Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2026-01-13

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Jan 13
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
2,360 head
▲ 920 vs last sale 1,440▼ 80 vs year ago 2,440 · −3.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recent trends due to the holidays the last few weeks and this was the first sale of 2026. A sharply higher undertone was noted. Trade very active with very good demand for hay wintered calves and yearlings. Feeder cattle futures posted gains of $4.22 to $6.15 across the nearbys on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up 56 cents to $369.12 on January 12.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $464.50/cwt on 260 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +39.46 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$464.50
260 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,667
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$208
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$40.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.29
vs WA average
−7.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573472.102,705211
Small and Medium 1-2578431.812,49849
One grade step is worth $40.29/cwt here — about $208 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 sale260 hd
464.50
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WA average2 barns · 265 hd
464.21
+0.29
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−7.48
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
+39.46
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

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381600.00/cwt600.00–600.002,2869
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440546.08/cwt545.00–547.502,40316
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,63028
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2497467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,32312
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2521480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,5017
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529505.70/cwt501.00–521.002,67525
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579467.58/cwt441.00–491.002,707186
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2588423.78/cwt415.00–435.002,49242
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613441.91/cwt441.00–443.002,70996
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2638413.03/cwt380.00–434.002,635129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678416.59/cwt410.00–427.502,824261
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2716339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,42714
Steers700–750Large 1724394.85/cwt370.00–401.002,859366
Steers700–750Large 1-2741360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,66810
Steers750–800Large 1767377.73/cwt376.00–382.002,89731
Steers750–800Large 1-2790347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,74512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 1-2389420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,6348
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390499.00/cwt499.00–499.001,94610
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,92910
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2422445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8786
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2469460.85/cwt447.00–470.002,16149
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2528399.49/cwt399.00–400.002,10914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539445.82/cwt430.00–455.002,403122
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572414.96/cwt400.00–430.002,37463
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2578376.17/cwt371.00–392.502,17461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612415.61/cwt402.00–423.002,544109
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2626379.41/cwt365.00–392.502,37559
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2654384.23/cwt380.00–398.002,51368
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2661371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,45213
Heifers700–750Large 1715358.58/cwt355.00–367.002,56424
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2721305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,1999

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.