Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2024-09-24

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Sep 24
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,570 head
▼ 425 vs last sale 1,995▼ 995 vs year ago 2,565 · −38.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder steers 3.00-6.00 higher. Stocker heifers less than 700 lbs 5.00-11.00 higher. Feeder heifers over 700 lbs 1.00-5.00 lower. CME Feeder cattle futures closed with gains of 20 cents to $1.32, as nearby September was down 15 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another 52 cents at $244.02 on September 23. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $291.59/cwt on 251 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −135.60 against this barn's trailing median of $427.19.
Average price
$291.59
251 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,594
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$46.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.28
vs WA average
+17.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2540298.461,613164
Medium and Large 1573294.241,68655
Small and Medium 1-2534251.821,34532
One grade step is worth $46.64/cwt here — about $268 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale251 hd
291.59
—
WA average2 barns · 267 hd
288.31
+3.28
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
+17.30
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.19
−135.60
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

7 sales
514479443407median 427.1903/0309/1510/0610/2010/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $421.21, median $427.19 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned403346.00/cwt346.00–346.001,39411
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433326.38/cwt320.00–330.001,41324
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463328.09/cwt318.00–335.001,51919
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2490301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,4756
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned506310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,56924
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524308.74/cwt300.00–329.001,61883
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2534251.82/cwt250.00–255.001,34532
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1573294.24/cwt290.00–303.001,68655
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577278.02/cwt274.00–285.001,60452
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned599285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,7075
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1601284.75/cwt284.75–284.751,71116
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned610278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,69627
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620273.02/cwt268.00–278.501,693105
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670266.11/cwt262.00–275.001,78375
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2693256.73/cwt245.00–260.001,77963
Steers700–750Large 1710259.70/cwt256.50–263.501,84450
Steers700–750Large 1Unweaned712264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,88019
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3735212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,5625
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2739235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,73718
Steers750–800Large 1765254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,94333
Steers800–850Large 1818238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,9519
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2368281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0346
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,3498
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2463235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0885
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1485298.42/cwt293.00–301.501,44729
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485278.05/cwt275.00–282.001,34947
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3509212.35/cwt202.50–225.001,08116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515272.01/cwt265.00–277.501,40165
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed519280.50/cwt280.50–280.501,4568
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2526246.69/cwt230.00–253.001,29866
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534284.70/cwt280.50–290.001,52016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,5487
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574261.55/cwt257.00–264.001,50166
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2618249.41/cwt244.00–253.501,541110
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2641239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,5357
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2659236.93/cwt222.50–241.001,56171
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 2-3669183.03/cwt172.50–196.001,22413
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2692258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,78524
Heifers700–750Large 1725230.03/cwt229.75–231.001,66842
Heifers700–750Small and Medium 2-3746185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,38010
Heifers750–800Large 1769224.71/cwt223.50–228.501,72833
Heifers800–850Large 1810222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,80228

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.