Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2023-02-28

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Feb 28
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
2,235 head
▼ 785 vs last sale 3,020▼ 815 vs year ago 3,050 · −26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. Feeder cattle futures closed 62 to 90 cents higher on the day which was a new contract high for April. The 2/27 CME Feeder Cattle Index was 38 cents higher to $182.62. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $219.76/cwt on 1,092 head.
Average price
$219.76
1,092 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,404
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$266
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 2-3
$73.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.32
vs WA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2597232.211,387649
Small and Medium 1-2588218.371,285114
Large 1737197.461,456301
Large 1-2782182.361,42621
Large 2-3705159.001,1217thin
One grade step is worth $73.21/cwt here — about $266 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 sale1,092 hd
219.76
—
WA average2 barns · 1,117 hd
219.43
+0.32
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2480275.83/cwt272.50–280.001,32422
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2518229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,18633
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519256.76/cwt251.00–269.501,333119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575240.91/cwt240.50–242.001,38553
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2575225.21/cwt222.50–230.001,29525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611227.79/cwt222.00–231.001,392345
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2633210.89/cwt190.00–216.001,33548
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2651198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,2898
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663209.54/cwt207.00–211.001,38999
Steers—Large 2-3705159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1217
Steers—Large 1717201.62/cwt195.50–203.001,446247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,36111
Steers—Large 1757191.41/cwt187.00–194.001,44922
Steers—Large 1-2782182.36/cwt179.50–184.501,42621
Steers—Large 1864170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,46924
Steers—Large 1928168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,5598
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385252.50/cwt252.50–252.5097214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437242.59/cwt237.50–247.001,06070
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,14932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528237.39/cwt237.00–240.501,253113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528226.77/cwt220.00–235.001,19796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2568225.22/cwt212.00–228.001,27985
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2580208.26/cwt199.00–215.001,20856
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2626202.83/cwt199.50–206.001,27091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629224.50/cwt224.50–224.501,41289
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3654140.00/cwt140.00–140.009166
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2664197.31/cwt195.00–212.001,310191
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2689184.28/cwt183.00–186.001,27021
Heifers—Large 1-2724150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0867
Heifers—Large 1729180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,31620
Heifers—Large 1785169.50/cwt169.50–169.501,33125

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.