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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 8

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 22 →

Receipts

1,700 head

▲ 350 vs last sale 1,350▲ 350 vs year ago 1,350 · +25.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, stocker and feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers steady to 6.00 higher. CME Feeder cattle futures were $1.15 to $1.62 higher on the day. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $1.27 at $248.75 on October 7. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance both ringside and on the internet.

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 $290.99/cwt on 270 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −134.06 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$290.99

270 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$43

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

$12.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.02

vs WA average

−3.32 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	295.54	1,612	174
Small and Medium 1-2	555	282.75	1,569	96

One grade step is worth $12.79/cwt here — about $43 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 sale270 hd

290.99

—

WA average2 barns · 286 hd

290.97

+0.02

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−3.32

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−134.06

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

41 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small and Medium 1-2	292	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,022	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	365.02/cwt	350.00–382.50	1,398	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	317.78/cwt	309.00–327.00	1,525	77
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	305.84/cwt	299.00–312.50	1,590	99
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	530	289.05/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,532	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	281.94/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,632	75
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	590	273.93/cwt	271.00–274.50	1,616	40
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 2-3	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	279.28/cwt	273.00–285.50	1,723	170
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	635	267.59/cwt	266.00–270.50	1,699	74
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	663	265.44/cwt	262.00–268.00	1,760	89
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	683	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,673	13
Steers	700–750	Large 1	718	252.50/cwt	250.75–260.00	1,813	44
Steers	750–800	Large 1	779	253.92/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,978	43
Steers	900–950	Large 1	900	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,043	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small and Medium 2-3	318	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	851	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	324	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	948	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	385	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,040	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	322.40/cwt	319.00–324.00	1,373	19
Heifers	400–450	Small and Medium 1-2	442	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,271	6
Heifers	400–450	Small and Medium 2-3	448	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,232	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,451	25
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	493	283.31/cwt	265.00–293.00	1,397	57
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	515	287.42/cwt	282.00–292.00	1,480	56
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	521	268.66/cwt	260.00–279.00	1,400	22
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 3-4	531	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,062	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	271.97/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,542	72
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	586	258.73/cwt	255.00–264.00	1,516	83
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 2-3	594	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,437	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	612	254.19/cwt	249.00–259.50	1,556	99
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	618	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,520	27
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	658	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,619	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	675	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,634	21
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	730	229.56/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,676	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,668	5
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	765	226.04/cwt	225.00–228.00	1,729	26
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	821	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,806	29
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	933	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,866	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,348	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,122	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,468	5

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 8, 2024

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

Receipts 1,700Last week 1,350Year ago 1,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	730	229.00–231.00	229.56
26	750–800	765	225.00–228.00	226.04
29	800–850	821	220.00	220.00
6	900–950	933	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	292.50	292.50
7	350–400	385	270.00	270.00
19	400–450	426	319.00–324.00	322.40
25	450–500	455	319.00	319.00
56	500–550	515	282.00–292.00	287.42
72	550–600	567	266.00–275.00	271.97
99	600–650	612	249.00–259.50	254.19
21	650–700	675	242.00	242.00
5	750–800	758	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	267.50	267.50
6	400–450	448	275.00	275.00
8	550–600	594	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	287.50	287.50
57	450–500	493	265.00–293.00	283.31
22	500–550	521	260.00–279.00	268.66
83	550–600	586	255.00–264.00	258.73
27	600–650	618	246.00	246.00
13	650–700	658	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	292	350.00	350.00
56	500–550	530	285.00–295.00	289.05
40	550–600	590	271.00–274.50	273.93
74	600–650	635	266.00–270.50	267.59
13	650–700	683	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	383	350.00–382.50	365.02
77	450–500	480	309.00–327.00	317.78
99	500–550	520	299.00–312.50	305.84
75	550–600	579	275.00–287.00	281.94
170	600–650	617	273.00–285.50	279.28
89	650–700	663	262.00–268.00	265.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	615	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	718	250.75–260.00	252.50
43	750–800	779	251.00–261.00	253.92
26	900–950	900	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	388	347.50	347.50
9	500–550	501	224.00	224.00
5	700–750	734	200.00	200.00

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.