Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2026-02-10

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Feb 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
2,910 head
▲ 550 vs last sale 2,360▲ 2,910 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last report in Jan. 2026, stocker and feeder cattle 2.00-10.00 higher. Supply offered today mostly hay and backgrounded wintered steers and heifers. Feeder cattle futures were $1 to $2.67 lower on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down 83 cents to $373.83 on February 6. Trade active with 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 $494.39/cwt on 245 head. That ranks 8 of 8 comparable sales and sits +69.34 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$494.39
245 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,773
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$543
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$104.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.37
vs WA average
+16.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555504.502,799174
Small and Medium 1-2578482.362,78860
Small and Medium 2-3564400.002,25611thin
One grade step is worth $104.50/cwt here — about $543 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale245 hd
494.39
—
WA average2 barns · 255 hd
494.02
+0.37
National average184 barns · 16,706 hd
478.39
+16.00
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
+69.34
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

40 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2468571.58/cwt560.00–590.002,67543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2544504.60/cwt497.50–510.002,74557
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560504.45/cwt490.00–530.002,825117
Steers550–600Small and Medium 2-3564400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,25611
Steers550–600Small and Medium 1-2578482.36/cwt480.00–484.002,78860
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2609425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,58810
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629452.24/cwt439.00–464.002,845426
Steers650–700Small and Medium 2-3653327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,13917
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2663433.86/cwt425.00–440.002,876211
Steers650–700Small and Medium 1-2679340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,30914
Steers700–750Large 1717413.52/cwt389.00–423.002,965284
Steers700–750Large 2-3717360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,58117
Steers700–750Large 1-2742386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,8648
Steers750–800Large 2-3757336.00/cwt336.00–336.002,54411
Steers750–800Large 1762377.66/cwt372.50–385.002,87891
Steers750–800Large 1-2768361.61/cwt361.00–364.002,77725
Steers800–850Large 1812362.87/cwt360.00–376.002,94750
Steers850–900Large 1861365.97/cwt365.00–369.003,15165
Steers900–950Large 1924359.00/cwt359.00–359.003,31711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467493.51/cwt492.50–495.002,30512
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2487460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,24012
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2531410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1776
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539446.67/cwt439.00–470.002,40828
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2553447.07/cwt442.00–454.002,47250
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 2-3566330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8689
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2575419.98/cwt387.50–435.002,41572
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625412.26/cwt406.00–430.002,57779
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2632388.13/cwt386.00–391.002,45396
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 2-3643340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,18612
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662412.71/cwt375.00–430.002,732169
Heifers650–700Small and Medium 1-2679352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3939
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3690335.03/cwt330.00–340.002,31216
Heifers700–750Large 1720396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,85136
Heifers700–750Large 1-2722362.14/cwt350.00–373.002,615149
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2761370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,8167
Heifers750–800Large 1762373.50/cwt373.50–373.502,84629
Heifers800–850Large 1838351.14/cwt350.00–352.002,94337
Heifers850–900Large 1887340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0168
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers750–800Large 2-3779310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,41510
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Large 2-3731338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,47117

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.