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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Name: Toppenish Livestock Commission livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Feb 25

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230

← Feb 4Feb 25Mar 25 →

Receipts

1,640 head

▼ 325 vs last sale 1,965▲ 1,640 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 week's ago Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle steady to 6.00 higher, 700 wt steers 4.00-5.00 lower. CME Futures Feeders were again the bullish leaders, up another $1.75 to $2 on the day. CME's Feeder Cattle Index was another 7 cents higher on February 24, taking the index to $279.44. Trade very active with very good demand and good buyer attendance.

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 $361.76/cwt on 134 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −63.28 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.

Average price

$361.76

134 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,049

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$31.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs WA average

+13.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	368.37	2,066	106
Small and Medium 1-2	587	336.77	1,977	28

One grade step is worth $31.60/cwt here — about $89 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale134 hd

361.76

—

WA average1 barns · 134 hd

361.76

+0.00

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+13.52

This barn, trailing median8 sales

425.05

−63.28

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

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	390	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,502	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	383.07/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,854	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	384.00/cwt	372.50–385.50	2,024	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	357.27/cwt	350.00–364.00	2,090	62
Steers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	587	336.77/cwt	325.00–347.00	1,977	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	331.29/cwt	327.00–340.50	2,057	277
Steers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	645	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,941	10
Steers	650–700	Small and Medium 2-3	654	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,034	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	333.02/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,225	123
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Full	681	305.30/cwt	305.00–305.50	2,079	83
Steers	700–750	Large 1-2	722	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,007	30
Steers	700–750	Large 1	735	294.06/cwt	285.00–295.00	2,161	241
Steers	750–800	Large 1	757	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,218	11
Steers	850–900	Large 1	871	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,934	6
Steers	900–950	Large 1	920	236.76/cwt	223.50–247.50	2,178	34
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,089	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,069	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Small and Medium 2-3	423	330.59/cwt	330.00–331.00	1,398	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,606	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	349.54/cwt	340.00–363.50	1,667	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	334.65/cwt	329.00–337.00	1,764	85
Heifers	500–550	Small and Medium 2-3	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	5
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 2-3	552	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,568	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	315.69/cwt	298.00–332.50	1,806	22
Heifers	550–600	Small and Medium 1-2	590	292.28/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,724	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,953	56
Heifers	600–650	Small and Medium 1-2	629	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,679	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	295.89/cwt	280.00–299.00	1,897	85
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	292.29/cwt	284.75–309.00	1,944	41
Heifers	650–700	Small and Medium 2-3	678	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,688	15
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	714	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,928	5
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	748	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,892	8
Heifers	750–800	Large 1	790	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,015	10
Heifers	850–900	Large 1	876	240.27/cwt	240.00–241.00	2,105	26
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,008	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,996	6

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 Feb 25, 2025

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

Receipts 1,640Last week 1,965Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	714	270.00	270.00
10	750–800	790	255.00	255.00
26	850–900	876	240.00–241.00	240.27
6	1000–1050	1,008	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	446	360.00	360.00
12	450–500	477	340.00–363.50	349.54
85	500–550	527	329.00–337.00	334.65
22	550–600	572	298.00–332.50	315.69
85	600–650	641	280.00–299.00	295.89
41	650–700	665	284.75–309.00	292.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	423	330.00–331.00	330.59
5	500–550	535	300.00	300.00
10	550–600	552	284.00	284.00
15	650–700	678	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	590	285.00–295.00	292.28
13	600–650	629	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	600–650	618	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	748	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	390	385.00	385.00
39	450–500	484	380.00–397.50	383.07
44	500–550	527	372.50–385.50	384.00
62	550–600	585	350.00–364.00	357.27
277	600–650	621	327.00–340.50	331.29
123	650–700	668	325.00–345.00	333.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	700–750	735	285.00–295.00	294.06
11	750–800	757	293.00	293.00
6	850–900	871	222.00	222.00
34	900–950	920	223.50–247.50	236.76
7	1050–1100	1,089	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	587	325.00–347.00	336.77
10	600–650	645	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
83	650–700	681	305.00–305.50	305.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	654	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	700–750	722	278.00	278.00

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.