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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Jan 14

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Dec 17Jan 14Feb 4 →

Receipts

2,440 head

▲ 1,080 vs last sale 1,360▲ 2,440 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trends due to the holidays and market not recently reported. Trade active with very good demand with good buyer attendance. both ringside and on the internet. CME Feeder cattle futures posted slight 15 to 30 cent gains on Tuesday, with nearby January chasing cash, up $2.25.. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $1.01 from the day prior at $278.31 on January 13.

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 $345.50/cwt on 244 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −79.54 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$345.50

244 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$32.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+3.05 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	358.96	1,956	143
Small and Medium 1-2	547	326.45	1,786	101

One grade step is worth $32.51/cwt here — about $169 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 sale244 hd

345.50

—

WA average1 barns · 244 hd

345.50

+0.00

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+3.05

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−79.54

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

38 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	406.40/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,760	14
Steers	400–450	Small and Medium 1-2	442	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,437	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	391.86/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,818	76
Steers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	541	328.14/cwt	324.00–342.50	1,775	85
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	362.05/cwt	357.50–362.50	1,962	125
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	564	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,904	18
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	580	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,842	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	316.23/cwt	304.00–323.00	2,008	259
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	21
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	673	281.91/cwt	276.00–294.00	1,897	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	677	314.17/cwt	305.00–325.00	2,127	123
Steers	700–750	Large 2-3	702	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,902	32
Steers	700–750	Large 1	705	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,164	25
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	707	285.09/cwt	276.00–289.00	2,016	115
Steers	750–800	Large 2-3	756	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,003	13
Steers	750–800	Large 1-2	768	262.20/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,014	28
Steers	750–800	Large 1	776	286.75/cwt	286.00–288.00	2,225	142
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	797	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,865	6
Steers	800–850	Large 1	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	86
Steers	850–900	Large 1	868	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,222	10
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	872	239.74/cwt	239.00–240.50	2,091	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	872	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,945	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	435	362.63/cwt	360.00–365.00	1,577	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	353.48/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,697	72
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	324.63/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,685	44
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 1-2	519	311.71/cwt	310.00–312.00	1,618	79
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	557	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,782	91
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	563	295.38/cwt	282.50–305.00	1,663	48
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 2-3	584	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,518	10
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	612	283.14/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,733	55
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 2-3	617	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,666	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	311.68/cwt	302.50–314.00	1,942	111
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 1-2	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	273.87/cwt	269.00–278.00	1,821	96
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	713	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,939	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3	736	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,748	6
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	7
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	775	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,841	19

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 Jan 14, 2025

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Receipts 2,440Last week 1,360Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	700–750	713	272.00	272.00
19	750–800	775	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	500–550	519	310.00–312.00	311.71
48	550–600	563	282.50–305.00	295.38
55	600–650	612	260.00–290.00	283.14
13	650–700	658	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	749	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	584	260.00	260.00
7	600–650	617	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	435	360.00–365.00	362.63
72	450–500	480	352.50–362.50	353.48
44	500–550	519	317.50–330.00	324.63
91	550–600	557	320.00	320.00
111	600–650	623	302.50–314.00	311.68
96	650–700	665	269.00–278.00	273.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	736	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	442	325.00	325.00
85	500–550	541	324.00–342.50	328.14
16	550–600	580	317.50	317.50
21	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
25	650–700	673	276.00–294.00	281.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	702	271.00	271.00
13	750–800	756	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
115	700–750	707	276.00–289.00	285.09
28	750–800	768	260.00–265.00	262.20
22	850–900	872	239.00–240.50	239.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	433	400.00–410.00	406.40
76	450–500	464	380.00–397.50	391.86
125	500–550	542	357.50–362.50	362.05
18	550–600	564	337.50	337.50
259	600–650	635	304.00–323.00	316.23
123	650–700	677	305.00–325.00	314.17
6	750–800	797	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	705	307.00	307.00
142	750–800	776	286.00–288.00	286.75
86	800–850	800	280.00	280.00
10	850–900	868	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	872	223.00	223.00

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.