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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Oct 24
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132
Feeder Cattle receipts
590 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 570▲ 100 vs year ago 490 · +20.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
900 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 800▼ 300 vs year ago 1,200 · −25.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle weak in a light test. CME Feeder cattle futures closed out the Thursday session with contracts up 67 cents to $1.70. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.15 at $249.56 on October 23. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 lower. Dairy cows 2.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter bulls Steady. Trade moderate to active with moderate to 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 $252.63/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −211.67 against this barn's trailing median of $464.29.
Average price
$252.63
20 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,413
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$67
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$6.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−32.11
vs WA average
−46.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549254.171,39615thin
Small and Medium 1-2590248.001,4635thin
One grade step is worth $6.17/cwt here — about −$67 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale20 hd
252.63
—
WA average2 barns · 353 hd
284.74
−32.11
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
−46.42
This barn, trailing median16 sales
464.29
−211.67
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

16 sales
567500433366median 464.2903/1904/1605/2108/2010/08
Steers 500–600 lb: high $553.41, low $379.52, median $464.29 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,875134.052,51413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,700125.502,1344thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,347122.181,646126
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,165113.781,325100
Dairy CowsLean 85-90%Low1,307109.331,429207
Dairy CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,562105.571,649224

Every lot

43 lots · USDA AMS · Toppenish Livestock 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2230790.00/head790.00–790.0079013
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2261890.00/head890.00–890.0089012
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-23271,020.00/head1,020.00–1,020.001,02013
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned426269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,1465
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2432305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,31810
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned515247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2757
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5058
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2590248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4635
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,50510
Steers600–650Small and Medium 2-3630198.90/cwt190.00–207.501,25310
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2664235.98/cwt230.00–239.501,56716
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned697210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4645
Steers700–750Large 1744221.16/cwt220.00–223.001,64513
Steers750–800Large 1760211.82/cwt210.00–215.001,61014
Steers950–1000Large 1998193.50/cwt193.50–193.501,9316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2217685.00/head685.00–685.0068513
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2266795.00/head795.00–795.0079523
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2316925.00/head925.00–925.0092513
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned396225.00/cwt225.00–225.008917
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415273.97/cwt265.00–277.501,13718
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned515228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1749
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2015
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2594218.83/cwt217.50–220.001,30019
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2305
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609212.92/cwt210.00–217.501,29713
Heifers850–900Large 1880186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,63714
Heifers950–1000Large 1967189.75/cwt189.75–189.751,8356
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2606219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,3277
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,750136.71/cwt134.00–139.002,3926
Bulls——1,950129.64/cwt124.00–134.002,5286
Bulls——2,180144.50/cwt144.50–144.503,1501
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,039148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,5386
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,111109.20/cwt102.00–114.001,21345
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,209117.52/cwt114.00–120.001,42155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,308124.61/cwt120.00–128.001,63065
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,427116.50/cwt110.00–120.001,66255
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,700125.50/cwt125.50–125.502,1344
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows6 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,257111.92/cwt109.00–114.001,407105
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,358106.07/cwt102.00–109.001,44095
Dairy Cows—Lean 85-90%1,377114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,5807
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,510102.54/cwt99.00–105.001,548105
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,600117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,8804
Dairy Cows—Boner 80-85%1,609107.92/cwt105.00–110.001,736115

This sale against other markets

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.