Northern Livestock Video/Internet Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

171 lots covering 68,219 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Jan-Feb, Feb, Feb-Mar, Mar, Mar-Apr, Apr, Apr-May, May, Jun to 3 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The Northern Livestock Video Auction held their 25th annual Diamond Ring Ranch Sale on January 8th, 2021 with near 70,000 head on offer. Trade activity was mostly moderate to active. Demand was moderate for early delivered heavy weight cattle and good to very good for late delivered cattle suitable to run on grass. Value added consignments sold on very good demand throughout the sale. Value added cattle are cattle enrolled in two or more 3rd party verified programs, otherwise cattle are tagged with the program in which they are enrolled. Demand for replacement heifers was good to very good.

Current delivery

47 lots · 13,892 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	825	143.00/cwt	143.00	North Central	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	600	161.00/cwt	161.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	770	150.00/cwt	150.00	North Central	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	180.00/cwt	180.00	North Central	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	178.00/cwt	178.00	North Central	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	147.59/cwt	147.00–148.25	North Central	420
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	141.00/cwt	141.00	West	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	176.00/cwt	176.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	177.00/cwt	177.00	North Central	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	148.75/cwt	148.75	North Central	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	760	135.00/cwt	135.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	864	137.21/cwt	133.75–138.50	North Central	530
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	617	158.01/cwt	154.00–161.50	North Central	683
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	765	140.81/cwt	136.00–145.00	North Central	809
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	716	143.39/cwt	140.00–150.00	North Central	885
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	829	137.79/cwt	132.00–140.50	North Central	977
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	583	167.10/cwt	159.00–175.00	North Central	1,427
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	495	187.00/cwt	187.00	North Central	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	770	139.00/cwt	139.00	West	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	129.50/cwt	129.50	North Central	382
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	904	133.24/cwt	130.50–134.00	North Central	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	673	149.07/cwt	147.50–154.00	North Central	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	514	182.25/cwt	175.00–184.75	North Central	467
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	640	143.50/cwt	143.50	West	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	529	154.19/cwt	151.00–159.00	North Central	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	600–650	625	142.00/cwt	142.00	North Central	625
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	630	142.00/cwt	142.00	North Central	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	132.01/cwt	129.75–133.00	North Central	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	129.65/cwt	129.00–130.00	North Central	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	558	149.21/cwt	144.00–152.50	North Central	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	664	139.88/cwt	136.50–142.50	North Central	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	758	132.98/cwt	129.00–134.50	North Central	298
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	158.00/cwt	158.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	510	166.00/cwt	166.00	North Central	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	550–600	586	157.37/cwt	155.00–159.00	North Central	510
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,100	1,537.81/cwt	1,475.00–1,585.00	North Central	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	850–900	850	132.00/cwt	132.00	North Central	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	750–800	770	137.50/cwt	137.50	North Central	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	500–550	500	192.00/cwt	192.00	North Central	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	607	163.93/cwt	161.00–165.00	North Central	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	970	135.00/cwt	135.00	North Central	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	166.00/cwt	166.00	North Central	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	169.25/cwt	166.00–173.00	North Central	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	800–850	825	127.00/cwt	127.00	North Central	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	720	129.50/cwt	129.50	North Central	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	168.00/cwt	168.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	164.00/cwt	164.00	North Central	210

Jan delivery

21 lots · 4,556 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	667	160.56/cwt	149.50–169.50	North Central	558
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	900	132.00/cwt	132.00	North Central	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	600–650	600	131.00/cwt	131.00	West	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	823	137.04/cwt	136.50–137.50	North Central	1,045
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	855	136.71/cwt	132.25–138.00	North Central	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	708	142.31/cwt	140.00–144.50	North Central	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	775	141.50/cwt	141.50	North Central	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	136.00/cwt	136.00	West	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	668	149.96/cwt	146.00–154.50	North Central	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	133.00/cwt	133.00	North Central	700
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	610	141.24/cwt	138.50–143.75	North Central	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	740	129.00/cwt	129.00	North Central	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	775	135.50/cwt	135.50	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	130.00/cwt	130.00	West	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	570	167.00/cwt	167.00	North Central	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	720	137.00/cwt	137.00	North Central	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	570	160.00/cwt	160.00	North Central	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	130.75/cwt	130.75	North Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	700	151.50/cwt	151.50	North Central	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	740	129.00/cwt	129.00	North Central	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 4Split Loads	550–600	550	148.00/cwt	148.00	North Central	50

Jan-Feb delivery

12 lots · 2,001 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	194.00/cwt	194.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	185.00/cwt	185.00	North Central	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	151.50/cwt	151.50	North Central	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	700	139.00/cwt	139.00	North Central	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	133.50/cwt	133.50	North Central	576
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	730	145.00/cwt	145.00	North Central	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	923	131.75/cwt	131.25–132.75	North Central	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	655	151.50/cwt	151.50	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	129.50/cwt	129.50	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	635	144.50/cwt	144.50	North Central	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	550	147.50/cwt	147.50	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	780	140.00/cwt	140.00	North Central	75

