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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 27
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
← Oct 20Oct 27latest
Receipts
1,500 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 1,380▼ 190 vs year ago 1,690 · −11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker steers less than 700 lbs steady to 11.00 lower, over 700 lbs 2.00-16.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers 1.00-10.00 higher. Trade active with good demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $427.19/cwt on 95 head, up $5.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $427.19.
Average price
$427.19
▲ 5.37 vs prior sale
95 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,372
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.52
vs WA average
−7.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555427.192,37295
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale95 hd
427.19
—
WA average2 barns · 100 hd
427.71
−0.52
National average163 barns · 26,594 hd
435.15
−7.96
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.19
+0.00
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
514479443407median 427.1903/0309/1510/0610/2010/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $421.21, median $427.19 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9055
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7386
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520449.42/cwt449.00–450.002,33733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574415.36/cwt403.00–428.002,38462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629397.83/cwt390.00–421.002,502179
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674384.17/cwt370.00–392.502,58979
Steers700–750Large 1723375.73/cwt372.50–387.002,71752
Steers750–800Large 1771365.41/cwt349.00–377.752,81797
Steers800–850Large 1836366.00/cwt366.00–366.003,06017
Steers850–900Large 1894324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,89724
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3379430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6309
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471442.43/cwt439.00–446.002,08434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,99710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574364.90/cwt350.00–372.502,095112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611353.99/cwt352.50–355.002,16361
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662340.89/cwt339.00–342.502,25724
Heifers700–750Large 1720344.64/cwt330.00–355.002,48132
Heifers750–800Large 1788315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,48241

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.