Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-10-21

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 21
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,360 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 1,490▼ 720 vs year ago 2,080 · −34.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-4.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures were up 80 cents to $1.20 in the front months, with October down a tick on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $3.16 at $372.99 on October 20. 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 $450.66/cwt on 218 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +25.61 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$450.66
218 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$562
per head · Small and Medium 1-2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$82.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WA average
−7.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Small and Medium 1-2583530.003,0908thin
Medium and Large 1-2565447.642,527210
One grade step is worth $82.36/cwt here — about $562 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 sale218 hd
450.66
—
WA average1 barns · 218 hd
450.66
+0.00
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
−7.48
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
+25.61
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

44 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 1-2383522.51/cwt520.00–525.002,00110
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2433480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,07812
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned445500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,2256
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467501.50/cwt501.50–501.502,34239
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2485485.94/cwt485.00–487.502,35721
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485483.23/cwt480.00–492.502,34422
Steers450–500Medium 1-2Unweaned491488.00/cwt488.00–488.002,3966
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2526463.35/cwt462.50–465.002,43720
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563450.87/cwt439.00–455.002,538107
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned576439.69/cwt420.00–454.002,53383
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2583530.00/cwt530.00–530.003,0908
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2621335.50/cwt335.50–335.502,08310
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2624414.00/cwt414.00–414.002,58317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667400.85/cwt395.00–405.502,67444
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,70123
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned698376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,6248
Steers700–750Large 1Value Added709387.32/cwt382.00–393.002,74678
Steers700–750Large 1727367.82/cwt363.00–375.002,67430
Steers700–750Large 1-2728364.69/cwt350.00–379.502,65520
Steers750–800Large 1760370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,81210
Steers750–800Large 1-2762350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6676
Steers800–850Large 1835344.59/cwt343.50–351.002,87747
Steers900–950Large 1930337.50/cwt337.50–337.503,13975
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2376490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,8428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425496.85/cwt490.00–499.002,11244
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned439480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,1075
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473462.96/cwt460.00–464.002,19035
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2484449.50/cwt449.50–449.502,1767
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2516413.98/cwt395.00–424.002,13683
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2516409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,1109
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned539396.31/cwt395.00–397.502,13629
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2551402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,21829
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2574370.93/cwt360.00–376.502,12919
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned593374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,21816
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628368.89/cwt366.00–371.502,31766
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned636359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,2838
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2645352.00/cwt352.00–352.002,2706
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 2-3648325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1065
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3670334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,2385
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3898
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned687346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,3777
Heifers700–750Large 1-2703332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,33713
Heifers700–750Large 1740340.68/cwt340.00–343.002,52126
Heifers950–1000Large 1Guaranteed Open994295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,93220

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.