Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2023-10-17

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 17
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,370 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 1,350▼ 130 vs year ago 1,500 · −8.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures finished the Tuesday session with $0.47 to $1.27 gains, leaving the Nov contract's weekly pullback at $1.12.The CME Feeder Cattle Index was $1.43 weaker to $246.83. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $253.78/cwt on 657 head.
Average price
$253.78
657 head · 580 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,472
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$59.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.07
vs WA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2460291.001,33911thin
Medium and Large 1-2590259.911,534358
Small and Medium 1-2558247.051,378245
Large 1752231.601,74222
Small and Medium 2-3548231.431,26921
One grade step is worth $59.57/cwt here — about $70 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 sale657 hd
253.78
—
WA average2 barns · 711 hd
250.71
+3.07
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2382280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,07012
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,1707
Steers—Large 1-2460291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,33911
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2480263.48/cwt250.00–270.001,26557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487281.89/cwt281.00–286.001,37352
Steers—Small and Medium 2-3511240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,22615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519280.42/cwt280.00–282.001,45529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568261.50/cwt261.50–261.501,48556
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2574242.89/cwt237.00–249.751,394176
Steers—Small and Medium 2-3641210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2646249.16/cwt243.00–252.501,61096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657248.66/cwt240.00–251.001,634106
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2687230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,58012
Steers—Large 1752231.60/cwt230.00–235.001,74222
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2385221.95/cwt215.00–230.0085511
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2392257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,0075
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3474223.31/cwt221.00–230.001,05827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482269.79/cwt260.00–272.501,30067
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2486247.78/cwt240.00–252.001,20421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529249.33/cwt245.00–255.001,31976
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2534221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,18037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564242.94/cwt241.00–249.001,370107
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2570227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,29711
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3Full584175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0229
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3615215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629239.84/cwt234.00–242.501,509116
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2636220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2688225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5488
Heifers—Large 1706231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6318
Heifers—Large 1763225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7178

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.