Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle firm on increased quanity and quality of offerings this week. Feeder cattle futures found strength into Thursday's close, with gains of $1.85 to $2.60 across the board. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down 45 cents to $364.10 on April 8. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 4.00-8.00 higher. Trade active with very good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $447.37/cwt on 125 head, up $22.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 18 comparable sales and sits +53.37 against this barn's trailing median of $394.00.

Average price

$447.37

▲ 22.61 vs prior sale

125 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$175

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

$18.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+19.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	571	449.76	2,567	109
Small and Medium 1-2	555	431.06	2,393	16thin

One grade step is worth $18.70/cwt here — about $175 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $493.55, low $319.09, median $394.00 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale125 hd

447.37

—

WA average1 barns · 125 hd

447.37

+0.00

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

+19.01

This barn, trailing median18 sales

394.00

+53.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,841	205.69	3,787	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,858	190.00	3,530	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,149	178.29	2,048	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,426	177.56	2,531	127
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,655	165.78	2,744	176
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,486	157.21	2,337	105

Every lot, as filed

58 lots · USDA AMS · Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1250–1300	1,290	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	518.47/cwt	515.00–520.00	2,172	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,852	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,300	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	496.06/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,808	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	574.99/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,783	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	460.21/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,476	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	444.61/cwt	441.00–450.00	2,610	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	577.50/cwt	577.50–577.50	2,483	8
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	1300–1350	1,346	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,477	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,870	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	492.94/cwt	475.00–515.00	2,366	27
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	677	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,173	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	482	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,651	8
Dairy Heifers	Small 4	750–800	778	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,323	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,058	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	390.51/cwt	389.00–396.00	2,577	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	334.23/cwt	334.00–335.00	2,587	25
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	593	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,639	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	514	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,236	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	618	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,287	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	587	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,512	9
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	142.80/cwt	141.00–146.00	1,799	17
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,446	160.72/cwt	156.00–163.00	2,324	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,858	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	3,530	4
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,487	163.74/cwt	160.00–167.00	2,435	75
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,780	167.30/cwt	167.00–168.00	2,978	101
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	176.27/cwt	160.00–178.00	2,323	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,522	178.71/cwt	178.00–184.00	2,720	67
Bulls	—	—	1,869	189.43/cwt	185.00–195.00	3,540	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,121	179.65/cwt	179.00–185.00	2,014	55
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	1,072	135.74/cwt	134.00–137.00	1,455	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	175.79/cwt	172.00–179.00	2,109	30
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,702	165.41/cwt	163.00–168.00	2,815	45
Steers	Large 1	700–750	720	379.56/cwt	377.50–386.00	2,733	36
Steers	Large 1	800–850	818	357.32/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,923	24
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	856	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,619	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,008	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	3,054	6
Bulls	—	—	1,614	214.96/cwt	212.00–219.00	3,469	8
Bulls	—	—	1,946	206.14/cwt	196.00–210.00	4,011	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1350–1400	1,358	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,682	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	491	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	761	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1500–1550	1,500	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	2,580	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,100	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,530	5
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	819	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,907	36
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	758	346.44/cwt	342.00–357.50	2,626	21
Steers	Large 1	750–800	767	378.78/cwt	370.00–394.75	2,905	40
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	716	377.17/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,701	105
Steers	Large 1Value Added	700–750	707	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,934	6
Steers	Large 1	900–950	937	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	3,261	11
Steers	Large 1	850–900	855	351.16/cwt	350.00–352.00	3,002	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1200–1250	1,200	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,858	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,289	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	406.65/cwt	401.50–418.00	2,558	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	742	346.13/cwt	344.00–350.00	2,568	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,523	12

How this sale compares

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 Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

Thu Apr 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,171Last week 385Year ago 200

Slaughter CattleReceipts 689Last week 535Year ago 800

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	155.00	155.00
5	1100–1150	1,100	230.00	230.00
5	1200–1250	1,200	230.00	230.00
5	1250–1300	1,290	206.00	206.00
5	1350–1400	1,358	197.50	197.50
5	1500–1550	1,500	172.00	172.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1300–1350	1,346	184.00	184.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	778	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	361	570.00	570.00
17	400–450	419	515.00–520.00	518.47
27	450–500	480	475.00–515.00	492.94
36	500–550	538	435.00–470.00	460.21
73	550–600	587	441.00–450.00	444.61
55	600–650	629	401.50–418.00	406.65
77	650–700	660	389.00–396.00	390.51
34	700–750	742	344.00–350.00	346.13
25	750–800	774	334.00–335.00	334.23
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	435.00	435.00
9	550–600	587	428.00	428.00
6	600–650	618	370.00	370.00
8	650–700	677	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	700–750	716	355.00–385.00	377.17
21	750–800	758	342.00–357.50	346.44
36	800–850	819	355.00	355.00
6	850–900	856	306.00	306.00
6	1000–1050	1,008	303.00	303.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	371	620.00	620.00
8	400–450	430	577.50	577.50
14	450–500	484	570.00–580.00	574.99
11	500–550	508	565.00	565.00
24	550–600	566	495.00–500.00	496.06
8	600–650	625	468.00	468.00
8	650–700	694	411.00	411.00
7	750–800	796	359.00	359.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	482	550.00	550.00
8	550–600	593	445.00	445.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	720	377.50–386.00	379.56
40	750–800	767	370.00–394.75	378.78
24	800–850	818	340.00–362.00	357.32
12	850–900	855	350.00–352.00	351.16
11	900–950	937	348.00	348.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	707	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	436	525.00	525.00
12	600–650	623	405.00	405.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,260	141.00–146.00	142.80
32	—	1,446	156.00–163.00	160.72
45	—	1,702	163.00–168.00	165.41
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,487	160.00–167.00	163.74
101	—	1,780	167.00–168.00	167.30
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,072	134.00–137.00	135.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,858	190.00	190.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,318	160.00–178.00	176.27
67	—	1,522	178.00–184.00	178.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,121	179.00–185.00	179.65
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,200	172.00–179.00	175.79
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,869	185.00–195.00	189.43
8	—	1,614	212.00–219.00	214.96
16	—	1,946	196.00–210.00	206.14

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.

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