Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2022-10-11

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,800 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 1,800▲ 275 vs year ago 1,525 · +18.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, Stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-7.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers 9.00-14.00 lower, as supply exceeds demand. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was $174.61 on 10/7, down by 31 cents. Trade active with good demand both from ringside and internet bidders.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.00/cwt on 896 head.
Average price
$175.00
896 head · 694 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,215
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$248
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1-2
$59.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.39
vs WA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1470209.7398638
Medium and Large 1-2621179.801,116462
Large 1812166.731,354331
Large 1-2781164.471,28457
Small and Medium 1-2492150.007388thin
One grade step is worth $59.73/cwt here — about $248 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 sale896 hd
175.00
—
WA average2 barns · 1,030 hd
174.61
+0.39
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small and Medium 2-3338350.00/head350.00–350.003507
Steers—Medium and Large 1416208.00/cwt208.00–208.008657
Steers—Medium and Large 1462215.38/cwt208.00–220.0099516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483199.13/cwt194.00–204.0096212
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2492150.00/cwt150.00–150.007388
Steers—Medium and Large 1504204.50/cwt204.50–204.501,03115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539194.45/cwt191.00–199.001,04877
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586178.72/cwt178.00–179.751,04750
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628176.99/cwt170.00–182.001,111169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2673174.70/cwt167.50–176.501,176143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2710170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,21111
Steers—Large 1725176.18/cwt171.50–183.501,27793
Steers—Large 1-2734170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,24842
Steers—Large 1777167.63/cwt162.50–170.001,30258
Steers—Large 1817164.30/cwt160.00–168.751,34294
Steers—Large 1869166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,44354
Steers—Large 1-2911149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,35715
Steers—Large 11,020146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,48932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2435171.00/cwt171.00–171.007446
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2448160.00/cwt160.00–160.007177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467178.00/cwt178.00–178.008316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473171.61/cwt169.50–176.0081226
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2505155.00/cwt155.00–155.007839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511178.02/cwt173.00–179.5091044
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3512140.00/cwt140.00–140.0071711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529166.01/cwt160.00–172.50878102
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3551131.00/cwt131.00–131.007227
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2561150.00/cwt150.00–150.008427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570162.50/cwt162.50–162.5092650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2616162.09/cwt161.00–163.75998174
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2619140.00/cwt140.00–140.0086714
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3637152.00/cwt152.00–152.0096814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2666160.40/cwt155.00–162.751,068112
Heifers—Large 1718161.62/cwt160.00–165.001,160117
Heifers—Large 1820155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,27130
Heifers—Large 1879149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,31428
Heifers—Large 1940140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,3165
Heifers—Large 1-297295.00/cwt95.00–95.009235
Heifers—Large 11,038135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,4018

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.