Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-10-14

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,490 head
▼ 460 vs last sale 1,950▲ 1,490 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday at the same sale, stocker steers less than 700 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Stocker heifers less than 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder cattle over 700 lbs weak in a light test.. Feeder cattle futures were up another $4.30 to $4.70 across most contracts on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up another $4.02 at $373.02 on October 13. 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 $463.25/cwt on 189 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +38.21 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$463.25
189 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,578
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$32.02/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.17
vs WA average
−5.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547472.232,584136
Small and Medium 1-2580440.212,55353
One grade step is worth $32.02/cwt here — about $31 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 sale189 hd
463.25
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WA average2 barns · 201 hd
460.08
+3.17
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−5.79
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
+38.21
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

40 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2334557.51/cwt550.00–565.001,86216
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2416519.22/cwt502.50–535.002,16012
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2437515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,2519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467512.22/cwt495.00–525.002,39246
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2475480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,2808
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529484.66/cwt472.50–490.002,56463
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563461.51/cwt455.50–466.002,59873
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2580440.21/cwt427.00–449.002,55353
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2634401.49/cwt387.50–411.002,54533
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635420.60/cwt416.00–437.002,671125
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2667395.47/cwt390.00–410.002,63831
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668409.04/cwt406.00–416.502,73296
Steers700–750Large 1724381.35/cwt377.50–390.002,76122
Steers700–750Large 1-2739372.32/cwt370.00–373.502,75153
Steers750–800Large 1-2759370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,80816
Steers800–850Large 1802353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,83110
Steers850–900Large 1875337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,9499
Steers900–950Large 1933334.00/cwt334.00–334.003,11615
Steers950–1000Large 1979290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,8397
Steers1100–1150Large 11,112246.00/cwt246.00–246.002,73610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 1-2315475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4965
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned342460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,5735
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9108
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2383460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7626
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2419450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,8865
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2435498.53/cwt495.00–500.002,16928
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461479.65/cwt479.00–480.002,21136
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2496449.00/cwt449.00–449.002,22721
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2527426.41/cwt423.00–437.502,24765
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2541407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,2029
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 2-3549335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8396
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572410.59/cwt405.00–417.502,349104
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2574383.99/cwt380.00–390.002,20447
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2-3576355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0457
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624382.72/cwt373.00–388.002,388143
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2642355.70/cwt337.50–369.502,28414
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678357.83/cwt349.00–369.002,42633
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2680340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,31211
Heifers700–750Large 1730332.71/cwt329.50–335.002,42919
Heifers800–850Large 1835321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,6808

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.