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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 1

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Sep 24Oct 1Oct 8 →

Receipts

1,350 head

▼ 220 vs last sale 1,570▼ 795 vs year ago 2,145 · −37.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, stocker and feeder cattle firm to 8.00 higher, CME Feeder cattle futures were down anywhere from a nickel to 95 cents at the close. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up 19 cents at $247.43 on September 30. Trade active with good demand.

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 $299.20/cwt on 208 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −125.85 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$299.20

208 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,611

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$40.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.93

vs WA average

+12.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	306.50	1,625	163
Large 1-2	593	284.50	1,687	16thin
Small and Medium 1-2	554	266.27	1,475	29

One grade step is worth $40.23/cwt here — about $150 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale208 hd

299.20

—

WA average2 barns · 215 hd

297.27

+1.93

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

+12.38

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−125.85

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	258	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,501	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	334.73/cwt	329.00–340.00	1,587	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,599	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	302.94/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,587	71
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	309.24/cwt	303.00–314.00	1,654	92
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	543	282.32/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,533	18
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	572	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,373	11
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	593	284.50/cwt	284.50–284.50	1,687	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	606	285.75/cwt	285.75–285.75	1,732	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	615	281.67/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,732	48
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 2-3	619	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,269	5
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	628	267.69/cwt	250.00–273.50	1,681	79
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	659	264.61/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,744	71
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	670	242.83/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,627	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	672	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,781	48
Steers	700–750	Large 1	726	255.14/cwt	253.00–259.50	1,852	82
Steers	750–800	Large 1	757	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,998	14
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	771	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,935	29
Steers	800–850	Large 1	831	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,036	20
Steers	800–850	Large 1Unweaned	843	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,897	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	294	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,205	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	381	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,242	46
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	406	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,352	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,451	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	472	300.80/cwt	295.00–301.50	1,420	65
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	502	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,413	16
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	502	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,355	16
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	515	261.63/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,347	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	283.17/cwt	281.00–285.00	1,509	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	277.83/cwt	275.00–281.50	1,553	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	567	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,548	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	255.16/cwt	251.00–259.50	1,495	40
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	590	234.50/cwt	228.00–239.00	1,384	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	614	251.92/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,547	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	621	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,534	53
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	669	234.55/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,569	33
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,673	16
Heifers	700–750	Large 1Unweaned	731	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,601	5
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	767	227.86/cwt	226.00–230.00	1,748	15
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	906	189.50/cwt	189.50–189.50	1,717	8
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,013	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,722	8

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 Oct 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,350Last week 1,570Year ago 2,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	767	226.00–230.00	227.86
8	900–950	906	189.50	189.50
8	1000–1050	1,013	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
6	250–300	294	800.00	800.00
5	350–400	357	337.50	337.50
6	400–450	406	333.00	333.00
7	450–500	465	312.00	312.00
39	500–550	533	281.00–285.00	283.17
40	550–600	586	251.00–259.50	255.16
26	600–650	614	246.00–255.00	251.92
16	650–700	683	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	515	250.00–265.00	261.63
32	550–600	590	228.00–239.00	234.50
33	650–700	669	231.00–239.00	234.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	381	326.00	326.00
65	450–500	472	295.00–301.50	300.80
16	500–550	502	281.50	281.50
30	550–600	567	273.00	273.00
53	600–650	621	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	502	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	559	275.00–281.50	277.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	731	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	619	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	350–400	390	325.00	325.00
5	450–500	476	336.00	336.00
71	500–550	524	300.00–308.00	302.94
27	600–650	606	285.75	285.75
48	650–700	672	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	258	800.00	800.00
9	400–450	448	335.00	335.00
15	450–500	474	329.00–340.00	334.73
92	500–550	535	303.00–314.00	309.24
48	600–650	615	276.00–285.00	281.67
71	650–700	659	260.00–269.00	264.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	543	281.00–285.00	282.32
11	550–600	572	240.00	240.00
79	600–650	628	250.00–273.50	267.69
31	650–700	670	230.00–256.00	242.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	843	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	593	284.50	284.50
29	750–800	771	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	726	253.00–259.50	255.14
14	750–800	757	264.00	264.00
20	800–850	831	245.00	245.00

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.