Western Video Market Livestock Video/Internet Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

89 lots covering 11,829 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Sep, Sep-Oct, Oct, Oct-Nov, Nov, Nov-Dec, Dec 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 North Central region at 51%, with 48% out of the West and 1% from the South Central region. Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the last sale day, up to and including September 26, 2023.

Current delivery

15 lots · 2,032 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	244.00/cwt	244.00	North Central	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	780	235.00/cwt	235.00	West	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	256.00/cwt	256.00	West	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	810	262.50/cwt	262.50	North Central	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	900–950	900	255.00/cwt	255.00	West	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	278.00/cwt	278.00	West	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	306.00/cwt	306.00	West	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00	West	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	269.00/cwt	269.00	West	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	850–900	850	249.00/cwt	249.00	West	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	825	262.00/cwt	262.00	West	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	278.00/cwt	278.00	West	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	236.00/cwt	236.00	West	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	236.50/cwt	236.50	North Central	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	865	242.87/cwt	237.00–247.00	North Central	563

Jan delivery

7 lots · 760 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	550	294.00/cwt	294.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	480	310.00/cwt	310.00	North Central	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	530	336.00/cwt	336.00	North Central	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	735	268.00/cwt	268.00	North Central	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	860	255.00/cwt	255.00	North Central	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	750	269.50/cwt	269.50	North Central	135

Sep delivery

5 lots · 544 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	935	225.00/cwt	225.00	North Central	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	725	251.00/cwt	251.00	North Central	73
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,100	2,400.00/cwt	2,400.00	West	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	262.00/cwt	262.00	West	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	800	267.00/cwt	267.00	West	62

Sep-Oct delivery

2 lots · 202 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	740	266.00/cwt	266.00	North Central	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00	West	135

Oct delivery

20 lots · 3,215 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	241.50/cwt	241.50	North Central	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	935	236.00/cwt	236.00	North Central	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	264.50/cwt	264.50	West	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	700–750	710	247.00/cwt	247.00	West	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	575	260.50/cwt	260.50	North Central	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	274.00/cwt	274.00	South Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	290.00/cwt	290.00	South Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	640	287.00/cwt	287.00	South Central	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	270.00/cwt	270.00	West	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	875	268.00/cwt	268.00	West	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	800	249.00/cwt	249.00	West	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	650–700	660	237.00/cwt	237.00	West	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	650–700	665	249.00/cwt	249.00	West	570
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	239.00/cwt	239.00	North Central	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	585	276.50/cwt	276.50	North Central	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	305.55/cwt	303.00–308.00	North Central	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	321.43/cwt	310.50–326.00	North Central	278
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	657	300.33/cwt	300.00–301.00	North Central	510
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	320.00/cwt	320.00	North Central	95

Oct-Nov delivery

10 lots · 1,317 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	750–800	760	247.00/cwt	247.00	West	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	294.50/cwt	294.50	North Central	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	700–750	740	239.00/cwt	239.00	West	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,275	2,425.00/cwt	2,425.00	North Central	42
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,275	2,450.00/cwt	2,450.00	North Central	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	311.42/cwt	305.00–313.50	North Central	605
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	276.00/cwt	276.00	North Central	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	328.00/cwt	328.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	309.50/cwt	309.50	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	308.00/cwt	308.00	North Central	100

Nov delivery

15 lots · 2,391 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	285.00/cwt	285.00	West	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	315.00/cwt	315.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	279.50/cwt	279.50	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	760	243.00/cwt	243.00	West	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	600	269.00/cwt	269.00	West	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	353.00/cwt	353.00	West	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	285.84/cwt	285.50–286.00	West	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	575	254.00/cwt	254.00	West	30
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,025	2,412.50/cwt	2,400.00–2,425.00	North Central	176
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,050	2,575.00/cwt	2,575.00	North Central	50
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	2,275.00/cwt	2,275.00	North Central	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	351.24/cwt	340.00–359.50	North Central	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	331.00/cwt	331.00	North Central	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	321.97/cwt	310.00–332.00	North Central	550
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	311.00/cwt	311.00	North Central	90

Nov-Dec delivery

5 lots · 664 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	500	302.00/cwt	302.00	West	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	675	294.50/cwt	294.50	North Central	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	490	284.00/cwt	284.00	West	44
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,000	2,493.75/cwt	2,475.00–2,550.00	North Central	232
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	2,700.00/cwt	2,700.00	North Central	168

Dec delivery

10 lots · 704 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	575	263.00/cwt	263.00	North Central	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	264.00/cwt	264.00	North Central	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	540	279.00/cwt	279.00	West	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	575	268.00/cwt	268.00	West	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00	West	41
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,000	2,550.00/cwt	2,550.00	North Central	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	2,550.00/cwt	2,550.00	North Central	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	282.00/cwt	282.00	North Central	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	690	273.00/cwt	273.00	North Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	635	283.00/cwt	283.00	North Central	45

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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