Western Video Market Livestock Video/Internet Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

108 lots covering 21,531 head for delivery across Current, May, May-Jun, Jun, Jun-Jul to 3 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*FINAL REPORT*

Compared to the last sale: Not enough Current trades last sale to compare with, however a higher undertone was noted. Buyer demand and interest was very good. Majority of the video auction came from the West at 99% and a combined 1% out of the North Central and South Central regions. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the last sale day, up to and including May 18, 2023. The next sale is scheduled for May 25, 2023.

Current delivery

47 lots · 7,051 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,050	3,275.00/cwt	3,275.00	West	34
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,214	3,045.32/cwt	2,750.00–3,400.00	South Central	74
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,288	2,771.76/cwt	2,700.00–2,850.00	South Central	71
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,338	2,574.77/cwt	2,550.00–2,600.00	South Central	74
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,300	2,700.00/cwt	2,700.00	West	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,200	3,600.00/cwt	3,600.00	West	50
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,300	3,275.00/cwt	3,275.00	West	32
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	2,650.00/cwt	2,650.00	West	36
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,300	3,107.69/cwt	3,000.00–3,200.00	West	130
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,300	2,000.00/cwt	2,000.00	West	30
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,300	2,312.50/cwt	2,100.00–2,525.00	West	60
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	2,750.00/cwt	2,750.00	West	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	223.00/cwt	223.00	West	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	235.00/cwt	220.00–250.00	West	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	980	240.00/cwt	240.00	West	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	990	190.00/cwt	190.00	West	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	253.00/cwt	253.00	West	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	264.00/cwt	264.00	West	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00	West	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	221.00/cwt	221.00	West	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	1000–1050	1,000	165.00/cwt	165.00	West	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	950–1000	950	180.00/cwt	180.00	West	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	770	189.00/cwt	189.00	West	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	903	179.28/cwt	164.50–186.00	West	174
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	780	214.00/cwt	214.00	West	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	210.00/cwt	210.00	West	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	500	306.00/cwt	306.00	West	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	765	212.00/cwt	212.00	West	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	415	340.00/cwt	340.00	West	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	803	214.83/cwt	204.00–216.00	West	596
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	215.00/cwt	215.00	West	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	875	231.86/cwt	212.00–242.00	West	159
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	575	231.50/cwt	231.50	West	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	813	214.96/cwt	209.50–247.00	West	1,690
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	990	184.00/cwt	184.00	West	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	940	238.00/cwt	238.00	West	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	760	204.00/cwt	204.00	West	580
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00	West	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	490	275.00/cwt	275.00	West	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00	West	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	785	205.50/cwt	205.50	West	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	700	180.00/cwt	180.00	West	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	795	196.00/cwt	196.00	West	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3None	800–850	820	141.00/cwt	141.00	West	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	197.00/cwt	197.00	North Central	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	660	226.00/cwt	226.00	West	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	520	242.00/cwt	242.00	West	95

May delivery

32 lots · 8,710 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	675	227.00/cwt	227.00	West	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	210.00/cwt	210.00	West	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	233.00/cwt	233.00	West	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	202.50/cwt	202.50	West	240
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,150	3,400.00/cwt	3,400.00	West	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	750–800	760	210.00/cwt	210.00	West	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	675	246.50/cwt	246.50	West	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	650–700	690	171.00/cwt	171.00	West	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	247.27/cwt	236.00–265.00	West	596
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	779	230.55/cwt	215.00–233.25	West	874
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	219.60/cwt	214.00–262.00	West	1,991
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	975	190.00/cwt	190.00	West	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	251.80/cwt	246.00–259.00	West	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	214.50/cwt	214.50	West	290
Steers	Medium and Large 2None	550–600	560	168.00/cwt	168.00	West	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	885	211.00/cwt	211.00	West	700
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	834	212.65/cwt	208.00–215.50	West	1,170
Steers	Medium and Large 2None	900–950	900	151.00/cwt	151.00	West	56
Steers	Medium and Large 2None	600–650	635	179.00/cwt	179.00	West	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	650	260.00/cwt	260.00	West	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	766	218.55/cwt	211.50–232.00	West	370
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	550–600	585	161.00/cwt	161.00	West	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00	West	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	590	234.50/cwt	234.50	West	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	218.00/cwt	218.00	West	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	195.00/cwt	195.00	West	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	627	237.01/cwt	230.00–241.00	West	236
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	213.00/cwt	213.00	West	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	256.00/cwt	256.00	West	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	910	171.00/cwt	171.00	West	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 2None	600–650	620	164.00/cwt	164.00	West	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 2None	500–550	515	171.00/cwt	171.00	West	93

May-Jun delivery

8 lots · 1,933 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,200	3,200.00/cwt	3,200.00	West	72
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,225	2,700.00/cwt	2,700.00	West	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	240.28/cwt	235.00–246.00	West	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	211.00/cwt	211.00	West	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	217.50/cwt	217.50	West	534
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	213.00/cwt	213.00	West	540
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	840	200.00/cwt	200.00	West	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	226.00/cwt	226.00	West	78

Jun delivery

18 lots · 3,632 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	740	206.00/cwt	206.00	West	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	715	204.00/cwt	204.00	West	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	535	268.00/cwt	268.00	West	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	810	219.00/cwt	219.00	West	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	207.00/cwt	207.00	West	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	965	237.00/cwt	237.00	West	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	690	230.00/cwt	230.00	West	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	810	190.00/cwt	190.00	West	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	780	216.00/cwt	216.00	West	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	810	211.00/cwt	211.00	West	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	780	219.00/cwt	219.00	West	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	212.40/cwt	210.00–216.00	West	433
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	500	253.00/cwt	253.00	West	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	715	194.00/cwt	194.00	West	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	650–700	680	193.50/cwt	193.50	West	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Mexican Origin	600–650	625	207.25/cwt	205.50–209.00	West	1,200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	231.00/cwt	231.00	West	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00	West	78

Jun-Jul delivery

3 lots · 205 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	214.00/cwt	214.00	West	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	225.00/cwt	225.00	West	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	218.00/cwt	218.00	West	70

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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