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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Dec 16

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Dec 2Dec 16Jan 13 →

Receipts

1,440 head

▲ 330 vs last sale 1,110▲ 80 vs year ago 1,360 · +5.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago at the same market, stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-10.00 higher. Feeder cattle futures were up $2.50 to $3.40 to close Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was up 60 cents to $347.37 on December 12. Trade very active with very good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $435.22/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +10.17 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$435.22

64 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,422

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.47

vs WA average

−8.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	435.22	2,422	64

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

435.22

—

WA average2 barns · 76 hd

422.75

+12.47

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−8.88

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

+10.17

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

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

26 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	452.11/cwt	439.00–471.00	2,396	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	422.90/cwt	401.00–440.00	2,436	37
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	602	407.20/cwt	402.50–414.00	2,451	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	386.71/cwt	382.00–391.00	2,475	68
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	643	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,424	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	391.93/cwt	380.00–399.00	2,579	140
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	662	356.67/cwt	355.00–364.00	2,361	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	679	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,512	30
Steers	700–750	Large 1	732	356.87/cwt	351.00–363.00	2,612	188
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	744	343.77/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,558	156
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	764	329.12/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,514	17
Steers	750–800	Large 1	775	341.84/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,649	76
Steers	800–850	Large 1	803	327.06/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,626	22
Steers	850–900	Large 1	867	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,731	23
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	396.71/cwt	389.00–405.00	1,904	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,061	5
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	525	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,974	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	540	390.78/cwt	381.00–395.00	2,110	20
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	616	367.10/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,261	63
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	641	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,205	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	342.12/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,306	108
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	680	328.25/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,232	16
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	722	328.35/cwt	320.00–342.50	2,371	81
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	814	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,401	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,857	10

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.

Washington feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Toppenish Special Feeder Cattle Auction - Toppenish, WA

Tue Dec 16, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Moses Lake, WA (LS-ML)

Receipts 1,440Last week 1,110Year ago 1,360

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	700–750	722	320.00–342.50	328.35
9	800–850	814	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	509	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	480	389.00–405.00	396.71
20	500–550	540	381.00–395.00	390.78
63	600–650	616	361.00–370.00	367.10
108	650–700	674	340.00–345.00	342.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	525	376.00	376.00
12	550–600	568	345.00	345.00
13	600–650	641	344.00	344.00
16	650–700	680	320.00–332.00	328.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	602	402.50–414.00	407.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	700–750	732	351.00–363.00	356.87
76	750–800	775	334.00–345.00	341.84
22	800–850	803	325.00–330.00	327.06
23	850–900	867	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	643	377.00	377.00
27	650–700	662	355.00–364.00	356.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	650–700	679	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	530	439.00–471.00	452.11
37	550–600	576	401.00–440.00	422.90
68	600–650	640	382.00–391.00	386.71
140	650–700	658	380.00–399.00	391.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
156	700–750	744	341.00–345.00	343.77
17	750–800	764	326.00–332.00	329.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	427	435.00	435.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.