Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-8.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures were mixed on Tuesday, with contracts mostly steady to a quarter lower and November up 92 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $2.43 to $339.46 on November 17. Trade moderate with moderate to good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $393.56/cwt on 235 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −85.89 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$393.56

235 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$346

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3

$31.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.07

vs WA average

−16.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	570	401.68	2,289	158
Small and Medium 1-2	575	379.49	2,181	56
Small and Medium 2-3	525	370.00	1,943	21

One grade step is worth $31.68/cwt here — about $346 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 sale235 hd

393.56

—

WA average2 barns · 279 hd

394.63

−1.07

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

−16.52

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−85.89

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

50 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	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	757	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	343.65/cwt	339.00–350.50	2,010	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	377.76/cwt	370.00–380.50	2,297	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,864	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	422	439.89/cwt	420.00–447.00	1,856	28
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	637	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,268	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	593	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,898	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	644	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,080	13
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	570	381.55/cwt	365.00–390.00	2,175	46
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	522	341.96/cwt	325.00–351.00	1,785	50
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	358	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,137	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	442	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,569	13
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	350–400	363	375.59/cwt	360.00–405.00	1,363	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	679	347.07/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,357	38
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	525	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,943	21
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	450–500	474	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,481	9
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	596	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,205	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	425	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,349	14
Steers	Large 1	750–800	763	337.51/cwt	335.00–339.50	2,575	59
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	973	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,685	18
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	731	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,420	24
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,736	29
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	750–800	751	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,253	9
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	710	316.63/cwt	308.00–320.50	2,248	32
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	730	337.43/cwt	321.00–344.50	2,463	106
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	755	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,416	10
Steers	Large 1	850–900	862	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,620	51
Steers	Large 1	700–750	724	360.57/cwt	359.50–361.00	2,611	91
Steers	Large 1	800–850	826	320.71/cwt	320.50–321.00	2,649	72
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	744	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,217	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	338.92/cwt	330.00–345.50	2,105	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	684	321.34/cwt	317.50–325.00	2,198	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	370.94/cwt	356.50–380.00	2,452	221
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,960	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,893	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	362.50/cwt	320.00–405.00	1,606	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,045	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,832	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	440.71/cwt	440.00–445.00	2,111	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	404.01/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,295	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	349	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,361	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	532	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	391.87/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,277	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	401	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,504	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,777	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	391.90/cwt	380.00–407.50	1,666	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	694	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,325	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,298	8

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 18, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	425	380.00–407.50	391.90
21	450–500	458	407.00	407.00
13	500–550	513	369.00	369.00
160	550–600	585	339.00–350.50	343.65
39	600–650	621	330.00–345.50	338.92
33	650–700	684	317.50–325.00	321.34
5	750–800	757	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	440.00	440.00
50	500–550	522	325.00–351.00	341.96
9	550–600	593	320.00	320.00
13	600–650	644	323.00	323.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	317.50	317.50
14	400–450	425	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	474	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	710	308.00–320.50	316.63
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	700–750	744	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	390.00	390.00
19	400–450	401	375.00	375.00
16	500–550	531	345.00	345.00
15	600–650	605	338.00	338.00
11	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	425.00	425.00
110	550–600	568	402.50–405.00	404.01
57	600–650	608	370.00–380.50	377.76
221	650–700	661	356.50–380.00	370.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	422	420.00–447.00	439.89
41	450–500	479	440.00–445.00	440.71
7	500–550	532	422.50	422.50
41	550–600	581	380.00–397.50	391.87
8	600–650	621	370.00	370.00
11	650–700	694	335.00	335.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	550–600	570	365.00–390.00	381.55
10	600–650	637	356.00	356.00
38	650–700	679	340.00–352.50	347.07
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	363	360.00–405.00	375.59
13	400–450	442	355.00	355.00
21	500–550	525	370.00	370.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	596	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
91	700–750	724	359.50–361.00	360.57
59	750–800	763	335.00–339.50	337.51
72	800–850	826	320.50–321.00	320.71
51	850–900	862	304.00	304.00
18	950–1000	973	276.00	276.00
29	1000–1050	1,017	269.00	269.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	731	331.00	331.00
9	750–800	751	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
106	700–750	730	321.00–344.50	337.43
10	750–800	755	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	443	320.00–405.00	362.50
7	450–500	484	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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