Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last test, stockers steers less than 600 lbs 2.00-10.00 lower. Feeder steers 600-700 lbs 1.00-6.00 higher. Strs over 700 lbs 4.00-14.00 lower. Stocker and feeder heifers 1.00-7.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs 1.00-5.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures rallied on Tuesday with gains of $8.40 to $8.80 in the nearbys. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up $12.66 to $332.36 on December 1. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $384.39/cwt on 133 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −95.06 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$384.39

133 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$505

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

$50.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

−44.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	390.93	2,219	114
Small and Medium 1-2	588	348.12	2,047	12thin
Small and Medium 2-3	504	340.00	1,714	7thin

One grade step is worth $50.93/cwt here — about $505 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale133 hd

384.39

—

WA average1 barns · 133 hd

384.39

+0.00

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−44.76

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−95.06

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

38 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
Bulls	Large 1	700–750	731	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,230	11
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	834	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,897	15
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	711	308.56/cwt	305.00–311.00	2,194	37
Steers	Large 1	750–800	769	327.98/cwt	320.00–332.50	2,522	17
Steers	Large 1	700–750	730	345.75/cwt	343.00–349.00	2,524	62
Steers	Large 1	800–850	806	318.71/cwt	310.00–324.00	2,569	24
Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	450–500	486	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,118	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	588	348.12/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,047	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	448	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,613	21
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	400–450	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	6
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	450–500	471	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,790	5
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	500–550	504	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,714	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,462	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	557	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	384.01/cwt	381.00–394.00	2,438	198
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	605	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,839	23
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	546	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,447	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	692	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,145	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,716	6
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	300–350	318	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,177	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,183	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	338.66/cwt	331.00–350.00	1,927	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	414.35/cwt	399.00–430.00	1,993	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	468	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,012	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,236	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	384.80/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,013	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	600–650	639	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,358	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	445.76/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,166	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	388.78/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,228	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	353.89/cwt	350.00–359.00	2,414	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,040	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	344.75/cwt	344.00–345.00	2,186	24
Steers	Large 1	850–900	889	252.81/cwt	249.00–263.00	2,247	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	736	243.28/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,791	18
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	836	277.40/cwt	263.00–285.00	2,319	17
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	763	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,213	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	339	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	333.04/cwt	332.00–336.50	2,185	30

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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Receipts 1,110Last week 2,030Year ago 2,010

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	731	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
37	700–750	711	305.00–311.00	308.56
15	800–850	834	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	486	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	318	370.00	370.00
21	400–450	448	360.00	360.00
12	500–550	546	265.00	265.00
5	650–700	692	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	280.00	280.00
5	550–600	557	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	430	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	528	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	481	399.00–430.00	414.35
19	500–550	523	370.00–390.00	384.80
63	550–600	569	331.00–350.00	338.66
24	600–650	634	344.00–345.00	344.75
30	650–700	656	332.00–336.50	333.04
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	736	240.00–250.00	243.28
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	730	343.00–349.00	345.75
17	750–800	769	320.00–332.50	327.98
24	800–850	806	310.00–324.00	318.71
33	850–900	889	249.00–263.00	252.81
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	588	340.00–360.00	348.12
23	600–650	605	304.00	304.00
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	380.00	380.00
7	500–550	504	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	500.00	500.00
12	400–450	435	469.00	469.00
36	450–500	486	440.00–460.00	445.76
24	500–550	547	399.00	399.00
90	550–600	573	375.00–395.00	388.78
198	600–650	635	381.00–394.00	384.01
46	650–700	682	350.00–359.00	353.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	468	430.00	430.00
21	600–650	621	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	639	369.00	369.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	763	290.00	290.00
17	800–850	836	263.00–285.00	277.40

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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