Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, stocker cattle less than 700 lbs steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle over 700 lbs. 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures led the bullish charge, as corn losses added some support, with contracts up $4.82 to $5.75. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $2.28 at $365.33 on September 29. Trade active with very good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $442.38/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −37.06 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$442.38

144 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,509

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$97

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

$18.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+19.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	448.47	2,540	97
Small and Medium 1-2	568	429.82	2,443	47

One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale144 hd

442.38

—

WA average2 barns · 202 hd

442.38

+0.00

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+19.73

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−37.06

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

46 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	850–900	851	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,744	6
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	934	310.09/cwt	303.00–322.00	2,896	39
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	800–850	801	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,795	13
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	734	374.38/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,748	34
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	982	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,123	11
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	750–800	781	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,812	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	620	393.82/cwt	392.00–395.00	2,442	23
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	343	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,578	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	575	425.49/cwt	392.00–438.00	2,447	36
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	479	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,940	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	549	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,223	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	621	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,397	15
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	494	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,332	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	547	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,429	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	492	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,894	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	377	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	395.01/cwt	390.00–398.50	2,690	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,155	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	423.58/cwt	414.00–430.00	2,220	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,576	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	418	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,996	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	592	386.75/cwt	384.00–387.50	2,290	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,363	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	426.57/cwt	406.00–434.00	2,700	194
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	540.05/cwt	532.50–544.00	2,090	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	466.75/cwt	460.00–471.00	2,497	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	449.14/cwt	439.00–455.00	2,533	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,071	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	405.44/cwt	396.00–416.00	2,303	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	631	398.14/cwt	390.00–404.50	2,512	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	434.14/cwt	430.00–436.00	2,574	29
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,159	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	495.80/cwt	490.00–506.00	2,415	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,386	9
Steers	Large 1	900–950	903	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,057	11
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	720	354.33/cwt	352.50–356.00	2,551	13
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	766	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,727	20
Steers	Large 1	700–750	730	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,975	10
Steers	Large 1	850–900	871	356.50/cwt	356.50–356.50	3,105	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	382.61/cwt	375.00–388.00	2,361	50
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	712	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,499	24
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	883	337.37/cwt	329.00–340.50	2,979	18
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	721	381.35/cwt	370.00–393.00	2,750	41
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	808	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,771	5
Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	706	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,471	7
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,100	17

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 Sep 30, 2025

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

Receipts 1,325Last week 3,000Year ago 1,350

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	720	352.50–356.00	354.33
20	750–800	766	356.00	356.00
6	850–900	851	322.50	322.50
39	900–950	934	303.00–322.00	310.09
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	460.00	460.00
6	350–400	377	430.00	430.00
5	400–450	418	477.50	477.50
8	450–500	492	385.00	385.00
5	500–550	549	405.00	405.00
32	550–600	592	384.00–387.50	386.75
15	600–650	621	386.00	386.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	479	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	505.00	505.00
9	400–450	410	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	456	472.50	472.50
46	500–550	524	414.00–430.00	423.58
88	550–600	568	396.00–416.00	405.44
50	600–650	617	375.00–388.00	382.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	643	371.00	371.00
14	650–700	685	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	712	351.00	351.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	700–750	734	374.00–375.00	374.38
13	750–800	781	360.00	360.00
13	800–850	801	349.00	349.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	730	407.50	407.50
21	850–900	871	356.50	356.50
11	900–950	903	338.50	338.50
11	950–1000	982	318.00	318.00
17	1000–1050	1,000	310.00	310.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	494	472.00	472.00
11	500–550	547	444.00	444.00
36	550–600	575	392.00–438.00	425.49
23	600–650	620	392.00–395.00	393.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	387	532.50–544.00	540.05
34	450–500	487	490.00–506.00	495.80
21	500–550	535	460.00–471.00	466.75
47	550–600	564	439.00–455.00	449.14
194	600–650	633	406.00–434.00	426.57
72	650–700	681	390.00–398.50	395.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	593	430.00–436.00	434.14
11	600–650	631	390.00–404.50	398.14
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	700–750	721	370.00–393.00	381.35
5	800–850	808	343.00	343.00
18	850–900	883	329.00–340.50	337.37
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	706	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	405.00	405.00

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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