Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent trends due to the holidays the last few weeks and this was the first sale of 2026. A sharply higher undertone was noted. Trade very active with very good demand for hay wintered calves and yearlings. Feeder cattle futures posted gains of $4.22 to $6.15 across the nearbys on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 56 cents to $369.12 on January 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.50/cwt on 260 head, up $29.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 4 comparable sales and sits −14.94 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$464.50

▲ 29.28 vs prior sale

260 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,667

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$208

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

$40.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.29

vs WA average

−7.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	472.10	2,705	211
Small and Medium 1-2	578	431.81	2,498	49

One grade step is worth $40.29/cwt here — about $208 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 sale260 hd

464.50

—

WA average2 barns · 265 hd

464.21

+0.29

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−7.48

This barn, trailing median4 sales

479.44

−14.94

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

31 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	715	358.58/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,564	24
Steers	Large 1	700–750	724	394.85/cwt	370.00–401.00	2,859	366
Steers	Large 1	750–800	767	377.73/cwt	376.00–382.00	2,897	31
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	790	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,745	12
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	741	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,199	9
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	350–400	389	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,634	8
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	638	413.03/cwt	380.00–434.00	2,635	129
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	400–450	422	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,878	6
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	521	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,501	7
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	528	399.49/cwt	399.00–400.00	2,109	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	497	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,323	12
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	578	376.17/cwt	371.00–392.50	2,174	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	441.91/cwt	441.00–443.00	2,709	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	546.08/cwt	545.00–547.50	2,403	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	416.59/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,824	261
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	626	379.41/cwt	365.00–392.50	2,375	59
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	588	423.78/cwt	415.00–435.00	2,492	42
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	661	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,452	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,427	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,630	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	505.70/cwt	501.00–521.00	2,675	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	415.61/cwt	402.00–423.00	2,544	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	467.58/cwt	441.00–491.00	2,707	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	654	384.23/cwt	380.00–398.00	2,513	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	1,946	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	406	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	469	460.85/cwt	447.00–470.00	2,161	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	414.96/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,374	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,286	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	445.82/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,403	122

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 Jan 13, 2026

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

Receipts 2,360Last week 1,440Year ago 2,440

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	700–750	715	355.00–367.00	358.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	390	499.00	499.00
10	400–450	406	475.00	475.00
49	450–500	469	447.00–470.00	460.85
122	500–550	539	430.00–455.00	445.82
63	550–600	572	400.00–430.00	414.96
109	600–650	612	402.00–423.00	415.61
68	650–700	654	380.00–398.00	384.23
9	700–750	721	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	389	420.00	420.00
6	400–450	422	445.00	445.00
14	500–550	528	399.00–400.00	399.49
61	550–600	578	371.00–392.50	376.17
59	600–650	626	365.00–392.50	379.41
13	650–700	661	371.00	371.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
366	700–750	724	370.00–401.00	394.85
31	750–800	767	376.00–382.00	377.73
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	741	360.00	360.00
12	750–800	790	347.50	347.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	497	467.50	467.50
7	500–550	521	480.00	480.00
42	550–600	588	415.00–435.00	423.78
129	600–650	638	380.00–434.00	413.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	381	600.00	600.00
16	400–450	440	545.00–547.50	546.08
28	450–500	487	540.00	540.00
25	500–550	529	501.00–521.00	505.70
186	550–600	579	441.00–491.00	467.58
96	600–650	613	441.00–443.00	441.91
261	650–700	678	410.00–427.50	416.59
14	700–750	716	339.00	339.00

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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