Northern Livestock Video/Internet Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

198 lots covering 67,704 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Jul, Aug, Aug-Sep, 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

Northern Livestock video auction held their Annual early summer special sale today and yesterday. This is the first of Northern's Summer video sales. Demand for feeder cattle was mostly good to very good for moderate offerings. Demand for all classes of feeder cattle was good to very good across the board. Demand from Canadian buyers was very good as buyers purchased cattle to ship north. Sellers catered to Canadian buyers as many consigners offered to tag calves to ship north. Demand for lightweight calves suitable to develop into yearlings was very good. Weaned calves also saw strong premiums as buyers looked to minimize death loss by purchasing calves already weaned. Record high prices were recorded for all weights and classes. Yearling demand was very good, with several long strings of yearling steers selling for over $3,000 per head. The percentage of Po's was very small this sale as buyers took advantage of record high prices. Market activity was mostly active throughout the two day sale. Bidders were active bidding ringside, over the phone, as well as over the internet. Calves weaned over 45 days were left untagged. Most of these offerings sold for November and December delivery. Cattle tagged as Value added were enrolled in two or more programs and had to be verified by a 3rd party. The largest premiums given were for cattle sold as All Natural, NHTC and GAP combined.

Current delivery

10 lots · 2,331 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	880	296.00/cwt	296.00	North Central	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	293.00/cwt	293.00	North Central	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	393.00/cwt	393.00	North Central	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,090	285.50/cwt	285.50	North Central	570
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	433.00/cwt	433.00	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	875	290.00/cwt	290.00	North Central	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,000	288.01/cwt	280.00–296.50	North Central	340
Steers	Large 1None	750–800	785	323.00/cwt	323.00	North Central	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	940	303.50/cwt	303.50	North Central	195
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	985	294.00/cwt	294.00	North Central	195

Jan delivery

1 lot · 190 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	640	371.00/cwt	371.00	North Central	190

Jul delivery

3 lots · 655 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	871	297.17/cwt	287.50–300.50	North Central	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	950–1000	950	320.00/cwt	320.00	North Central	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	900–950	900	322.00/cwt	322.00	North Central	250

Aug delivery

9 lots · 3,451 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	950–1000	975	266.00/cwt	266.00	North Central	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	765	313.00/cwt	313.00	North Central	320
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	860	304.50/cwt	304.50	North Central	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	710	324.00/cwt	324.00	North Central	630
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	301.33/cwt	298.00–303.00	North Central	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	317.00/cwt	317.00	North Central	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	990	301.50/cwt	282.50–306.00	North Central	1,200
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,022	285.69/cwt	283.00–290.50	North Central	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	301.00/cwt	301.00	North Central	66

Aug-Sep delivery

6 lots · 1,555 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	292.50/cwt	292.50	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	860	290.50/cwt	290.50	North Central	265
Heifers	Large 1None	800–850	825	286.50/cwt	286.50	North Central	250
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	342.50/cwt	342.50	North Central	320
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	890	307.50/cwt	307.50	North Central	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,000	294.00/cwt	294.00	North Central	185

Sep delivery

20 lots · 5,517 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	760	335.50/cwt	335.50	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00	North Central	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	319.50/cwt	319.50	North Central	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	339.69/cwt	337.00–346.00	North Central	277
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	348.00/cwt	348.00	North Central	140
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	750–800	785	335.00/cwt	335.00	North Central	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	351.00/cwt	351.00	North Central	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	870	284.00/cwt	284.00	North Central	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	300.00/cwt	300.00	North Central	650
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	860	303.75/cwt	303.75	North Central	1,485
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	753	320.35/cwt	300.00–331.00	North Central	235
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	329.50/cwt	329.50	North Central	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00	North Central	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	700	315.00/cwt	315.00	North Central	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	900–950	920	300.00/cwt	300.00	North Central	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	912	307.60/cwt	299.00–316.00	North Central	1,000
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	825	310.00/cwt	310.00	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	870	316.81/cwt	310.00–318.00	North Central	544
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,030	284.50/cwt	284.50	North Central	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	840	315.50/cwt	315.50	North Central	120

