Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 4.00-12.00 higher. Feeder cattle closed the Tuesday session with contracts down $7.30 to $7.60. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $3.46 to $346.79 on November 3. Trade very 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 $417.68/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −61.76 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$417.68

257 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$473

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

$73.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.52

vs WA average

−1.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	423.70	2,329	236
Small and Medium 1-2	530	350.13	1,856	21

One grade step is worth $73.57/cwt here — about $473 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 sale257 hd

417.68

—

WA average2 barns · 268 hd

417.16

+0.52

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−1.42

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−61.76

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

48 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	700–750	733	308.40/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,261	32
Steers	Large 1	750–800	755	353.73/cwt	347.00–359.00	2,671	43
Steers	Large 1	700–750	724	349.25/cwt	347.00–351.00	2,529	82
Steers	Large 1	800–850	834	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,752	7
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	980	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,862	29
Steers	Large 1-2	950–1000	978	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,298	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	437.25/cwt	410.00–470.00	1,902	18
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	350.13/cwt	337.50–390.00	1,856	21
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	393	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,847	5
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	341.50/cwt	341.50–341.50	2,213	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	562	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	626	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,988	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	476	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,952	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	632	338.40/cwt	337.00–339.00	2,139	27
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	351.46/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,722	33
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	450–500	496	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,438	8
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	400–450	447	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,609	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	386.58/cwt	382.50–392.50	2,076	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	448.01/cwt	442.50–451.00	2,303	71
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	428	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,012	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	436	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,897	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	548	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,050	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	378.24/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,383	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	443.00/cwt	443.00–443.00	2,042	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	356.45/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,196	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	1,789	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	334.20/cwt	332.00–337.50	2,172	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,969	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,210	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	411.07/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,924	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,352	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	681	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,213	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	430.42/cwt	406.00–447.00	2,290	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	474	418.93/cwt	405.00–430.00	1,986	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	388.08/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,669	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	390.00/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,438	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	405.58/cwt	400.00–418.00	2,352	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	364.64/cwt	357.00–376.00	2,487	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	659	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,247	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	551	376.25/cwt	376.00–377.00	2,073	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	352.68/cwt	337.00–367.00	2,056	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,111	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,190	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,901	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	410	490.94/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,013	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	509	369.70/cwt	365.00–372.00	1,882	27

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 Nov 4, 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
32	700–750	733	307.00–310.00	308.40
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	490	345.00–360.00	351.46
5	550–600	562	310.00	310.00
10	600–650	626	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	436	435.00	435.00
16	450–500	476	410.00	410.00
12	500–550	548	374.00	374.00
27	600–650	632	337.00–339.00	338.40
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	350	511.00	511.00
9	400–450	428	460.00	460.00
44	450–500	461	443.00	443.00
69	500–550	537	382.50–392.50	386.58
48	550–600	583	337.00–367.00	352.68
43	600–650	616	351.00–365.00	356.45
20	650–700	650	332.00–337.50	334.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	430	385.00–390.00	388.08
19	450–500	474	405.00–430.00	418.93
27	500–550	509	365.00–372.00	369.70
53	550–600	551	376.00–377.00	376.25
33	600–650	627	352.50	352.50
9	650–700	659	341.00	341.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	700–750	724	347.00–351.00	349.25
43	750–800	755	347.00–359.00	353.73
7	800–850	834	330.00	330.00
29	950–1000	980	292.00	292.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	978	235.00	235.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	393	470.00	470.00
18	400–450	435	410.00–470.00	437.25
21	500–550	530	337.50–390.00	350.13
6	600–650	648	341.50	341.50
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	447	360.00	360.00
8	450–500	496	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	352	540.00	540.00
17	400–450	406	520.00	520.00
14	450–500	461	475.00	475.00
71	500–550	514	442.50–451.00	448.01
97	550–600	580	400.00–418.00	405.58
143	600–650	625	380.00–393.00	390.00
95	650–700	682	357.00–376.00	364.64
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	470.00	470.00
10	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	410	480.00–505.00	490.94
35	450–500	468	405.00–420.00	411.07
53	500–550	532	406.00–447.00	430.42
15	550–600	585	402.00	402.00
44	600–650	630	365.00–392.50	378.24
14	650–700	681	325.00	325.00

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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