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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 22

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Oct 8Oct 22Oct 29 →

Receipts

2,080 head

▲ 380 vs last sale 1,700▲ 180 vs year ago 1,900 · +9.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago Tuesday, stocker steers less than 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers over 700 lbs 1.00-6.00 lower. Stocker heifers less than 600 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers over 600 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance both ringside and on the internet from domestic and Canadian interests..

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 $286.67/cwt on 333 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −138.38 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$286.67

333 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3

$39.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.86

vs WA average

−12.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	556	294.38	1,637	253
Small and Medium 1-2	529	263.97	1,396	65
Small and Medium 2-3	541	255.00	1,380	15thin

One grade step is worth $39.38/cwt here — about $257 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale333 hd

286.67

—

WA average2 barns · 340 hd

285.81

+0.86

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−12.37

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−138.38

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

59 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,347	16
Steers	350–400	Small and Medium 2-3	371	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,057	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	382.68/cwt	377.50–389.00	1,496	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	394	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,379	5
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	417	248.00/cwt	245.00–251.00	1,034	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	368.95/cwt	365.00–379.00	1,579	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	343.64/cwt	332.00–357.00	1,622	36
Steers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	474	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,507	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	311.93/cwt	304.00–325.00	1,610	90
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	523	256.98/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,344	49
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 2-3	541	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,380	15
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	543	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,596	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	548	286.09/cwt	281.50–294.00	1,568	30
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	555	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,504	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	284.37/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,664	133
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	280.95/cwt	274.50–283.00	1,770	190
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	630	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,670	5
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	663	258.55/cwt	257.50–260.00	1,714	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	270.91/cwt	266.00–272.50	1,807	104
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	684	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,778	7
Steers	700–750	Large 1	722	249.59/cwt	247.00–253.50	1,802	51
Steers	700–750	Large 1Unweaned	723	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,728	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	6
Steers	750–800	Large 1	772	250.91/cwt	248.50–258.00	1,937	39
Steers	800–850	Large 1	824	216.33/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,783	33
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	843	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,627	6
Steers	850–900	Large 1	858	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,883	10
Steers	900–950	Large 1-2	931	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,750	8
Steers	900–950	Large 1	933	205.93/cwt	200.00–211.00	1,921	11
Steers	950–1000	Large 1-2	966	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,889	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	285	331.88/cwt	330.00–335.00	946	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	348	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	940	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	392	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,196	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	317.81/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,386	28
Heifers	400–450	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	443	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,074	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	467	286.52/cwt	282.00–289.00	1,338	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	301.18/cwt	296.00–315.00	1,416	37
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	474	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,370	9
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	478	276.87/cwt	267.50–285.00	1,323	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	278.97/cwt	275.00–282.50	1,423	45
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	527	258.22/cwt	257.50–259.00	1,361	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	539	258.65/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,394	34
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	544	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,265	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,360	15
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	569	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,394	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	260.48/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,519	126
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	583	244.07/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,423	10
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	629	240.19/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,511	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	263.25/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,666	78
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	637	241.58/cwt	241.00–242.50	1,539	28
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	707	235.75/cwt	233.00–241.00	1,667	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	738	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,587	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	751	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,570	8
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	759	228.39/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,733	32
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	891	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	1,867	11
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,867	12
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 2-3	850	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,560	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 2-3	979	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,762	10
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 2-3	851	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,634	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 22, 2024

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

Receipts 2,080Last week 1,700Year ago 1,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	474	318.00	318.00
10	500–550	543	294.00	294.00
6	550–600	555	271.00	271.00
5	600–650	630	265.00	265.00
14	650–700	663	257.50–260.00	258.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	371	285.00	285.00
15	500–550	541	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	341	395.00	395.00
11	350–400	391	377.50–389.00	382.68
27	400–450	428	365.00–379.00	368.95
36	450–500	472	332.00–357.00	343.64
90	500–550	516	304.00–325.00	311.93
133	550–600	585	280.00–290.00	284.37
190	600–650	630	274.50–283.00	280.95
104	650–700	667	266.00–272.50	270.91
6	750–800	755	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	843	193.00	193.00
8	900–950	931	188.00	188.00
8	950–1000	966	195.50	195.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	350.00	350.00
30	500–550	548	281.50–294.00	286.09
7	650–700	684	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
49	500–550	523	255.00–258.00	256.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	417	245.00–251.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	723	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	722	247.00–253.50	249.59
39	750–800	772	248.50–258.00	250.91
33	800–850	824	215.00–220.00	216.33
10	850–900	858	219.50	219.50
11	900–950	933	200.00–211.00	205.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	850	183.50	183.50
10	950–1000	979	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	851	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	285	330.00–335.00	331.88
7	350–400	392	305.00	305.00
28	400–450	436	309.00–325.00	317.81
37	450–500	470	296.00–315.00	301.18
45	500–550	510	275.00–282.50	278.97
126	550–600	583	252.50–262.00	260.48
78	600–650	633	262.00–266.00	263.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	289.00	289.00
21	500–550	527	257.50–259.00	258.22
10	550–600	583	240.00–248.00	244.07
32	600–650	629	240.00–241.00	240.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	707	233.00–241.00	235.75
32	750–800	759	220.00–230.00	228.39
11	850–900	891	209.50	209.50
12	1050–1100	1,073	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	478	267.50–285.00	276.87
7	500–550	544	232.50	232.50
8	550–600	569	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	270.00	270.00
36	450–500	467	282.00–289.00	286.52
34	500–550	539	257.00–265.00	258.65
15	550–600	561	242.50	242.50
28	600–650	637	241.00–242.50	241.58
14	700–750	738	215.00	215.00
8	750–800	751	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	443	242.50	242.50

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.