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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Sep 15

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Mar 3Sep 15Sep 29 →

Receipts

2,124 head

▲ 654 vs last sale 1,470▼ 876 vs year ago 3,000 · −29.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends as this was a Special Carlot Feeder Cattle Sale and BBQ. A sharply lower undertone was noted on stocker and feeder cattle. Feeder cattle futures posted $2.80 to $4 losses on Tuesday. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down 13 cents on September 14 to $341.58. Trade active with good demand.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.74/cwt on 147 head, down $75.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +1.47 against this barn's trailing median of $378.27.

Average price

$379.74

▼ 75.87 vs prior sale

147 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,060

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2

$28.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.33

vs WA average

+25.43 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	392.74	2,071	81
Small and Medium 1-2	561	363.79	2,041	66

One grade step is worth $28.94/cwt here — about $30 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 sale147 hd

379.74

—

WA average2 barns · 175 hd

367.41

+12.33

National average171 barns · 9,246 hd

354.31

+25.43

This barn, trailing median8 sales

378.27

+1.47

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.61, low $363.31, median $378.27 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

57 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	377	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	1,957	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,127	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	434	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,910	6
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 1-2	441	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,095	6
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned	444	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,598	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,288	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	454	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,043	15
Steers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	499	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,295	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	446.55/cwt	430.00–455.00	2,335	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	544	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,312	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	415.96/cwt	400.00–431.50	2,383	104
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	415.66/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,390	24
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	579	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,200	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	399.33/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,492	52
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	642	383.51/cwt	370.00–387.00	2,462	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	673	402.49/cwt	386.00–414.00	2,709	138
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	674	376.41/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,537	70
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	675	379.01/cwt	372.00–387.50	2,558	30
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	721	347.12/cwt	335.00–360.00	2,503	33
Steers	700–750	Large 1	723	376.93/cwt	375.00–380.00	2,725	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,536	5
Steers	750–800	Large 1	786	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,755	8
Steers	800–850	Large 1	816	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,860	9
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	825	335.10/cwt	334.00–336.00	2,765	13
Steers	850–900	Large 1	865	333.79/cwt	332.50–335.00	2,887	46
Steers	900–950	Large 1	936	305.24/cwt	293.00–325.00	2,857	31
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	985	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,709	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,841	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	412	457.76/cwt	447.50–474.00	1,886	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	417	459.27/cwt	442.00–475.00	1,915	11
Heifers	400–450	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	444	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,900	17
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2	476	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,856	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	408.48/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,981	41
Heifers	450–500	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	494	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,902	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	499	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,033	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	517	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,913	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	396.92/cwt	395.00–402.50	2,060	54
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	538	373.72/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,011	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,165	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	556	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,141	9
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	574	358.12/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,056	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	618	376.25/cwt	365.00–392.00	2,325	131
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	629	379.22/cwt	370.00–384.00	2,385	88
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	630	351.07/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,212	19
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned	631	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,038	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	369.17/cwt	367.00–374.00	2,429	48
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	661	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,231	13
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	665	338.13/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,249	29
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	21
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	732	353.53/cwt	344.00–360.00	2,588	15
Heifers	750–800	Large 1-2	774	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,496	9
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	786	346.21/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,721	147
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3	791	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,405	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	801	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,363	11
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	822	318.35/cwt	317.00–320.00	2,617	50
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	897	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,736	15
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1	982	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,809	13

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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Receipts 2,124Last week 1,470Year ago 3,000

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	705	340.00	340.00
9	750–800	774	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	465.00	465.00
23	400–450	412	447.50–474.00	457.76
41	450–500	485	400.00–420.00	408.48
54	500–550	519	395.00–402.50	396.92
11	550–600	551	393.00	393.00
88	600–650	629	370.00–384.00	379.22
48	650–700	658	367.00–374.00	369.17
11	800–850	801	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	732	344.00–360.00	353.53
147	750–800	786	330.00–349.00	346.21
50	800–850	822	317.00–320.00	318.35
15	850–900	897	305.00	305.00
13	950–1000	982	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	390.00	390.00
24	500–550	538	370.00–380.00	373.72
42	550–600	574	355.00–360.00	358.12
19	600–650	630	344.00–355.00	351.07
29	650–700	665	335.00–340.00	338.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	444	428.00	428.00
10	450–500	494	385.00	385.00
7	600–650	631	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	417	442.00–475.00	459.27
8	450–500	499	407.50	407.50
7	500–550	517	370.00	370.00
9	550–600	556	385.00	385.00
131	600–650	618	365.00–392.00	376.25
13	650–700	661	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	791	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
62	700–750	723	375.00–380.00	376.93
8	750–800	786	350.50	350.50
9	800–850	816	350.50	350.50
46	850–900	865	332.50–335.00	333.79
31	900–950	936	293.00–325.00	305.24
5	950–1000	985	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	700–750	721	335.00–360.00	347.12
13	800–850	825	334.00–336.00	335.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	512.50	512.50
9	450–500	453	505.00	505.00
37	500–550	523	430.00–455.00	446.55
104	550–600	573	400.00–431.50	415.96
52	600–650	624	395.00–400.00	399.33
138	650–700	673	386.00–414.00	402.49
5	700–750	746	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	444	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	441	475.00	475.00
5	450–500	499	460.00	460.00
7	550–600	579	380.00	380.00
30	650–700	675	372.00–387.50	379.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	377	519.00	519.00
6	400–450	434	440.00	440.00
15	450–500	454	450.00	450.00
8	500–550	544	425.00	425.00
24	550–600	575	410.00–417.50	415.66
43	600–650	642	370.00–387.00	383.51
70	650–700	674	370.00–391.00	376.41

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.