Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2026-11-03

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Nov 3
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
← Oct 27Nov 3latest
Receipts
1,610 head
▲ 110 vs last sale 1,500▼ 240 vs year ago 1,850 · −13.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday stocker and feeder cattle steady to 13.00 lower. Feeder cattle futures were down $2.80 to $4.35 at the close. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back down $1.68 on November 2 to $348.78. 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 $407.88/cwt on 191 head, down $19.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −17.17 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$407.88
▼ 19.32 vs prior sale
191 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,305
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$149
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 2-3
$13.66/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs WA average
−0.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2566408.662,314180
Small and Medium 2-3548395.002,16511thin
One grade step is worth $13.66/cwt here — about $149 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 sale191 hd
407.88
—
WA average1 barns · 191 hd
407.88
+0.00
National average43 barns · 4,657 hd
408.07
−0.19
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
−17.17
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
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

30 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2359510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,8316
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned394485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,9116
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned429485.91/cwt472.50–500.002,08512
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475437.98/cwt435.00–440.002,08032
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484456.38/cwt437.50–465.002,20947
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned526365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9206
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531428.32/cwt420.00–435.002,27454
Steers500–550Small and Medium 2-3548395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,16511
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584402.00/cwt392.50–424.002,348120
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2614383.12/cwt377.50–396.002,352129
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2628340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1358
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned637365.21/cwt340.00–374.002,32638
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned682339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,3127
Steers700–750Large 1726361.83/cwt360.00–369.502,627220
Steers700–750Large 1-2746325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,42514
Steers750–800Large 1-2752320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,40616
Steers750–800Large 1753344.63/cwt320.00–359.002,59565
Steers900–950Large 1910270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4576
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2409438.50/cwt430.00–448.001,79321
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned434407.84/cwt405.00–410.001,77014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480398.08/cwt387.50–404.001,91150
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532371.84/cwt360.00–390.001,97887
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned549330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564353.65/cwt335.00–365.001,99523
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2584344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,00910
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612344.90/cwt340.00–349.002,111116
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned614323.76/cwt321.00–327.001,98811
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned641315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,01923
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2659330.50/cwt320.00–335.002,17837
Heifers700–750Large 1729307.76/cwt302.50–310.002,24424

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.