Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report in Jan. 2026, stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-10.00 higher. Supply offered today mostly hay and backgrounded wintered steers and heifers. Feeder cattle futures were $1 to $2.67 lower on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down 83 cents to $373.83 on February 6. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $494.39/cwt on 245 head, up $29.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +14.94 against this barn's trailing median of $479.44.

Average price

$494.39

▲ 29.88 vs prior sale

245 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$543

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

$104.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.37

vs WA average

+16.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	504.50	2,799	174
Small and Medium 1-2	578	482.36	2,788	60
Small and Medium 2-3	564	400.00	2,256	11thin

One grade step is worth $104.50/cwt here — about $543 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 sale245 hd

494.39

—

WA average2 barns · 255 hd

494.02

+0.37

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

+16.00

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

40 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
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	742	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,864	8
Steers	Large 1	900–950	924	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	3,317	11
Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	717	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,581	17
Steers	Large 2-3	750–800	757	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,544	11
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	779	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,415	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2-3	700–750	731	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,471	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	504.45/cwt	490.00–530.00	2,825	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	412.71/cwt	375.00–430.00	2,732	169
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	768	361.61/cwt	361.00–364.00	2,777	25
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	722	362.14/cwt	350.00–373.00	2,615	149
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	838	351.14/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,943	37
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	720	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,851	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	412.26/cwt	406.00–430.00	2,577	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	452.24/cwt	439.00–464.00	2,845	426
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	887	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,016	8
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	762	373.50/cwt	373.50–373.50	2,846	29
Steers	Large 1	800–850	812	362.87/cwt	360.00–376.00	2,947	50
Steers	Large 1	850–900	861	365.97/cwt	365.00–369.00	3,151	65
Steers	Large 1	700–750	717	413.52/cwt	389.00–423.00	2,965	284
Steers	Large 1	750–800	762	377.66/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,878	91
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	566	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,868	9
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	550–600	564	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,256	11
Heifers	Small and Medium 2-3	600–650	643	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,186	12
Steers	Small and Medium 2-3	650–700	653	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,139	17
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	450–500	487	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,240	12
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	679	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,309	14
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	609	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,588	10
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	575	419.98/cwt	387.50–435.00	2,415	72
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	550–600	578	482.36/cwt	480.00–484.00	2,788	60
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	650–700	679	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,393	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	761	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,816	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	433.86/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,876	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	504.60/cwt	497.50–510.00	2,745	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	690	335.03/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,312	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	600–650	632	388.13/cwt	386.00–391.00	2,453	96
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	500–550	531	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	467	493.51/cwt	492.50–495.00	2,305	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	446.67/cwt	439.00–470.00	2,408	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	447.07/cwt	442.00–454.00	2,472	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	571.58/cwt	560.00–590.00	2,675	43

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 Feb 10, 2026

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	742	386.00	386.00
25	750–800	768	361.00–364.00	361.61
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
284	700–750	717	389.00–423.00	413.52
91	750–800	762	372.50–385.00	377.66
50	800–850	812	360.00–376.00	362.87
65	850–900	861	365.00–369.00	365.97
11	900–950	924	359.00	359.00
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	717	360.00	360.00
11	750–800	757	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	468	560.00–590.00	571.58
57	500–550	544	497.50–510.00	504.60
117	550–600	560	490.00–530.00	504.45
426	600–650	629	439.00–464.00	452.24
211	650–700	663	425.00–440.00	433.86
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	564	400.00	400.00
17	650–700	653	327.50	327.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	550–600	578	480.00–484.00	482.36
10	600–650	609	425.00	425.00
14	650–700	679	340.00	340.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	779	310.00	310.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	731	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	467	492.50–495.00	493.51
28	500–550	539	439.00–470.00	446.67
50	550–600	553	442.00–454.00	447.07
79	600–650	625	406.00–430.00	412.26
169	650–700	662	375.00–430.00	412.71
7	750–800	761	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
149	700–750	722	350.00–373.00	362.14
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	700–750	720	396.00	396.00
29	750–800	762	373.50	373.50
37	800–850	838	350.00–352.00	351.14
8	850–900	887	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	566	330.00	330.00
12	600–650	643	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	487	460.00	460.00
6	500–550	531	410.00	410.00
72	550–600	575	387.50–435.00	419.98
96	600–650	632	386.00–391.00	388.13
9	650–700	679	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	690	330.00–340.00	335.03

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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