thu Sep 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 960Last week 700Year ago 980

Slaughter CattleReceipts 840Last week 800Year ago 1,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	486	270.00	270.00
8	500–550	517	267.00	267.00
14	600–650	624	249.50–257.00	254.34
25	650–700	682	250.75–254.50	253.17
12	700–750	711	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	682	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	571	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	457	250.00	250.00
8	500–550	519	220.00	220.00
6	550–600	558	238.00	238.00
13	650–700	683	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	713	248.00–250.00	248.54
29	750–800	763	240.50–243.50	242.05
7	950–1000	974	199.00	199.00
19	1050–1100	1,057	184.50	184.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	673	228.00–240.00	232.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	701	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	689	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	708	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	815	154.00	154.00
10	1000–1050	1,037	160.00	160.00
8	1100–1150	1,133	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	250.00	250.00
22	550–600	577	238.50–249.00	242.80
8	600–650	601	233.50	233.50
32	650–700	678	230.50–234.50	233.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	732	227.00–233.50	231.10
15	800–850	817	211.00–217.00	214.18
8	850–900	868	202.50	202.50
14	900–950	904	208.00	208.00
31	1000–1050	1,013	183.00–186.00	185.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
9	500–550	539	230.00	230.00
5	550–600	551	227.00	227.00
16	600–650	648	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	247.50	247.50
7	500–550	517	212.50	212.50
11	550–600	597	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	665	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	684	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	611	229.50	229.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	375	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,457	120.00–125.00	122.88
115	—	1,557	125.00–131.00	128.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,263	105.00–114.00	110.63
105	—	1,362	114.00–121.00	116.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,787	135.00–136.75	135.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,329	131.00–137.00	134.87
25	—	1,240	124.00–131.00	128.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,214	114.00–127.00	121.95
45	—	1,267	127.00–133.00	130.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,886	154.00–161.50	158.09

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.