Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago at the same market, stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures were up $2.50 to $3.40 to close Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up 60 cents to $347.37 on December 12. 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 $435.22/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −44.22 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$435.22

64 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.47

vs WA average

−8.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	435.22	2,422	64

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale64 hd

435.22

—

WA average2 barns · 76 hd

422.75

+12.47

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−8.88

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−44.22

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

26 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	814	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,401	9
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	722	328.35/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,371	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	602	407.20/cwt	402.50–414.00	2,451	24
Steers	Large 1	800–850	803	327.06/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,626	22
Steers	Large 1	700–750	732	356.87/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,612	188
Steers	Large 1	750–800	775	341.84/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,649	76
Steers	Large 1	850–900	867	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,731	23
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	662	356.67/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,361	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	679	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,512	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	390.78/cwt	381.00–395.00	2,110	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	452.11/cwt	439.00–471.00	2,396	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	342.12/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,306	108
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	641	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,205	13
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	391.93/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,579	140
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,857	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	396.71/cwt	389.00–405.00	1,904	10
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	643	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,424	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	422.90/cwt	401.00–440.00	2,436	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	386.71/cwt	382.00–391.00	2,475	68
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	525	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,974	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	680	328.25/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,232	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	367.10/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,261	63
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	764	329.12/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,514	17
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	744	343.77/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,558	156

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 16, 2025

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

Receipts 1,440Last week 1,110Year ago 1,360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	700–750	722	320.00–342.50	328.35
9	800–850	814	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	509	405.00	405.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	480	389.00–405.00	396.71
20	500–550	540	381.00–395.00	390.78
63	600–650	616	361.00–370.00	367.10
108	650–700	674	340.00–345.00	342.12
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	525	376.00	376.00
12	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
13	600–650	641	344.00	344.00
16	650–700	680	320.00–332.00	328.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	602	402.50–414.00	407.20
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	700–750	732	351.00–363.00	356.87
76	750–800	775	334.00–345.00	341.84
22	800–850	803	325.00–330.00	327.06
23	850–900	867	315.00	315.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	643	377.00	377.00
27	650–700	662	355.00–364.00	356.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	679	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	530	439.00–471.00	452.11
37	550–600	576	401.00–440.00	422.90
68	600–650	640	382.00–391.00	386.71
140	650–700	658	380.00–399.00	391.93
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
156	700–750	744	341.00–345.00	343.77
17	750–800	764	326.00–332.00	329.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	435.00	435.00

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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