Northern Livestock Video/Internet Auction

The sale in one line

Forward delivery · estimated weights

83 lots covering 11,653 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Feb, Mar-Apr, Sep, Sep-Oct, Oct, Oct-Nov, Nov, Nov-Dec, Dec to 2 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 Fall Premier sale today, the final sale of the summer video series. Demand was very good for light offerings. Offerings were too light to make a full market trend, however higher undertones were noticed on all offerings. Demand for all calves was good to very good, while yearling demand was mostly very good. Ranchers received the highest bids on their cattle so far this summer as cattle prices pushed higher yet again. Tight supplies of cattle continue to drive prices higher. Demand for heifers was very good as replacement buyers pushed all heifer prices sharply higher. The spread between steers and heifers has narrowed considerably as demand for replacement heifers has helped push all heifer prices closer to steer price. PO's were very light this sale with most Po's seen in the bred heifer and cow portion of the sale. Demand for bred cows and heifers was good to very good. A large offering of bred heifers were seen this sale. The very good demand was seen for AI bred heifers, while pasture bred heifers were met with good to very good demand. Market activity was mostly very active throughout the sale. Bidders were active, bidding rapidly, 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 later 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 cattle deliver before September, 29th 2025.

Current delivery

12 lots · 2,483 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,100	3,700.00/cwt	3,700.00	North Central	47
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,050	4,300.00/cwt	4,300.00	North Central	45
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,050	4,966.32/cwt	4,900.00–5,000.00	North Central	193
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,008	4,261.52/cwt	3,600.00–4,450.00	North Central	715
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,010	343.00/cwt	343.00	North Central	610
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	356.00/cwt	356.00	North Central	64
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,050	4,025.00/cwt	4,025.00	West	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	868	329.00/cwt	329.00	North Central	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	710	376.00/cwt	376.00	North Central	310
Heifers	Large 1None	1050–1100	1,060	283.00/cwt	283.00	North Central	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	913	327.39/cwt	326.00–329.00	North Central	128
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	1050–1100	1,050	299.00/cwt	299.00	North Central	56

Jan delivery

6 lots · 1,305 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,050	4,100.00/cwt	4,100.00	North Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	452.00/cwt	452.00	North Central	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	475	579.00/cwt	579.00	North Central	500
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	650	457.00/cwt	457.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	620	450.00/cwt	450.00	North Central	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	580	433.00/cwt	433.00	North Central	195

Feb delivery

1 lot · 200 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	810	366.00/cwt	366.00	North Central	200

Mar-Apr delivery

3 lots · 233 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	630	453.00/cwt	453.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	825	360.00/cwt	360.00	North Central	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	580	428.00/cwt	428.00	North Central	80

Sep delivery

3 lots · 475 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium 1None	600–650	625	437.00/cwt	437.00	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	885	329.00/cwt	329.00	North Central	315
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	785	355.00/cwt	355.00	North Central	80

Sep-Oct delivery

2 lots · 220 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	528.00/cwt	528.00	North Central	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	445	514.00/cwt	514.00	North Central	110

Oct delivery

18 lots · 2,283 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	550	492.00/cwt	490.00–496.00	North Central	300
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,000	4,025.00/cwt	4,025.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	502.55/cwt	497.00–508.00	North Central	200
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	945	354.00/cwt	354.00	North Central	590
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	790	389.00/cwt	389.00	North Central	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	480	459.00/cwt	459.00	North Central	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	590	386.00/cwt	386.00	North Central	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	600–650	630	371.00/cwt	371.00	North Central	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	410	537.32/cwt	530.00–545.00	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	625	395.00/cwt	395.00	North Central	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	432.00/cwt	432.00	North Central	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	376.00/cwt	376.00	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	467.50/cwt	467.50	North Central	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	610	406.00/cwt	406.00	North Central	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	650	415.00/cwt	415.00	North Central	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	540	479.00/cwt	479.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Split Loads	650–700	665	391.00/cwt	391.00	North Central	55
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,400	3,025.00/cwt	3,025.00	North Central	40

Oct-Nov delivery

5 lots · 545 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	530	480.00/cwt	480.00	West	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	491.00/cwt	491.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	439.00/cwt	439.00	West	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	474.00/cwt	474.00	North Central	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	575	421.00/cwt	421.00	North Central	100

Nov delivery

18 lots · 2,022 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	477.57/cwt	460.00–487.00	North Central	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	506	512.90/cwt	500.00–526.00	North Central	344
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,100	4,375.00/cwt	4,375.00	North Central	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,075	4,200.00/cwt	4,200.00	North Central	50
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,200	3,725.00/cwt	3,725.00	North Central	150
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	900	3,800.00/cwt	3,800.00	North Central	45
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1Registered	—	1,100	5,700.00/cwt	5,700.00	North Central	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	456.00/cwt	456.00	North Central	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	495	513.00/cwt	513.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	507.00/cwt	507.00	North Central	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	600	382.00/cwt	382.00	North Central	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	540	485.00/cwt	485.00	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	376.00/cwt	376.00	North Central	80
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	—	1,250	3,250.00/cwt	3,250.00	North Central	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,250	3,650.00/cwt	3,650.00	North Central	90
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,250	3,325.00/cwt	3,325.00	North Central	45
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,181	4,046.56/cwt	3,900.00–4,160.00	North Central	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	680	402.00/cwt	402.00	North Central	50

Nov-Dec delivery

3 lots · 415 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,000	3,950.00/cwt	3,950.00	North Central	110
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,000	3,925.00/cwt	3,925.00	North Central	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	625	447.00/cwt	447.00	North Central	250

Dec delivery

12 lots · 1,472 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	550	483.00/cwt	483.00	North Central	48
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,075	4,000.00/cwt	3,900.00–4,100.00	North Central	110
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	984	4,053.37/cwt	3,975.00–4,125.00	North Central	175
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	—	1,000	4,000.00/cwt	3,950.00–4,050.00	North Central	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	580	464.00/cwt	464.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	575	465.00/cwt	465.00	North Central	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	725	411.00/cwt	411.00	North Central	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	550–600	550	463.00/cwt	463.00	North Central	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	460.00/cwt	460.00	North Central	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	625	421.00/cwt	421.00	North Central	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	525	452.00/cwt	452.00	North Central	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	597.50/cwt	597.50	North Central	240

Where the buyers were

As USDA grouped them

Region	States
North Central	CO, IA, MT, ND, NE, SD, WY
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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