Sep-Oct delivery

11 lots · 1,700 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00	North Central	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	457.00/cwt	457.00	North Central	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	850–900	885	292.50/cwt	292.50	North Central	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	800–850	820	294.50/cwt	294.50	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	306.50/cwt	306.50	North Central	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	775	310.00/cwt	310.00	North Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	540	376.00/cwt	376.00	North Central	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	520	358.00/cwt	358.00	North Central	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2None	800–850	820	279.00/cwt	279.00	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	881	315.79/cwt	313.00–318.00	North Central	630
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	296.00/cwt	296.00	North Central	120

Oct delivery

66 lots · 32,298 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,000	289.00/cwt	289.00	North Central	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	346.00/cwt	346.00	West	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	678	365.83/cwt	363.00–372.00	North Central	335
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	432.00/cwt	432.00	North Central	360
Steers	Large 1None	750–800	765	337.50/cwt	337.50	North Central	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	565	380.28/cwt	360.00–410.00	North Central	2,766
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	412.49/cwt	399.00–425.00	North Central	3,525
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	361.91/cwt	344.00–383.00	North Central	3,536
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	346.04/cwt	340.00–360.00	North Central	3,743
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	444.10/cwt	405.00–456.00	North Central	1,040
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	706	343.53/cwt	321.00–351.50	North Central	1,108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	415.00/cwt	415.00	North Central	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	367.00/cwt	367.00	West	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	358	380.00/cwt	380.00	North Central	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00	North Central	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	323.50/cwt	323.50	South Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	764	345.99/cwt	337.00–351.00	North Central	574
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	400.00/cwt	400.00	West	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	506.00/cwt	506.00	North Central	230
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	338.00/cwt	338.00	North Central	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00	North Central	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	565	351.00/cwt	351.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	640	340.00/cwt	340.00	North Central	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	950–1000	950	263.00/cwt	263.00	North Central	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	928	285.10/cwt	283.00–287.50	North Central	1,336
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	273.00/cwt	273.00	North Central	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	301.00/cwt	301.00	North Central	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	665	339.64/cwt	338.00–340.50	North Central	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	609	348.08/cwt	341.00–357.00	North Central	227
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	515	399.00/cwt	399.00	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	475	413.00/cwt	413.00	West	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	459	430.62/cwt	412.00–452.00	North Central	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	700	330.00/cwt	330.00	North Central	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	600–650	600	305.00/cwt	305.00	North Central	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00	North Central	600
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	458	390.08/cwt	374.00–399.00	North Central	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	527	343.96/cwt	329.00–360.00	North Central	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	561	330.31/cwt	318.00–342.00	North Central	407
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	460	393.00/cwt	393.00	West	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	400–450	400	422.00/cwt	422.00	North Central	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	650	321.50/cwt	321.00–322.00	North Central	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	610	335.78/cwt	328.50–340.00	North Central	79
Heifers	Large 1None	950–1000	960	276.00/cwt	276.00	North Central	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	398.00/cwt	398.00	North Central	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	975	304.50/cwt	304.50	North Central	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	424.00/cwt	424.00	North Central	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	540	388.41/cwt	378.00–392.00	North Central	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	356.00/cwt	356.00	North Central	625
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	685	339.00/cwt	339.00	West	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	590	356.00/cwt	356.00	West	386
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	317.00/cwt	317.00	West	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	514	361.60/cwt	345.00–376.00	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	314.00/cwt	314.00	North Central	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	545	340.00/cwt	340.00	West	322
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	399.15/cwt	395.00–404.00	North Central	580
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	371.40/cwt	351.00–387.00	North Central	670
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	338.99/cwt	327.00–348.00	North Central	889
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	328.42/cwt	321.00–352.00	North Central	1,389
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	571	358.74/cwt	344.00–385.00	North Central	468
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	600–650	625	323.00/cwt	323.00	North Central	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	950–1000	950	297.00/cwt	297.00	North Central	550
Steers	Large 1-2None	950–1000	975	287.00/cwt	287.00	North Central	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	625	378.00/cwt	378.00	North Central	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	980	296.82/cwt	291.00–300.00	North Central	505
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	920	303.00/cwt	303.00	North Central	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	660	351.00/cwt	351.00	North Central	95

