Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to the holidays and market not recently reported. Trade active with very good demand with good buyer attendance. both ringside and on the internet. CME Feeder cattle futures posted slight 15 to 30 cent gains on Tuesday, with nearby January chasing cash, up $2.25.. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $1.01 from the day prior at $278.31 on January 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $345.50/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −133.94 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$345.50

244 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$32.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+3.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	358.96	1,956	143
Small and Medium 1-2	547	326.45	1,786	101

One grade step is worth $32.51/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $435.22, median $479.44 across 4 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 sale244 hd

345.50

—

WA average1 barns · 244 hd

345.50

+0.00

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+3.05

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−133.94

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

Every lot, as filed

38 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	775	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,841	19
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	713	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,939	22
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	612	283.14/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,733	55
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	519	311.71/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,618	79
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	563	295.38/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,663	48
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	7
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	580	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,842	16
Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	756	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,003	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	21
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	872	239.74/cwt	239.00–240.50	2,091	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	314.17/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,127	123
Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	702	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,902	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	391.86/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,818	76
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	541	328.14/cwt	324.00–342.50	1,775	85
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	707	285.09/cwt	276.00–289.00	2,016	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	316.23/cwt	304.00–323.00	2,008	259
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,865	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	406.40/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,760	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	673	281.91/cwt	276.00–294.00	1,897	25
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	768	262.20/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,014	28
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	617	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,666	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	584	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,518	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	442	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,437	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,904	18
Steers	Large 1	750–800	776	286.75/cwt	286.00–288.00	2,225	142
Steers	Large 1	850–900	868	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,222	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,782	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	362.63/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,577	18
Steers	Large 1	700–750	705	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,164	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	542	362.05/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,962	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	353.48/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,697	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	736	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,748	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	324.63/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,685	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	872	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,945	6
Steers	Large 1	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	273.87/cwt	269.00–278.00	1,821	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	311.68/cwt	302.50–314.00	1,942	111

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 Jan 14, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	713	272.00	272.00
19	750–800	775	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	500–550	519	310.00–312.00	311.71
48	550–600	563	282.50–305.00	295.38
55	600–650	612	260.00–290.00	283.14
13	650–700	658	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	749	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	584	260.00	260.00
7	600–650	617	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	435	360.00–365.00	362.63
72	450–500	480	352.50–362.50	353.48
44	500–550	519	317.50–330.00	324.63
91	550–600	557	320.00	320.00
111	600–650	623	302.50–314.00	311.68
96	650–700	665	269.00–278.00	273.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	736	237.50	237.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	442	325.00	325.00
85	500–550	541	324.00–342.50	328.14
16	550–600	580	317.50	317.50
21	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
25	650–700	673	276.00–294.00	281.91
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	702	271.00	271.00
13	750–800	756	265.00	265.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
115	700–750	707	276.00–289.00	285.09
28	750–800	768	260.00–265.00	262.20
22	850–900	872	239.00–240.50	239.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	433	400.00–410.00	406.40
76	450–500	464	380.00–397.50	391.86
125	500–550	542	357.50–362.50	362.05
18	550–600	564	337.50	337.50
259	600–650	635	304.00–323.00	316.23
123	650–700	677	305.00–325.00	314.17
6	750–800	797	234.00	234.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	705	307.00	307.00
142	750–800	776	286.00–288.00	286.75
86	800–850	800	280.00	280.00
10	850–900	868	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	872	223.00	223.00

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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