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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 20

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Receipts

1,380 head

▼ 517 vs last sale 1,897▲ 20 vs year ago 1,360 · +1.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday. stocker and feeder steers mixed under 600 lbs. 1.00-10.00 lower, over 600 lbs. steady to 7.00 higher. Heifers weak to 6.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures saw Tuesday strength of $1.47 to $3.02. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.29 on October 19 to $342.16. Trade active with good demand.

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 $421.82/cwt on 143 head, down $6.05 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −5.37 against this barn's trailing median of $427.19.

Average price

$421.82

▼ 6.05 vs prior sale

143 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

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

$42.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.13

vs WA average

−17.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	551	429.32	2,364	118
Small and Medium 1-2	588	386.42	2,272	25

One grade step is worth $42.90/cwt here — about $92 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 sale143 hd

421.82

—

WA average2 barns · 149 hd

422.95

−1.13

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−17.45

This barn, trailing median7 sales

427.19

−5.37

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

7 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $421.21, median $427.19 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

26 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small and Medium 1-2	324	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,426	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	504.31/cwt	497.50–510.00	2,108	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	475	478.37/cwt	461.00–497.50	2,272	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	445.60/cwt	430.00–469.00	2,335	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	567	419.28/cwt	410.00–427.00	2,377	73
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	588	386.42/cwt	360.00–408.00	2,272	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	398.57/cwt	385.00–418.00	2,507	106
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	639	350.45/cwt	350.00–350.50	2,239	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	388.80/cwt	379.00–404.00	2,574	83
Steers	700–750	Large 1	705	365.62/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,578	112
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	744	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,366	24
Steers	750–800	Large 1	773	348.80/cwt	335.00–352.50	2,696	111
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	777	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,331	8
Steers	850–900	Large 1	865	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,803	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	447	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,900	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	455	422.02/cwt	414.00–440.00	1,920	17
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	488	379.47/cwt	350.00–406.00	1,852	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	382.97/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,984	39
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	533	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,977	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	354.84/cwt	345.00–360.00	2,047	96
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	621	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,987	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	345.29/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,155	106
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	651	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,116	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	336.64/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,259	61
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	718	319.31/cwt	318.00–320.50	2,293	26
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	5

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 Special Feeder Cattle Auction - Toppenish, WA

Tue Oct 20, 2026

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

Receipts 1,380Last week 1,897Year ago 1,360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	418	497.50–510.00	504.31
16	450–500	475	461.00–497.50	478.37
45	500–550	524	430.00–469.00	445.60
73	550–600	567	410.00–427.00	419.28
106	600–650	629	385.00–418.00	398.57
83	650–700	662	379.00–404.00	388.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	440.00	440.00
25	550–600	588	360.00–408.00	386.42
58	600–650	639	350.00–350.50	350.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	744	318.00	318.00
8	750–800	777	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	700–750	705	350.00–382.50	365.62
111	750–800	773	335.00–352.50	348.80
8	850–900	865	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	488	350.00–406.00	379.47
6	500–550	533	371.00	371.00
10	600–650	621	320.00	320.00
8	650–700	651	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	455	414.00–440.00	422.02
39	500–550	518	375.00–390.00	382.97
96	550–600	577	345.00–360.00	354.84
106	600–650	624	330.00–355.00	345.29
61	650–700	671	325.00–345.00	336.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	718	318.00–320.50	319.31
5	800–850	815	250.00	250.00

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.