Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-09-30

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Sep 30
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,325 head
▼ 1,675 vs last sale 3,000▼ 25 vs year ago 1,350 · −1.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, stocker cattle less than 700 lbs steady to 6.00 higher. Feeder cattle over 700 lbs. 1.00-6.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures led the bullish charge, as corn losses added some support, with contracts up $4.82 to $5.75. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $2.28 at $365.33 on September 29. Trade active with very 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 $442.38/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +17.33 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$442.38
144 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,509
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$18.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WA average
+19.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566448.472,54097
Small and Medium 1-2568429.822,44347
One grade step is worth $18.65/cwt here — about $97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale144 hd
442.38
—
WA average2 barns · 202 hd
442.38
+0.00
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+19.73
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
+17.33
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

8 sales
514474434394median 425.0503/0309/2910/1310/2711/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $407.88, median $425.05 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2387540.05/cwt532.50–544.002,09015
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487495.80/cwt490.00–506.002,41534
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2494472.00/cwt472.00–472.002,3328
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535466.75/cwt460.00–471.002,49721
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2547444.00/cwt444.00–444.002,42911
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564449.14/cwt439.00–455.002,53347
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2575425.49/cwt392.00–438.002,44736
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned593434.14/cwt430.00–436.002,57429
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2620393.82/cwt392.00–395.002,44223
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned631398.14/cwt390.00–404.502,51211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633426.57/cwt406.00–434.002,700194
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2681395.01/cwt390.00–398.502,69072
Steers700–750Large 2-3706350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4717
Steers700–750Large 1-2721381.35/cwt370.00–393.002,75041
Steers700–750Large 1730407.50/cwt407.50–407.502,97510
Steers700–750Large 1Unweaned734374.38/cwt374.00–375.002,74834
Steers750–800Large 1Unweaned781360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,81213
Steers800–850Large 1Unweaned801349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,79513
Steers800–850Large 1-2808343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,7715
Steers850–900Large 1871356.50/cwt356.50–356.503,10521
Steers850–900Large 1-2883337.37/cwt329.00–340.502,97918
Steers900–950Large 1903338.50/cwt338.50–338.503,05711
Steers950–1000Large 1982318.00/cwt318.00–318.003,12311
Steers1000–1050Large 11,000310.00/cwt310.00–310.003,10017
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,5766
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 1-2343460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5785
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2377430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2410505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,0719
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2418477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,9965
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2456472.50/cwt472.50–472.502,1558
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2-3479405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,94013
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2492385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,8948
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524423.58/cwt414.00–430.002,22046
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2549405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2235
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568405.44/cwt396.00–416.002,30388
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2592386.75/cwt384.00–387.502,29032
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617382.61/cwt375.00–388.002,36150
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2621386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,39715
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned643371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,3869
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned685345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,36314
Heifers700–750Large 1-2712351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,49924
Heifers700–750Large 1720354.33/cwt352.50–356.002,55113
Heifers750–800Large 1766356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,72720
Heifers850–900Large 1851322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,7446
Heifers900–950Large 1934310.09/cwt303.00–322.002,89639
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2533405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,1596

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.