Western Video Market Livestock Video/Internet Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

53 lots covering 7,449 head for delivery across Current, Jan-Feb, Feb, Feb-Mar, Mar, Mar-Apr, Apr, May to 3 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Buyer demand and interest was good. Majority of the video auction came from the West at 94%, with 5% out of South Central region and 1% out of the North Central region. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the last sale day, up to and including February 9, 2023. The next sale is scheduled for March 2, 2023.

Current delivery

27 lots · 3,537 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	192.00/cwt	192.00	North Central	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	615	203.00/cwt	203.00	West	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	240.00/cwt	240.00	West	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	251.00/cwt	251.00	West	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00	West	39
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,250	2,324.56/cwt	2,225.00–2,475.00	West	113
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,250	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00	West	60
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	1,725.00/cwt	1,725.00	West	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,350	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00	West	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	209.00/cwt	209.00	West	150
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	1,770.27/cwt	1,725.00–1,810.00	West	169
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,100	3,200.00/cwt	3,200.00	West	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	600–650	640	179.71/cwt	174.00–186.00	West	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2NHTC	500–550	533	189.82/cwt	187.00–191.00	West	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	575	186.00/cwt	186.00	West	83
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,200	2,325.00/cwt	2,325.00	West	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	192.00/cwt	192.00	West	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	685	190.00/cwt	190.00	West	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	562	211.50/cwt	211.00–213.00	West	338
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	565	210.00/cwt	210.00	West	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	720	182.00/cwt	182.00	West	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	525	237.00/cwt	237.00	West	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	600	210.00/cwt	210.00	West	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	568	222.35/cwt	221.00–223.00	West	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	600–650	630	179.00/cwt	179.00	West	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	575	213.00/cwt	213.00	West	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	513	225.47/cwt	218.00–241.00	West	285

Jan-Feb delivery

7 lots · 532 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	825	175.50/cwt	175.50	West	225
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,400	1,780.00/cwt	1,750.00–1,800.00	West	30
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,350	1,700.00/cwt	1,700.00	West	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,350	2,000.00/cwt	2,000.00	West	16
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,350	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00	West	35
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	775	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00	West	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	775	169.00/cwt	169.00	West	180

Feb delivery

9 lots · 1,146 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	810	175.00/cwt	175.00	West	65
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,150	2,400.00/cwt	2,400.00	West	35
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,000	2,000.00/cwt	1,950.00–2,050.00	West	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	450–500	450	238.50/cwt	238.50	West	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	590	186.00/cwt	186.00	West	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	660	201.00/cwt	201.00	West	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	515	259.00/cwt	259.00	West	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	187.00/cwt	187.00	West	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	450	262.50/cwt	262.50	West	105

Feb-Mar delivery

2 lots · 915 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	625	186.00/cwt	186.00	West	315
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	750	196.00/cwt	196.00	West	600

Mar delivery

4 lots · 434 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,025	2,450.00/cwt	2,450.00	North Central	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,300	2,425.00/cwt	2,425.00	West	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	176.00/cwt	176.00	West	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	830	176.90/cwt	176.00–178.00	West	316

Mar-Apr delivery

1 lot · 760 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	760	171.00/cwt	171.00	South Central	760

Apr delivery

2 lots · 110 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,050	2,750.00/cwt	2,750.00	West	40
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,275	2,560.00/cwt	2,560.00	West	70

May delivery

1 lot · 15 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,275	2,950.00/cwt	2,950.00	West	15

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them

Region	States
North Central	CO, IA, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY
South Central	KS, MO, NM, OK, TX
West	AZ, CA, ID, NV, OR, UT, WA

Source: USDA AMS · St Joseph, MO. Prices are as filed, F.O.B. at origin, with the buyer taking freight — they are not comparable to a spot ring price and never enter a barn average. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold. Delivery months differ between lots; a price for one month is not a price for another. Head is summed from the lots as reported.

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Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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