Sale reports / Washington / Toppenish Livestock Commission / 2025-11-04

Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Nov 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
Receipts
1,850 head
▲ 160 vs last sale 1,690▲ 1,850 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, stocker and feeder cattle 4.00-12.00 higher. Feeder cattle closed the Tuesday session with contracts down $7.30 to $7.60. The CME Feeder Cattle Index was back up $3.46 to $346.79 on November 3. Trade very active with very good demand and good buyer attendance.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $417.68/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −7.36 against this barn's trailing median of $425.05.
Average price
$417.68
257 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$473
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2
$73.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.52
vs WA average
−1.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2550423.702,329236
Small and Medium 1-2530350.131,85621
One grade step is worth $73.57/cwt here — about $473 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 sale257 hd
417.68
—
WA average2 barns · 268 hd
417.16
+0.52
National average195 barns · 36,957 hd
419.10
−1.42
This barn, trailing median8 sales
425.05
−7.36
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

48 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2352540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,90110
Steers350–400Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned393470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,8475
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2406520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,11117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned410490.94/cwt480.00–505.002,01314
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2428470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0126
Steers400–450Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned435437.25/cwt410.00–470.001,90218
Steers400–450Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned447360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,60916
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,19014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned468411.07/cwt405.00–420.001,92435
Steers450–500Small and Medium 1-2480435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,08810
Steers450–500Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned496290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4388
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2514448.01/cwt442.50–451.002,30371
Steers500–550Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned530350.13/cwt337.50–390.001,85621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned532430.42/cwt406.00–447.002,29053
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580405.58/cwt400.00–418.002,35297
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned585402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,35215
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625390.00/cwt380.00–393.002,438143
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned630378.24/cwt365.00–392.502,38344
Steers600–650Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned648341.50/cwt341.50–341.502,2136
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned681325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,21314
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2682364.64/cwt357.00–376.002,48795
Steers700–750Large 1724349.25/cwt347.00–351.002,52982
Steers750–800Large 1755353.73/cwt347.00–359.002,67143
Steers800–850Large 1834330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,7527
Steers950–1000Large 1-2978235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,2988
Steers950–1000Large 1980292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,86229
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2350511.00/cwt511.00–511.001,78921
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9699
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned430388.08/cwt385.00–390.001,66920
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 1-2436435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,8978
Heifers400–450Small and Medium 2-3Unweaned443320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,4186
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2461443.00/cwt443.00–443.002,04244
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned474418.93/cwt405.00–430.001,98619
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2476410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,95216
Heifers450–500Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned490351.46/cwt345.00–360.001,72233
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned509369.70/cwt365.00–372.001,88227
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537386.58/cwt382.50–392.502,07669
Heifers500–550Small and Medium 1-2548374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,05012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned551376.25/cwt376.00–377.002,07353
Heifers550–600Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned562310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7425
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2583352.68/cwt337.00–367.002,05648
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2616356.45/cwt351.00–365.002,19643
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2Unweaned626317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,98810
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned627352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,21033
Heifers600–650Small and Medium 1-2632338.40/cwt337.00–339.002,13927
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650334.20/cwt332.00–337.502,17220
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned659341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,2479
Heifers700–750Large 1733308.40/cwt307.00–310.002,26132

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.