Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-4.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures were up 80 cents to $1.20 in the front months, with October down a tick on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $3.16 at $372.99 on October 20. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.66/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −28.78 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$450.66

218 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$562

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

$82.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

−7.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Small and Medium 1-2	583	530.00	3,090	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	565	447.64	2,527	210

One grade step is worth $82.36/cwt here — about $562 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 sale218 hd

450.66

—

WA average1 barns · 218 hd

450.66

+0.00

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−7.48

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−28.78

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

44 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	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,583	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	400.85/cwt	395.00–405.50	2,674	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	501.50/cwt	501.50–501.50	2,342	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	439	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,218	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	516	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,110	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	485	485.94/cwt	485.00–487.50	2,357	21
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	645	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,270	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	621	335.50/cwt	335.50–335.50	2,083	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	583	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	3,090	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	433	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,078	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	484	449.50/cwt	449.50–449.50	2,176	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	574	370.93/cwt	360.00–376.50	2,129	19
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	376	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,842	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	650–700	698	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,624	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	648	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,106	5
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	740	340.68/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,521	26
Steers	Large 1	800–850	835	344.59/cwt	343.50–351.00	2,877	47
Steers	Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	387.32/cwt	382.00–393.00	2,746	78
Steers	Large 1	700–750	727	367.82/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,674	30
Steers	Large 1	900–950	930	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,139	75
Heifers	Large 1Guaranteed Open	950–1000	994	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,932	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,389	8
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	491	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,396	6
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	728	364.69/cwt	350.00–379.50	2,655	20
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	762	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,667	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	703	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,337	13
Steers	Large 1	750–800	760	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,812	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	670	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,238	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	485	483.23/cwt	480.00–492.50	2,344	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	462.96/cwt	460.00–464.00	2,190	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	551	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,218	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	450.87/cwt	439.00–455.00	2,538	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	413.98/cwt	395.00–424.00	2,136	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	439.69/cwt	420.00–454.00	2,533	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	636	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,283	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	463.35/cwt	462.50–465.00	2,437	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	687	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,377	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	539	396.31/cwt	395.00–397.50	2,136	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	682	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,701	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	522.51/cwt	520.00–525.00	2,001	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	496.85/cwt	490.00–499.00	2,112	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	368.89/cwt	366.00–371.50	2,317	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,225	6

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,360Last week 1,490Year ago 2,080

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	383	520.00–525.00	522.51
39	450–500	467	501.50	501.50
20	500–550	526	462.50–465.00	463.35
107	550–600	563	439.00–455.00	450.87
17	600–650	624	414.00	414.00
44	650–700	667	395.00–405.50	400.85
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	433	480.00	480.00
21	450–500	485	485.00–487.50	485.94
8	550–600	583	530.00	530.00
10	600–650	621	335.50	335.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	698	376.00	376.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	727	363.00–375.00	367.82
10	750–800	760	370.00	370.00
47	800–850	835	343.50–351.00	344.59
75	900–950	930	337.50	337.50
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	700–750	709	382.00–393.00	387.32
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	491	488.00	488.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	728	350.00–379.50	364.69
6	750–800	762	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
22	450–500	485	480.00–492.50	483.23
83	550–600	576	420.00–454.00	439.69
23	650–700	682	396.00	396.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	480.00	480.00
29	500–550	539	395.00–397.50	396.31
16	550–600	593	374.00	374.00
8	600–650	636	359.00	359.00
7	650–700	687	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	376	490.00	490.00
7	450–500	484	449.50	449.50
9	500–550	516	409.00	409.00
19	550–600	574	360.00–376.50	370.93
6	600–650	645	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	648	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	740	340.00–343.00	340.68
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
20	950–1000	994	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	425	490.00–499.00	496.85
35	450–500	473	460.00–464.00	462.96
83	500–550	516	395.00–424.00	413.98
29	550–600	551	402.50	402.50
66	600–650	628	366.00–371.50	368.89
8	650–700	673	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	703	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	670	334.00	334.00

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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