Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2020-10-20

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 20
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
2,200 head
▲ 400 vs last sale 1,800▲ 2,200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same market, stocker and feeder cattle 4.00-14.00 lower as supply exceeds demand. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance. CME positions sold off sharply early in the week and buyers adjusted prices to fit lower breakeven reflective of lower live cattle contracts. This coupled with higher grain prices created sharply lower prices this week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.53/cwt on 1,375 head.
Average price
$139.53
1,375 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$270
per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Large 1
$12.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.42
vs WA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 1-2514143.4173766
Medium and Large 1-2598140.958421,095
Large 1769131.041,007214
One grade step is worth $12.37/cwt here — about −$270 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 sale1,375 hd
139.53
—
WA average2 barns · 1,570 hd
139.11
+0.42
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2353152.50/cwt152.50–152.5053813
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2414158.00/cwt158.00–158.0065418
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2448172.00/cwt172.00–172.0077187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458173.00/cwt173.00–173.0079213
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2492151.50/cwt151.50–151.507458
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531143.76/cwt139.50–144.35763190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2564137.85/cwt132.00–140.50777204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627134.23/cwt130.00–136.00842125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2662136.38/cwt130.00–138.85903476
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2665126.91/cwt125.00–128.0084427
Steers—Large 1732132.80/cwt130.00–135.00972163
Steers—Large 1752132.00/cwt132.00–132.009937
Steers—Large 1867128.82/cwt127.50–131.501,11727
Steers—Large 1906126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,14210
Steers—Large 11,063105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1167
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2399141.50/cwt141.50–141.5056537
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2430135.00/cwt135.00–135.0058110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446144.00/cwt144.00–144.006426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2458140.57/cwt140.50–142.00644138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525128.77/cwt126.00–131.5067664
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2537122.61/cwt120.00–123.5065820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2550136.00/cwt136.00–136.0074850
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2575124.49/cwt123.00–125.0071687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622123.42/cwt121.00–125.75768126
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2635118.00/cwt118.00–118.007497
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2658119.00/cwt119.00–119.007837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669126.90/cwt122.00–130.0084992
Heifers—Large 1709124.00/cwt124.00–124.008798
Heifers—Large 1799125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,00330
Heifers—Large 1828122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,01011
Heifers—Large 1859120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,03520

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.