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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Thu, Aug 13

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2132

← Aug 6Aug 13Aug 20 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,626 head

▲ 1,261 vs last sale 365▲ 1,291 vs year ago 335 · +385.4%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

583 head

▼ 237 vs last sale 820▼ 232 vs year ago 815 · −28.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 50 vs last sale 100▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Thursday, stocker and feeder cattle steady. Feeder cattle futures saw $1.40 to $3.52 losses across most contracts. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $3.44 on August 12 to $351.93. Slaughter cows weak to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade active with good demand. A major packing company has stated it is seeking the sale of it's Pasco cattle operations.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $346.96/cwt on 55 head, down $60.54 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 21 comparable sales and sits −32.65 against this barn's trailing median of $379.62.

Average price

$346.96

▼ 60.54 vs prior sale

55 head · 674 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$30.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

−26.93 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	679	350.26	2,380	49
Small and Medium 1-2	629	320.00	2,013	6thin

One grade step is worth $30.26/cwt here — about $367 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale55 hd

346.96

—

WA average1 barns · 55 hd

346.96

+0.00

National average152 barns · 7,091 hd

373.89

−26.93

This barn, trailing median21 sales

379.62

−32.65

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 600–700 lb

21 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $452.76, low $330.00, median $379.62 across 21 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	2,008	214.93	4,316	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,643	175.46	2,882	134
Dairy Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,587	174.25	2,765	100
Dairy Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,302	162.95	2,122	287
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,594	204.00	3,252	5thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,053	$3,100	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	833	$2,850	7

Every lot

49 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,348	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	616	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,125	7
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	629	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,013	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	351.14/cwt	340.00–356.00	2,423	42
Steers	700–750	Large 1	722	373.37/cwt	360.00–387.50	2,696	51
Steers	750–800	Large 1	772	366.16/cwt	352.50–390.00	2,827	116
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	782	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,557	10
Steers	800–850	Large 2-3	806	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,015	5
Steers	800–850	Large 1	817	361.05/cwt	339.50–369.00	2,950	236
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	837	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,837	6
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	864	318.60/cwt	310.00–325.00	2,753	54
Steers	850–900	Large 1	868	348.14/cwt	336.00–351.50	3,022	68
Steers	900–950	Large 1	915	340.21/cwt	337.00–341.00	3,113	53
Steers	950–1000	Large 1-2	985	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,837	43
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	988	288.89/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,854	29
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,130	8
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	584	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,898	8
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	626	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,097	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,346	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	377.28/cwt	340.00–382.00	2,377	67
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	331.34/cwt	329.00–334.00	2,263	24
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	728	341.01/cwt	335.00–357.00	2,483	73
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	728	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,257	9
Heifers	700–750	Large 1Guaranteed Open	745	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,421	10
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	774	317.66/cwt	310.00–328.00	2,459	55
Heifers	750–800	Small and Medium 2-3	780	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,755	6
Heifers	800–850	Large 1-2	805	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,487	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	826	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,189	7
Heifers	800–850	Large 1Guaranteed Open	828	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,749	35
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	837	300.70/cwt	295.00–306.00	2,517	34
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	856	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,825	29
Heifers	850–900	Large 1-2	890	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,581	6
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	903	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,393	8
Heifers	900–950	Large 1Guaranteed Open	945	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,589	36
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 3	1,154	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	2,337	6
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 3	1,226	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	2,421	6
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 3	1,266	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,342	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,954	207.64/cwt	174.50–220.00	4,057	9
Bulls	—	—	2,130	231.34/cwt	228.50–238.50	4,928	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,372	177.18/cwt	174.50–178.00	2,431	20
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,690	175.16/cwt	175.00–180.50	2,960	114
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,594	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	3,252	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Cows5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,226	145.29/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,781	26
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,298	168.02/cwt	167.50–169.50	2,181	215
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	1,302	133.58/cwt	129.00–136.50	1,739	14
Dairy Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,394	156.08/cwt	153.00–159.50	2,176	32
Dairy Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,587	174.25/cwt	174.00–180.00	2,765	100
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,053	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Large 1-2	833	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	7

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.

Washington feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Toppenish Livestock Auction - Toppenish, WA

Thu Aug 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,626Last week 365Year ago 335

Slaughter CattleReceipts 583Last week 820Year ago 815

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 100Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	700–750	728	335.00–357.00	341.01
55	750–800	774	310.00–328.00	317.66
34	800–850	837	295.00–306.00	300.70
29	850–900	856	330.00	330.00
8	900–950	903	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	526	405.00	405.00
67	600–650	630	340.00–382.00	377.28
24	650–700	683	329.00–334.00	331.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	629	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	584	325.00	325.00
7	600–650	626	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	826	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	780	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	745	325.00	325.00
35	800–850	828	332.00	332.00
36	900–950	945	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	728	310.00	310.00
8	800–850	805	309.00	309.00
6	850–900	890	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	722	360.00–387.50	373.37
116	750–800	772	352.50–390.00	366.16
236	800–850	817	339.50–369.00	361.05
68	850–900	868	336.00–351.50	348.14
53	900–950	915	337.00–341.00	340.21
29	950–1000	988	275.00–295.00	288.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	616	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	629	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	465	505.00	505.00
42	650–700	690	340.00–356.00	351.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	782	327.00	327.00
6	800–850	837	339.00	339.00
54	850–900	864	310.00–325.00	318.60
43	950–1000	985	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	806	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,154	202.50	202.50
6	1200–1250	1,226	197.50	197.50
8	1250–1300	1,266	185.00	185.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,053	3,100.00	3,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	833	2,850.00	2,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,594	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,954	174.50–220.00	207.64
4	—	2,130	228.50–238.50	231.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,394	153.00–159.50	156.08
215	—	1,298	167.50–169.50	168.02
26	—	1,226	139.00–151.00	145.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,302	129.00–136.50	133.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,587	174.00–180.00	174.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,372	174.50–178.00	177.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,690	175.00–180.50	175.16

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.