Oct-Nov delivery

21 lots · 6,486 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	650	346.00/cwt	346.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	725	338.00/cwt	338.00	North Central	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	359.64/cwt	342.50–370.00	North Central	1,610
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	418.00/cwt	418.00	North Central	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	339.09/cwt	330.00–361.00	North Central	396
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	375.38/cwt	356.00–383.00	North Central	520
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	384.54/cwt	365.00–398.00	North Central	820
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	385.00/cwt	385.00	North Central	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	327.90/cwt	320.50–335.00	North Central	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	679	348.50/cwt	340.00–353.00	North Central	264
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	475	433.00/cwt	433.00	North Central	380
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	407.80/cwt	398.00–417.00	North Central	615
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	513	391.48/cwt	391.00–392.00	North Central	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	577	347.57/cwt	340.00–351.00	North Central	290
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	600	339.00/cwt	339.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	299.50/cwt	299.50	North Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	700–750	700	336.00/cwt	336.00	North Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	550	368.00/cwt	368.00	North Central	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	520	353.00/cwt	353.00	North Central	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	389.00/cwt	389.00	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00	North Central	100

Nov delivery

35 lots · 9,973 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	331.50/cwt	331.50	North Central	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	625	369.00/cwt	369.00	North Central	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	349.00/cwt	349.00	North Central	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	700	336.50/cwt	336.50	North Central	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	361.03/cwt	342.50–374.00	North Central	1,151
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	408.86/cwt	390.00–427.00	North Central	1,560
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	381.17/cwt	366.00–395.00	North Central	1,573
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	370.61/cwt	337.00–392.00	North Central	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	625	329.00/cwt	329.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	351.11/cwt	340.50–359.50	North Central	669
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	346.00/cwt	346.00	North Central	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	434.95/cwt	433.00–440.00	North Central	455
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	760	342.00/cwt	342.00	North Central	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	361.00/cwt	361.00	West	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	346.00/cwt	346.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	660	323.00/cwt	323.00	North Central	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	765	318.00/cwt	318.00	North Central	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	575	395.00/cwt	395.00	West	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	418.66/cwt	416.00–428.00	North Central	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	574	337.15/cwt	333.50–340.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	600–650	610	333.50/cwt	333.50	North Central	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	525	380.00/cwt	380.00	West	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	523	348.10/cwt	324.00–366.00	North Central	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	386.02/cwt	372.00–391.00	North Central	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	380.00/cwt	380.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	372.50/cwt	372.50	West	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	365.28/cwt	361.00–368.00	North Central	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	650	316.00/cwt	316.00	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	368.00/cwt	368.00	West	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	360.84/cwt	336.00–386.00	North Central	700
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	347.00/cwt	347.00	North Central	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	567	361.57/cwt	339.00–381.00	North Central	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	600–650	625	353.50/cwt	353.50	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	650	369.00/cwt	369.00	North Central	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	525	421.00/cwt	421.00	North Central	95

Nov-Dec delivery

3 lots · 665 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	650	369.00/cwt	369.00	North Central	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	700	369.00/cwt	369.00	North Central	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	388.00/cwt	388.00	North Central	185

Dec delivery

12 lots · 2,883 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	577	359.48/cwt	354.00–364.00	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	500	370.00/cwt	370.00	West	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	535	359.00/cwt	359.00	North Central	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	600	365.00/cwt	365.00	North Central	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00	North Central	80
Heifers	Large 1None	750–800	780	292.50/cwt	292.50	North Central	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	390.00/cwt	390.00	North Central	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	360.50/cwt	360.50	North Central	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	622	371.36/cwt	359.00–377.00	North Central	860
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	529	421.17/cwt	410.00–425.00	North Central	480
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	680	365.50/cwt	365.50	North Central	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	540	402.00/cwt	402.00	West	225

Not stated delivery

1 lot · 0 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Hogs	—N/A	—	—	—/cwt	—	—	0

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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