Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to no recent sales. Steers under 700 lbs had a higher undertone, over 700 lbs a lower undertone. Heifers 650 lbs and lower a weaker undertone, over 650 lbs a higher undertone. Trade active with very good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $356.03/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −123.41 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$356.03

130 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+13.65 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	356.03	1,942	130

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

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 sale130 hd

356.03

—

WA average1 barns · 130 hd

356.03

+0.00

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+13.65

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−123.41

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	641	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,987	19
Steers	Large 1	850–900	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	16
Steers	Large 1	750–800	787	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	2,168	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	506	384.46/cwt	383.00–386.00	1,945	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	339.73/cwt	335.00–343.00	1,940	70
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	836	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,069	6
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	768	265.02/cwt	259.50–266.00	2,035	111
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	703	284.99/cwt	275.00–287.50	2,003	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,362	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,911	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	304.54/cwt	303.00–310.00	1,803	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	394.42/cwt	390.00–397.50	1,842	26
Steers	Large 1	800–850	823	272.23/cwt	269.50–275.50	2,240	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,033	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	358.92/cwt	355.00–363.00	1,540	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	323.39/cwt	320.50–329.50	1,756	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	410.27/cwt	407.00–412.50	1,793	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,920	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	614	293.92/cwt	292.00–296.00	1,805	90
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	979	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,134	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	1,651	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	271	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,003	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	717	306.83/cwt	306.50–307.00	2,200	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	320.08/cwt	318.50–324.00	2,183	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,937	39
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	732	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,940	70

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 Feb 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,965Last week 2,440Year ago 1,950

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	641	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	700–750	717	306.50–307.00	306.83
26	750–800	787	275.50	275.50
178	800–850	823	269.50–275.50	272.23
16	850–900	850	250.00	250.00
6	950–1000	979	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	506	383.00–386.00	384.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	437	407.00–412.50	410.27
26	450–500	467	390.00–397.50	394.42
29	500–550	526	365.00	365.00
70	550–600	571	335.00–343.00	339.73
72	600–650	605	336.00	336.00
144	650–700	682	318.50–324.00	320.08
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	836	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
145	700–750	703	275.00–287.50	284.99
111	750–800	768	259.50–266.00	265.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	271	370.00	370.00
7	350–400	369	369.00	369.00
17	400–450	429	355.00–363.00	358.92
21	450–500	471	350.50	350.50
49	500–550	543	320.50–329.50	323.39
82	550–600	592	303.00–310.00	304.54
90	600–650	614	292.00–296.00	293.92
39	650–700	650	298.00	298.00
25	750–800	780	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
70	700–750	732	265.00	265.00

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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