Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2023-10-31

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 31
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,440 head
▼ 460 vs last sale 1,900▼ 130 vs year ago 1,570 · −8.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle steers uneven 400-500 lbs 5.00-16.00 higher, 500-700 lbs 4.00-10.00 lower, 700-850 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher, Heifers 400-650 lbs weak to 6.00 lower. Trade active with good demand esp for black hided supplies. Fleshier mid-weights and heavy calves discounted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $245.11/cwt on 741 head.
Average price
$245.11
741 head · 614 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$686
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 2-3
$110.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.88
vs WA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1511300.181,53588
Medium and Large 1-2564260.571,469287
Medium and Large 2-3577230.001,32719thin
Small and Medium 1-2590223.971,321165
Large 1784217.451,705144
Large 1-2793209.501,66129
Small and Medium 2-3447190.008499thin
One grade step is worth $110.18/cwt here — about $686 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 sale741 hd
245.11
—
WA average2 barns · 854 hd
241.23
+3.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2343325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,1156
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2419275.92/cwt255.00–307.501,15621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421334.55/cwt330.00–340.001,40832
Steers—Medium and Large 1442358.00/cwt358.00–358.001,58217
Steers—Small and Medium 2-3447190.00/cwt190.00–190.008499
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470344.34/cwt340.00–347.501,61826
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2496249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,2388
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed505302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,52820
Steers—Medium and Large 1537280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,50451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540248.62/cwt240.00–250.001,34367
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2541236.15/cwt233.00–240.001,27818
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2575211.48/cwt200.00–230.001,21626
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3577230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,32719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2581239.87/cwt237.00–242.501,39455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629237.31/cwt230.00–240.501,49336
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2629213.49/cwt199.00–225.001,34360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2665227.43/cwt218.00–230.501,51265
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2692206.43/cwt200.00–214.001,42832
Steers—Large 1739216.54/cwt210.00–225.001,60034
Steers—Large 1769228.39/cwt226.00–230.001,75674
Steers—Large 1-2793209.50/cwt209.50–209.501,66129
Steers—Large 1814206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,67715
Steers—Large 1859210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,8088
Steers—Large 1908175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,58913
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2326254.00/cwt254.00–254.008288
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2373252.59/cwt240.00–261.0094222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,21927
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2423231.26/cwt224.00–245.0097818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465267.42/cwt263.00–271.001,24488
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2477242.84/cwt229.00–254.001,15815
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3483195.00/cwt195.00–195.009426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2514254.14/cwt250.00–255.001,30652
Heifers—Small and Medium 2-3522188.39/cwt176.00–192.0098330
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2528229.00/cwt205.00–235.001,20945
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2559230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,28629
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2584198.94/cwt181.00–212.001,16260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605217.40/cwt214.00–219.501,31550
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2626183.14/cwt170.00–193.001,14624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677194.50/cwt194.00–195.001,31714
Heifers—Large 1804182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,46336
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2594175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0405
Feeder Cattle · Cows1 lot · lightest first
Cows—Large 1746182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3585

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.