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Western Video Market Livestock Video/Internet Auction

California · Cottonwood · Thu, Mar 2
● As filed3,190 headUSDA AMS · slug 3242

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights
25 lots covering 3,190 head for delivery across Current, Mar, Mar-Apr, Apr, Apr-May, Jun. 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 91% 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 March 16, 2023. The next sale is scheduled for April 13, 2023.

Current delivery

12 lots · 1,463 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC650–700660205.50/cwt205.50240
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2NHTC700–750710175.00/cwt175.0047
HeifersMedium and Large 1None400–450415220.00/cwt220.00115
HeifersMedium and Large 1None500–550515210.00/cwt210.00425
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None—1,0971,780.44/cwt1,775.00–1,785.0054
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850830195.00/cwt195.00175
SteersMedium and Large 1Split Loads650–700650214.00/cwt214.0045
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1None—1,2752,050.00/cwt2,050.00140
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC750–800750185.00/cwt185.0067
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC700–750700200.00/cwt200.0070
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None850–900850162.00/cwt162.0050
HeifersMedium and Large 1Split Loads600–650600199.00/cwt199.0035

Mar delivery

7 lots · 1,049 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None750–800773169.21/cwt169.00–170.00317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None800–850816175.44/cwt175.00–177.00322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Split Loads800–850825177.00/cwt177.0048
SteersMedium and Large 1None700–750740189.00/cwt189.00220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None850–900850172.00/cwt172.0065
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None900–950900170.00/cwt170.0065
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Split Loads700–750725167.00/cwt167.0012

Mar-Apr delivery

1 lot · 60 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None800–850830172.00/cwt172.0060

Apr delivery

2 lots · 408 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850840199.50/cwt199.50188
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850830197.00/cwt197.00220

Apr-May delivery

1 lot · 75 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850800190.00/cwt190.0075

Jun delivery

2 lots · 135 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC850–900850186.00/cwt186.0070
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC900–950900190.00/cwt190.0065

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them
RegionStates
WestAZ, 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.