Feb delivery

24 lots · 11,724 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	700	155.00/cwt	155.00	North Central	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	161.73/cwt	161.00–164.00	North Central	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	640	163.00/cwt	163.00	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	700–750	700	125.50/cwt	125.50	North Central	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	860	122.50/cwt	122.50	West	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	760	127.00/cwt	127.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	133.15/cwt	131.50–134.25	North Central	1,901
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	828	135.41/cwt	134.25–136.50	North Central	1,923
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	877	132.93/cwt	131.25–134.00	North Central	1,983
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	732	144.25/cwt	142.75–146.50	North Central	795
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	563	173.30/cwt	168.00–176.00	North Central	329
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	514	182.97/cwt	177.50–185.25	North Central	331
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	775	142.75/cwt	139.50–143.75	North Central	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	628	151.97/cwt	149.00–159.50	North Central	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	136.00/cwt	136.00	West	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	708	135.10/cwt	131.25–137.00	North Central	744
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	131.83/cwt	131.25–132.25	North Central	840
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	575	155.50/cwt	155.50	North Central	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	665	142.02/cwt	138.25–145.00	North Central	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	142.50/cwt	142.50	North Central	90
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,200	1,535.00/cwt	1,535.00	North Central	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	166.00/cwt	166.00	North Central	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	760	149.75/cwt	149.75	North Central	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	153.00/cwt	153.00	North Central	93

Feb-Mar delivery

9 lots · 1,259 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	159.00/cwt	159.00	South Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	159.00/cwt	159.00	South Central	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	450–500	475	186.50/cwt	186.50	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	775	140.50/cwt	140.50	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	800	152.50/cwt	152.50	South Central	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	750	152.50/cwt	152.50	South Central	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	866	133.27/cwt	130.75–135.00	North Central	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	545	151.00/cwt	151.00	North Central	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	860	133.00/cwt	133.00	North Central	142

Mar delivery

19 lots · 12,602 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	800	135.50/cwt	135.50	North Central	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	859	134.66/cwt	130.50–138.00	North Central	3,305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	750	149.00/cwt	149.00	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	750–800	760	130.50/cwt	130.50	North Central	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	857	125.83/cwt	125.75–126.00	West	365
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	819	137.10/cwt	136.00–139.50	North Central	1,457
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	719	155.15/cwt	146.00–164.00	North Central	675
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	766	145.00/cwt	140.50–153.50	North Central	1,110
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	131.20/cwt	131.00–131.75	North Central	511
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	853	129.82/cwt	129.00–130.75	North Central	1,230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	817	131.26/cwt	130.75–132.00	North Central	917
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	785	134.39/cwt	134.25–135.00	North Central	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	620	148.00/cwt	148.00	North Central	105
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,178	1,381.25/cwt	1,300.00–1,625.00	North Central	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	153.50/cwt	153.50	North Central	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	131.50/cwt	131.50	West	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	800–850	810	144.50/cwt	144.50	North Central	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	850–900	875	135.50/cwt	135.50	North Central	600
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	140.00/cwt	140.00	North Central	707

Mar-Apr delivery

12 lots · 5,685 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	725	156.11/cwt	148.50–160.00	North Central	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	875	150.00/cwt	150.00	North Central	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	874	133.73/cwt	131.25–136.25	North Central	2,020
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	800	142.50/cwt	142.50	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	128.25/cwt	128.25	North Central	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	765	135.03/cwt	131.50–136.00	North Central	1,275
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	162.50/cwt	162.50	North Central	160
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	714	141.11/cwt	136.50–144.75	North Central	605
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	129.00/cwt	129.00	North Central	265
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	775	135.00/cwt	135.00	North Central	300
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	148.00/cwt	148.00	North Central	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	149.00/cwt	149.00	North Central	150

Apr delivery

13 lots · 9,849 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	160.87/cwt	157.50–163.00	North Central	3,604
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	775	173.00/cwt	173.00	North Central	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	863	127.57/cwt	127.00–128.25	North Central	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	784	136.35/cwt	131.25–137.50	North Central	2,005
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	904	132.95/cwt	131.25–133.25	North Central	876
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	815	137.41/cwt	134.75–139.00	North Central	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	667	146.93/cwt	144.75–148.75	North Central	940
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	685	162.50/cwt	162.50	North Central	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	726	138.40/cwt	135.00–141.00	North Central	645
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	131.50/cwt	131.50	North Central	425
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	130.00/cwt	130.00	North Central	500
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	127.50/cwt	127.50	West	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	700–750	700	144.00/cwt	144.00	North Central	85

Apr-May delivery

5 lots · 731 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	139.00/cwt	139.00	North Central	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	129.00/cwt	129.00	North Central	425
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	690	165.00/cwt	165.00	North Central	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	730	136.50/cwt	136.50	North Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	710	160.00/cwt	160.00	North Central	80

May delivery

8 lots · 5,849 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	676	146.24/cwt	142.00–146.75	North Central	1,624
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	850	128.50/cwt	128.50	North Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	708	160.49/cwt	157.50–163.00	North Central	1,125
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	135.10/cwt	134.75–135.25	North Central	655
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	157.00/cwt	157.00	North Central	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	131.25/cwt	130.50–131.75	North Central	1,140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	131.75/cwt	131.75	North Central	850
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	146.00/cwt	146.00	North Central	235

Jun delivery

1 lot · 71 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	136.00/cwt	136.00	North Central	71

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 · Billings, MT. 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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