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Toppenish Livestock Commission

Feeder Cattle · Toppenish, Washington · Tue, Oct 27
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2230
← Oct 20Oct 27latest
Receipts
1,500 head
▲ 120 vs last sale 1,380▼ 190 vs year ago 1,690 · −11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Tuesday, Stocker steers less than 700 lbs steady to 11.00 lower, over 700 lbs 2.00-16.00 higher. Stocker and feeder heifers 1.00-10.00 higher. 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 $427.19/cwt on 95 head, up $5.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 7 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $427.19.
Average price
$427.19
▲ 5.37 vs prior sale
95 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,372
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−0.52
vs WA average
−9.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2555427.192,37295
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale95 hd
427.19
—
WA average2 barns · 100 hd
427.71
−0.52
National average185 barns · 33,905 hd
436.28
−9.09
This barn, trailing median7 sales
427.19
+0.00
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

7 sales
514479443407median 427.1903/0309/1510/0610/2010/27
Steers 500–600 lb: high $500.43, low $421.21, median $427.19 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

18 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2381500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,9055
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2424410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,7386
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520449.42/cwt449.00–450.002,33733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574415.36/cwt403.00–428.002,38462
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629397.83/cwt390.00–421.002,502179
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674384.17/cwt370.00–392.502,58979
Steers700–750Large 1723375.73/cwt372.50–387.002,71752
Steers750–800Large 1771365.41/cwt349.00–377.752,81797
Steers800–850Large 1836366.00/cwt366.00–366.003,06017
Steers850–900Large 1894324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,89724
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Small and Medium 2-3379430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6309
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471442.43/cwt439.00–446.002,08434
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536372.50/cwt372.50–372.501,99710
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2574364.90/cwt350.00–372.502,095112
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611353.99/cwt352.50–355.002,16361
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2662340.89/cwt339.00–342.502,25724
Heifers700–750Large 1720344.64/cwt330.00–355.002,48132
Heifers750–800Large 1788315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,48241

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.