Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-10-07

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 7
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,950 head
▲ 625 vs last sale 1,325▲ 250 vs year ago 1,700 · +14.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker steers less than 700 lbs 1.00-6.00 lower. Stocker heifers and feeder cattle steady. Feeder cattle futures extended the gains on Tuesday with contracts up $3.10 to $3.80 at the close. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another $0.77 at $364.24 on October 6. Trade active with good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $441.50/cwt on 341 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +16.45 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$441.50
341 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,505
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$397
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$26.32/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs WA average
−4.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568443.822,522289
Small and Medium 1-2573430.582,46544
Small and Medium 2-3509417.502,1258thin
One grade step is worth $26.32/cwt here — about $397 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale341 hd
441.50
—
WA average2 barns · 378 hd
435.81
+5.69
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−4.35
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
+16.45
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

52 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385519.41/cwt500.00–537.002,00022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419507.24/cwt502.50–522.002,12536
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2436498.00/cwt498.00–498.002,17115
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned487478.67/cwt475.00–480.002,33132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488488.94/cwt485.00–492.002,38657
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2494475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,3478
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2-3509417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,1258
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531466.33/cwt462.00–475.002,47677
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2548447.86/cwt445.00–450.002,45414
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581441.65/cwt432.00–455.002,566166
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2584422.52/cwt421.00–430.002,46830
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,42246
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623424.86/cwt412.00–436.002,647151
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2647406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,6279
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682394.74/cwt390.00–401.002,692136
Steers700–750Large 1708386.78/cwt382.00–390.002,73834
Steers700–750Large 1Unweaned708377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,67311
Steers700–750Large 1-2733372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,72724
Steers750–800Large 1778340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,6456
Steers800–850Large 1Unweaned836334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,7927
Steers850–900Large 1874340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,97210
Steers900–950Large 1914338.76/cwt336.00–340.003,09632
Steers1000–1050Large 11,043300.00/cwt300.00–300.003,1295
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 2-3343450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,5446
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned344470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6179
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3351465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,6328
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381522.50/cwt522.50–522.501,9916
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2388450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7466
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned408492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,0095
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3413450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8597
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419502.90/cwt495.00–513.002,10733
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2445465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0697
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2466478.48/cwt472.50–480.002,23063
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2-3467445.33/cwt440.00–450.002,08021
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned485445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,1588
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2489443.25/cwt433.00–455.002,16723
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518432.07/cwt429.00–440.002,238118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned521434.00/cwt434.00–434.002,26122
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2544406.74/cwt391.00–420.002,21322
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575396.24/cwt390.00–407.502,278109
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2593386.21/cwt386.00–387.002,29042
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608389.84/cwt385.00–405.002,37074
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2628365.53/cwt355.50–372.502,29623
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned629362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,2809
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned630340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,14211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned637370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,35716
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2671357.69/cwt349.00–365.002,40067
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2678337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,2885
Heifers700–750Large 1721355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,56019
Heifers750–800Large 1781331.80/cwt325.00–337.002,59114
Heifers800–850Large 1812323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,6238
Heifers850–900Large 1Guaranteed Open881337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,9696

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.