Toppenish Livestock Auction Market Report

Toppenish, Washington · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 2, 2023

1,600 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,600	992	1,290
Feeder cattle	500	182	390
Slaughter cattle	1,100	800	900
Replacement cattle	—	10	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last Thursday, not enough stocker or feeder cattle offered today for accurate trends. Most offerings today where small lots and singles. CME Feeder cattle were mixed at the close, giving back their midday gains and going home within 30c of UNCH. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was 98 cents stronger to $183.04 on 3/01. Slaughter cows 6.00-7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade slow to moderate with light to moderate demand especially for beef type cows. The weekly Export Sales report showed 8,084 MT of beef was booked during the week that ended 2/23. That was a calendar low, with Mexico notably absent (booking only 400 MT). Beef exports for the week were 16,086 MT, a 4% drop wk/wk to bring the accumulated shipment to 124,631 MT.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	6	162.00	$162.00	$718	—
519	519	8	147.50	$147.50	$766	—
678	678	8	151.00	$151.00	$1,024	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708	708	7	177.50	$177.50	$1,257	—
779	779	7	162.50	$162.50	$1,266	—
898	898	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,482	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	8	225.00	$225.00	$1,134	-35.00
644	644	8	169.00	$169.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	9	140.00	$140.00	$613	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	7	204.00	$204.00	$916	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
534	534	7	130.00	$130.00	$694	—
733	733	9	123.00	$123.00	$902	-18.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
699	699	9	160.00	$160.00	$1,118	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
704	704	7	135.00	$135.00	$950	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1200–1600	1405	80-85%	205	89.00–95.00	$92.50	$1,300	—
1324–1569	1457	80-85%	32	102.00–105.00	$103.10	$1,502	—
1300–1900	1593	80-85%	215	95.00–99.00	$96.67	$1,540	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1500	1305	85-90%	195	89.00–93.00	$91.36	$1,192	-4.32
1325	1325	85-90%	11	101.50	$101.50	$1,345	+5.82
1200–1800	1493	85-90%	205	93.00–98.00	$95.06	$1,419	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600–1925	1766	65-75%	51	93.00–98.00	$95.78	$1,691	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1926	1926	75-80%	7	82.00	$82.00	$1,579	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1850–2021	1936	4	103.50–112.50	$108.20	$2,095	—
1565–2450	2008	2	113.50–114.00	$113.81	$2,285	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1831–2130	1881	6	92.00–95.00	$92.57	$1,741	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1129	1115	16	123.00–124.75	$123.86	$1,381	+7.36
1200	1200	6	121.50	$121.50	$1,458	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.