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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Nov 12

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Oct 29Nov 12Dec 3 →

Receipts

1,730 head

▼ 500 vs last sale 2,230▼ 610 vs year ago 2,340 · −26.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 week's ago Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-6.00 lower. CME Feeder cattle futures were up 67 cents to $1.87 to close out Tuesday, as weaker corn was supportive for the walking inputs. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was down 19 cents at $249.64 on November 11. Trade moderate to active with moderate to good demand as buyers yards are reaching capacity, Weaned calves selling at a premium to the bawlers on the heavy calves .

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 $287.44/cwt on 129 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −137.61 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$287.44

129 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,565

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$61.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.75

vs WA average

−18.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	292.35	1,584	118
Small and Medium 2-3	559	240.00	1,342	5thin
Small and Medium 1-2	583	230.50	1,344	6thin

One grade step is worth $61.85/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale129 hd

287.44

—

WA average2 barns · 136 hd

284.69

+2.75

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−18.00

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−137.61

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

32 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	338	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,166	12
Steers	350–400	Small and Medium 2-3	374	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	935	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	340.38/cwt	340.00–342.50	1,518	53
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,501	6
Steers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	499	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,447	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	301.08/cwt	300.00–304.00	1,575	77
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 2-3	559	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,342	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	278.83/cwt	275.00–283.50	1,609	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	577	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,541	10
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	583	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,344	6
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 2-3	627	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,458	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	266.66/cwt	259.50–269.50	1,675	28
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	635	248.03/cwt	233.00–255.00	1,575	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	684	248.23/cwt	244.50–255.50	1,698	56
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,614	5
Steers	700–750	Large 1	719	239.71/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,724	82
Steers	750–800	Large 1	776	237.37/cwt	235.50–240.50	1,842	29
Steers	800–850	Large 1	834	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,801	7
Steers	900–950	Large 1	939	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,981	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small and Medium 2-3	348	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	835	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,114	31
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,292	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	509	266.10/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,354	14
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 2-3	520	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,201	5
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	524	250.08/cwt	242.00–253.00	1,310	55
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,359	7
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	571	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,308	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	233.93/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,441	84
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	640	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,427	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	231.27/cwt	229.00–232.00	1,526	30
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	739	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,700	11
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	753	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,604	18

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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Receipts 1,730Last week 2,230Year ago 2,340

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	739	230.00	230.00
18	750–800	753	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	500–550	524	242.00–253.00	250.08
9	550–600	571	229.00	229.00
15	600–650	640	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	381	292.50	292.50
31	450–500	468	276.00	276.00
14	500–550	509	261.00–270.00	266.10
7	550–600	564	241.00	241.00
84	600–650	616	230.00–238.00	233.93
30	650–700	660	229.00–232.00	231.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	240.00	240.00
5	500–550	520	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	250.00	250.00
5	550–600	559	240.00	240.00
6	600–650	627	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	345.00	345.00
53	400–450	446	340.00–342.50	340.38
6	450–500	469	320.00	320.00
77	500–550	523	300.00–304.00	301.08
31	550–600	577	275.00–283.50	278.83
28	600–650	628	259.50–269.50	266.66
56	650–700	684	244.50–255.50	248.23
5	700–750	711	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	499	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	583	230.50	230.50
16	600–650	635	233.00–255.00	248.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	719	235.00–245.00	239.71
29	750–800	776	235.50–240.50	237.37
7	800–850	834	216.00	216.00
8	900–950	939	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	577	267.00	267.00

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.