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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Dec 17

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Dec 3Dec 17Jan 14 →

Receipts

1,360 head

▼ 650 vs last sale 2,010▼ 1,540 vs year ago 2,900 · −53.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, stocker steers less than 600 lbs steady to 7.00 lower, feeder cattle 600 lbs and over steady to 6.00 higher. Stocker heifers 400-500 lbs steady to 6.00 lower, feeder heifers 500 lbs and higher 2.00-9.00 higher. CME Feeder cattle futures rallied on Tuesday with contracts up $1.90 to $2.15. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 81 cents from the day prior at $261.54 on December 16. 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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $281.01/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −97.26 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$281.01

257 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$27

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

$1.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.26

vs WA average

−3.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	281.32	1,556	213
Small and Medium 1-2	547	279.52	1,529	44

One grade step is worth $1.80/cwt here — about $27 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 sale257 hd

281.01

—

WA average2 barns · 272 hd

279.75

+1.26

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−3.94

This barn, trailing median8 sales

378.27

−97.26

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.61, low $363.31, median $378.27 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

31 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,325	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,555	9
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 1-2	448	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,416	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	337.58/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,651	41
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	322.52/cwt	316.00–327.00	1,690	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	563	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	1,664	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	576	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,656	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	306.77/cwt	300.00–316.00	1,776	106
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	617	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,700	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	292.94/cwt	290.00–298.50	1,828	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	638	306.04/cwt	305.00–308.00	1,953	29
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	653	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,845	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	657	303.03/cwt	298.00–305.00	1,991	34
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	288.57/cwt	283.00–293.50	1,933	179
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	708	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,752	6
Steers	700–750	Large 1	724	276.59/cwt	276.00–277.00	2,003	12
Steers	750–800	Large 1	788	258.60/cwt	255.00–260.00	2,038	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	365	324.75/cwt	322.00–327.00	1,185	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,402	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	310.26/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,458	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	291.25/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,494	42
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	514	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,568	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	515	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,447	10
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	547	279.52/cwt	278.50–280.00	1,529	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	276.63/cwt	273.00–280.00	1,577	149
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	608	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,477	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	269.64/cwt	268.75–274.50	1,688	196
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	654	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,766	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	269.57/cwt	266.00–277.50	1,795	51
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	746	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,775	9
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	812	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,868	13

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 Dec 17, 2024

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

Receipts 1,360Last week 2,010Year ago 2,900

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	746	238.00	238.00
13	800–850	812	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	500–550	547	278.50–280.00	279.52
6	650–700	654	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	365	322.00–327.00	324.75
6	400–450	448	313.00	313.00
36	450–500	470	308.00–314.00	310.26
42	500–550	513	289.00–298.00	291.25
149	550–600	570	273.00–280.00	276.63
196	600–650	626	268.75–274.50	269.64
51	650–700	666	266.00–277.50	269.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	514	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	281.00	281.00
15	600–650	608	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	600–650	638	305.00–308.00	306.04
34	650–700	657	298.00–305.00	303.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	448	316.00	316.00
7	650–700	653	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	563	295.50	295.50
16	600–650	617	275.50	275.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	361.00	361.00
9	400–450	418	372.00	372.00
41	450–500	489	330.00–345.00	337.58
18	500–550	524	316.00–327.00	322.52
106	550–600	579	300.00–316.00	306.77
47	600–650	624	290.00–298.50	292.94
179	650–700	670	283.00–293.50	288.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	576	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	724	276.00–277.00	276.59
35	750–800	788	255.00–260.00	258.60

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.