Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, stocker steers less than 700 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Stocker heifers less than 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle over 700 lbs weak in a light test.. Feeder cattle futures were up another $4.30 to $4.70 across most contracts on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another $4.02 at $373.02 on October 13. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.25/cwt on 189 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −16.19 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$463.25

189 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,578

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

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

$32.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.17

vs WA average

−5.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	547	472.23	2,584	136
Small and Medium 1-2	580	440.21	2,553	53

One grade step is worth $32.02/cwt here — about $31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale189 hd

463.25

—

WA average2 barns · 201 hd

460.08

+3.17

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−5.79

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−16.19

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

40 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	800–850	835	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,680	8
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	730	332.71/cwt	329.50–335.00	2,429	19
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,112	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,736	10
Steers	Large 1	800–850	802	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,831	10
Steers	Large 1	850–900	875	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,949	9
Steers	Large 1	900–950	933	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,116	15
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	383	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,762	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	541	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,202	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	667	395.47/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,638	31
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	634	401.49/cwt	387.50–411.00	2,545	33
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	680	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,312	11
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	475	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,280	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	549	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,839	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	576	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,045	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	642	355.70/cwt	337.50–369.50	2,284	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	580	440.21/cwt	427.00–449.00	2,553	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	409.04/cwt	406.00–416.50	2,732	96
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	315	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,496	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	419	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,886	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	496	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,227	21
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	437	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,251	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	574	383.99/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,204	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	334	557.51/cwt	550.00–565.00	1,862	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	420.60/cwt	416.00–437.00	2,671	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	382.72/cwt	373.00–388.00	2,388	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	479.65/cwt	479.00–480.00	2,211	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	484.66/cwt	472.50–490.00	2,564	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	461.51/cwt	455.50–466.00	2,598	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	357.83/cwt	349.00–369.00	2,426	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,910	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	498.53/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,169	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	512.22/cwt	495.00–525.00	2,392	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	342	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,573	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	519.22/cwt	502.50–535.00	2,160	12
Steers	Large 1	700–750	724	381.35/cwt	377.50–390.00	2,761	22
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	979	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,839	7
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	739	372.32/cwt	370.00–373.50	2,751	53
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	759	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,808	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	426.41/cwt	423.00–437.50	2,247	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	410.59/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,349	104

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 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
19	700–750	730	329.50–335.00	332.71
8	800–850	835	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	315	475.00	475.00
6	350–400	383	460.00	460.00
5	400–450	419	450.00	450.00
21	450–500	496	449.00	449.00
9	500–550	541	407.00	407.00
47	550–600	574	380.00–390.00	383.99
14	600–650	642	337.50–369.50	355.70
11	650–700	680	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	335.00	335.00
7	550–600	576	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	500.00	500.00
28	400–450	435	495.00–500.00	498.53
36	450–500	461	479.00–480.00	479.65
65	500–550	527	423.00–437.50	426.41
104	550–600	572	405.00–417.50	410.59
143	600–650	624	373.00–388.00	382.72
33	650–700	678	349.00–369.00	357.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	342	460.00	460.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	724	377.50–390.00	381.35
10	800–850	802	353.00	353.00
9	850–900	875	337.00	337.00
15	900–950	933	334.00	334.00
7	950–1000	979	290.00	290.00
10	1100–1150	1,112	246.00	246.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	437	515.00	515.00
8	450–500	475	480.00	480.00
53	550–600	580	427.00–449.00	440.21
33	600–650	634	387.50–411.00	401.49
31	650–700	667	390.00–410.00	395.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	334	550.00–565.00	557.51
12	400–450	416	502.50–535.00	519.22
46	450–500	467	495.00–525.00	512.22
63	500–550	529	472.50–490.00	484.66
73	550–600	563	455.50–466.00	461.51
125	600–650	635	416.00–437.00	420.60
96	650–700	668	406.00–416.50	409.04
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	700–750	739	370.00–373.50	372.32
16	750–800	759	370.00	370.00

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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