Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-10-28

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 28
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,690 head
▲ 330 vs last sale 1,360▼ 540 vs year ago 2,230 · −24.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 7.00-14.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures used some of the expanded limits as back months were down $9.55 to $12, and nearbys $1.40 to $5.05 lower. The CME Feeder Cattle Index fell $7.30 at $360.25 on October 27. CME has expanded limits for both live cattle ($10.75) and feeder cattle ($13.75) for Wednesday. Trade moderate with light to moderate demand.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.42/cwt on 226 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −28.63 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$396.42
226 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,167
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$26.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.46
vs WA average
−33.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535408.792,188121
Small and Medium 1-2559382.162,138105
One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $51 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 sale226 hd
396.42
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WA average2 barns · 233 hd
397.88
−1.46
National average179 barns · 33,800 hd
429.72
−33.30
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
−28.63
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

42 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2431430.04/cwt420.00–441.001,85323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517424.69/cwt414.50–437.002,19674
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned520360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8725
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned535385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0607
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2545396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,15859
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned561381.97/cwt370.00–391.002,14331
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned573345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9776
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2587368.38/cwt360.00–380.502,16235
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2598389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,3269
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,35230
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627363.44/cwt357.00–366.002,279152
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2628359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,25511
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned633339.56/cwt335.00–342.502,14922
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680352.74/cwt339.00–355.002,399107
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned681332.34/cwt330.00–338.002,263101
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned689327.27/cwt315.00–332.002,25518
Steers700–750Large 1727310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,25417
Steers750–800Large 1-2755275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0765
Steers750–800Large 1757314.95/cwt314.00–316.002,38438
Steers800–850Large 1819307.92/cwt303.00–310.002,52255
Steers850–900Large 1858291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,4978
Steers950–1000Large 1962245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3577
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2387400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5485
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433410.13/cwt405.00–417.501,77626
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned455350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,59310
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2475382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,81717
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 3-4Unweaned484320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5496
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485383.34/cwt360.00–394.001,85916
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515374.31/cwt365.00–381.001,92894
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned525357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8775
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned543330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7927
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585339.24/cwt320.00–347.001,98533
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587345.07/cwt340.00–356.002,026156
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned588308.09/cwt305.00–310.001,81223
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609329.00/cwt326.00–330.002,00425
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned618327.91/cwt324.00–330.002,02621
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned640309.90/cwt305.00–316.001,98331
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,04811
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned678250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6955
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned687296.57/cwt292.00–300.002,03753
Heifers700–750Large 1732293.47/cwt285.00–298.502,14870
Heifers800–850Large 1847275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,32912

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.