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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Sep 17

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Feb 20Sep 17Sep 24 →

Receipts

1,995 head

▼ 565 vs last sale 2,560▼ 570 vs year ago 2,565 · −22.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. CME Feeder cattle futures were $1.22 to $2.72 higher at the close. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 76 cents at $243.44 on September 16, Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.23/cwt on 176 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −141.82 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$283.23

176 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$50

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2

$16.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.29

vs WA average

+16.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	289.68	1,579	106
Small and Medium 1-2	559	273.47	1,528	70

One grade step is worth $16.21/cwt here — about $50 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale176 hd

283.23

—

WA average2 barns · 190 hd

279.94

+3.29

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+16.59

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−141.82

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $407.88, median $425.05 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

44 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	378	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,229	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	474	314.38/cwt	309.50–323.00	1,490	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,519	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	522	297.35/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,552	28
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	536	283.57/cwt	280.00–286.00	1,520	27
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	540	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,496	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	285.31/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,601	65
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	569	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,542	8
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	580	264.44/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,534	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	262.27/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,652	180
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	259.51/cwt	250.00–262.50	1,648	25
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	656	246.48/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,617	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	663	259.84/cwt	256.50–265.50	1,723	162
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 2-3	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	254.88/cwt	250.00–257.00	1,748	33
Steers	700–750	Large 1	712	250.11/cwt	248.00–251.00	1,781	28
Steers	700–750	Large 1Unweaned	726	247.52/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,797	29
Steers	750–800	Large 1	784	242.87/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,904	109
Steers	800–850	Large 1	823	239.83/cwt	233.00–242.00	1,974	41
Steers	850–900	Large 1	852	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,019	19
Steers	900–950	Large 1	913	230.72/cwt	228.00–234.00	2,106	51
Steers	950–1000	Large 1-2	954	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,836	7
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,024	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,202	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	421	284.86/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,199	53
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	462	271.09/cwt	265.00–276.00	1,252	23
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	480	258.72/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,242	19
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	500	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,075	8
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	519	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,251	9
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	530	244.19/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,294	46
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	540	259.29/cwt	253.00–263.00	1,400	43
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	577	235.50/cwt	235.50–235.50	1,359	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	579	250.06/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,448	179
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	248.38/cwt	240.50–250.00	1,448	59
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	591	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,359	6
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	613	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,349	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	628	235.88/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,481	32
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	230.70/cwt	229.75–231.50	1,578	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,589	6
Heifers	750–800	Large 1Fleshy	763	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,648	8
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	780	227.98/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,778	101
Heifers	800–850	Large 1-2	806	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,741	5
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	815	227.57/cwt	223.00–229.00	1,855	36
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	874	226.21/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,977	39
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,046	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,883	25

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.

Washington feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Toppenish Special Feeder Cattle Auction - Toppenish, WA

Tue Sep 17, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Moses Lake, WA (LS-ML)

Receipts 1,995Last week 2,560Year ago 2,565

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	712	248.00–251.00	250.11
109	750–800	784	240.00–248.00	242.87
41	800–850	823	233.00–242.00	239.83
19	850–900	852	237.00	237.00
51	900–950	913	228.00–234.00	230.72
5	1000–1050	1,024	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	950–1000	954	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	540	277.00	277.00
8	550–600	569	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	536	280.00–286.00	283.57
30	550–600	580	260.00–271.00	264.44
27	650–700	656	240.00–250.00	246.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	515	295.00	295.00
25	600–650	635	250.00–262.50	259.51
33	650–700	686	250.00–257.00	254.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	378	325.00	325.00
46	450–500	474	309.50–323.00	314.38
28	500–550	522	293.00–299.00	297.35
65	550–600	561	281.00–286.00	285.31
180	600–650	630	255.00–268.00	262.27
162	650–700	663	256.50–265.50	259.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	700–750	726	240.00–252.00	247.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	685	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	480	255.00–260.00	258.72
46	500–550	530	240.00–249.00	244.19
22	550–600	577	235.50	235.50
11	600–650	613	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	750–800	780	225.00–230.00	227.98
36	800–850	815	223.00–229.00	227.57
39	850–900	874	224.00–228.00	226.21
25	1000–1050	1,046	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	806	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	763	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	519	241.00	241.00
6	550–600	591	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	550–600	583	240.50–250.00	248.38
24	650–700	684	229.75–231.50	230.70
6	700–750	706	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
53	400–450	421	281.00–286.00	284.86
23	450–500	462	265.00–276.00	271.09
43	500–550	540	253.00–263.00	259.29
179	550–600	579	245.00–256.00	250.06
32	600–650	628	230.00–243.00	235.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	500	215.00	215.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.