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Western Video Market Livestock Video/Internet Auction

California · Cottonwood · Thu, Feb 29
● As filed1,614 headUSDA AMS · slug 3242

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights
19 lots covering 1,614 head for delivery across Current, Mar, Mar-Apr, Apr. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Current deliveries are cattle that will deliver up to 14 days from the last sale day, up to and including March 14, 2024

Current delivery

10 lots · 897 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC550–600560301.00/cwt301.0086
HeifersMedium and Large 1None550–600560282.00/cwt282.0085
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2None700–750720234.00/cwt234.00132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None750–800790243.00/cwt243.00124
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650625340.00/cwt340.0075
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700690303.00/cwt303.0085
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700670263.00/cwt263.0070
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added550–600590300.00/cwt300.0080
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added600–650640275.00/cwt275.0090
SteersMedium and Large 1-2None700–750700251.00/cwt251.0070

Mar delivery

6 lots · 358 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850800229.00/cwt229.0062
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added750–800790230.00/cwt230.0065
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1None—1,2253,662.50/cwt3,600.00–3,725.0076
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900850237.50/cwt237.5065
SteersMedium and Large 1Split Loads700–750710261.00/cwt261.0045
HeifersMedium and Large 1Split Loads650–700660251.00/cwt251.0045

Mar-Apr delivery

2 lots · 249 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added800–850825247.00/cwt247.00180
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC850–900860239.00/cwt239.0069

Apr delivery

1 lot · 110 head
ClassGradeWeightEst. wtPriceRangeHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1NHTC850–900850232.50/cwt232.50110

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.