Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-11-18

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Nov 18
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
2,030 head
▲ 180 vs last sale 1,850▲ 2,030 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago, stocker and feeder cattle 1.00-8.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures were mixed on Tuesday, with contracts mostly steady to a quarter lower and November up 92 cents. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $2.43 to $339.46 on November 17. Trade moderate with moderate to 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 $393.56/cwt on 235 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −33.63 against this barn's trailing median of $427.19.
Average price
$393.56
235 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,231
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$31.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.07
vs WA average
−16.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570401.682,289158
Small and Medium 1-2575379.492,18156
Small and Medium 2-3525370.001,94321
One grade step is worth $31.68/cwt here — about $346 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale235 hd
393.56
—
WA average2 barns · 279 hd
394.63
−1.07
National average185 barns · 23,076 hd
410.08
−16.52
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.19
−33.63
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

7 sales
514479443407median 427.1903/0309/1510/0610/2010/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $421.21, median $427.19 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Small and Medium 2-3363375.59/cwt360.00–405.001,36314
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,7778
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned422439.89/cwt420.00–447.001,85628
Steers400–450Small and Medium 2-3442355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,56913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned479440.71/cwt440.00–445.002,11141
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2-3525370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,94321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,2487
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2568404.01/cwt402.50–405.002,295110
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2570381.55/cwt365.00–390.002,17546
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned581391.87/cwt380.00–397.502,27741
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned596370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,20510
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608377.76/cwt370.00–380.502,29757
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned621370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2988
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2637356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,26810
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2661370.94/cwt356.50–380.002,452221
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2679347.07/cwt340.00–352.502,35738
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned694335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,32511
Steers700–750Large 1724360.57/cwt359.50–361.002,61191
Steers700–750Large 1-2730337.43/cwt321.00–344.502,463106
Steers700–750Large 1Unweaned731331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,42024
Steers750–800Large 1Unweaned751300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2539
Steers750–800Large 1-2755320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,41610
Steers750–800Large 1763337.51/cwt335.00–339.502,57559
Steers800–850Large 1826320.71/cwt320.50–321.002,64972
Steers850–900Large 1862304.00/cwt304.00–304.002,62051
Steers950–1000Large 1973276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,68518
Steers1000–1050Large 11,017269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,73629
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Small and Medium 1-2335440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4745
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned349390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,3615
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3358317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1379
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned401375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,50419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425391.90/cwt380.00–407.501,66619
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3425317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,34914
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458407.00/cwt407.00–407.001,86421
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned474312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,4819
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2513369.00/cwt369.00–369.001,89313
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2522341.96/cwt325.00–351.001,78550
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned531345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,83216
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2585343.65/cwt339.00–350.502,010160
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2593320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8989
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned605338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,04515
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621338.92/cwt330.00–345.502,10539
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2644323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,08013
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684321.34/cwt317.50–325.002,19833
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,07011
Heifers700–750Large 1710316.63/cwt308.00–320.502,24832
Heifers700–750Large 1-2744298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,21760
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2757260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9685
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2443362.50/cwt320.00–405.001,60626
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2484405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,9607

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.