Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to scheduling conflicts and market not reported the last 2 weeks. Feeder cattle futures are up $2.90 to $3.75 on Thursday. CME Feeder Cattle Index was down another $3.10 on July 20 to $353.12. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $387.36/cwt on 18 head, down $39.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 20 comparable sales and sits −1.66 against this barn's trailing median of $389.02.

Average price

$387.36

▼ 39.21 vs prior sale

18 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+11.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	387.36	2,179	18thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

20 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $493.55, low $302.65, median $389.02 across 20 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 sale18 hd

387.36

—

WA average1 barns · 18 hd

387.36

+0.00

National average148 barns · 5,785 hd

375.81

+11.55

This barn, trailing median20 sales

389.02

−1.66

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	—	Average	1,741	222.72	3,877	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,679	205.00	3,442	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,435	175.94	2,525	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,272	167.42	2,130	85
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,279	164.19	2,100	76

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,500	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1350–1400	1,361	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,708	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	164.59/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,074	70
Bulls	—	—	1,710	224.57/cwt	218.00–234.00	3,840	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,679	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	3,442	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,173	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,663	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	558	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,953	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,146	6
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,500	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	2,393	6
Bulls	—	—	1,588	209.85/cwt	208.00–215.00	3,332	7
Bulls	—	—	2,031	243.85/cwt	237.50–249.50	4,953	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,311	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,334	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,441	175.84/cwt	173.00–178.00	2,534	83
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,280	167.88/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,149	81
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,760	4
Steers	Large 1	850–900	892	296.25/cwt	295.00–297.50	2,643	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,136	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,556	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,112	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,252	9

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 Jul 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 402Last week 283Year ago 700

Slaughter CattleReceipts 426Last week 583Year ago 250

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	529	472.50	472.50
6	550–600	596	360.00	360.00
5	650–700	657	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	558	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1100–1150	1,112	202.50	202.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,136	225.00	225.00
5	1150–1200	1,173	227.00	227.00
6	1350–1400	1,361	199.00	199.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	892	295.00–297.50	296.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,260	162.00–167.00	164.59
6	—	1,500	159.50	159.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,710	218.00–234.00	224.57
7	—	1,588	208.00–215.00	209.85
4	—	2,031	237.50–249.50	243.85
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,679	205.00	205.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,311	178.00	178.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,441	173.00–178.00	175.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,280	165.00–170.00	167.88
4	—	1,114	158.00	158.00

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.

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