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Forward delivery · estimated weights

152 lots covering 78,777 head for delivery across Current, Jan, Aug, Aug-Sep, Sep, Sep-Oct, Oct, Oct-Nov, Nov, Dec to 2 buyer regions. Weights are USDA’s estimates — these cattle had not been weighed when they sold.

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity was very active and demand was good to very good. Deliveries were current (within 14 days of sale date) to January 2023. Over 99 percent of cattle came from the north central region, with less than 1 percent coming from the south central region.

Current delivery

17 lots · 10,045 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	995	163.50/cwt	163.50	North Central	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	850	170.00/cwt	170.00	North Central	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	900	171.00/cwt	171.00	North Central	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	878	171.25/cwt	170.50–172.00	North Central	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	810	176.50/cwt	176.50	North Central	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,000	166.50/cwt	166.50	North Central	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	780	178.00/cwt	178.00	North Central	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	919	173.58/cwt	173.50–174.00	North Central	377
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	875	198.50/cwt	198.50	North Central	140
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,250	1,685.00/cwt	1,685.00	North Central	378
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	807	189.00/cwt	189.00	North Central	214
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	914	180.51/cwt	176.00–185.00	North Central	3,626
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1050–1100	1,064	168.04/cwt	166.50–170.00	North Central	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	863	180.32/cwt	179.00–185.00	North Central	757
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,012	173.13/cwt	170.00–175.50	North Central	1,073
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	951	177.44/cwt	175.50–180.50	North Central	2,026
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	184.00/cwt	184.00	North Central	180

Jan delivery

5 lots · 545 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	625	196.50/cwt	196.50	North Central	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	500	227.00/cwt	227.00	North Central	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	560	215.00/cwt	215.00	North Central	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	525	244.00/cwt	244.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	675	207.00/cwt	207.00	North Central	90

Aug delivery

5 lots · 1,350 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	868	175.50/cwt	175.50	North Central	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	960	169.50/cwt	169.50	North Central	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	178.50/cwt	178.50	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,000	172.50/cwt	172.50	North Central	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	910	181.66/cwt	181.00–182.00	North Central	530

Aug-Sep delivery

14 lots · 7,306 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	183.00/cwt	183.00	South Central	430
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	985	168.50/cwt	168.50	North Central	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	886	173.73/cwt	171.00–174.00	North Central	1,359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	825	178.00/cwt	178.00	North Central	260
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	790	176.50/cwt	176.50	North Central	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	860	175.00/cwt	175.00	North Central	400
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	924	171.10/cwt	169.50–173.00	North Central	3,108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	190.00/cwt	190.00	North Central	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	832	175.90/cwt	174.00–177.50	North Central	279
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1050–1100	1,080	164.00/cwt	164.00	North Central	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	800	178.50/cwt	178.50	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	968	177.51/cwt	170.00–184.00	North Central	510
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1000–1050	1,010	174.50/cwt	174.50	North Central	270
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	909	179.56/cwt	176.00–181.50	North Central	375

Sep delivery

34 lots · 25,124 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	830	173.34/cwt	170.50–176.50	North Central	474
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	963	169.57/cwt	168.50–173.00	North Central	865
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	760	184.50/cwt	184.50	North Central	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,005	165.50/cwt	163.00–170.50	North Central	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	825	176.04/cwt	172.50–180.50	North Central	664
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	858	175.91/cwt	173.00–178.50	North Central	2,005
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	930	174.78/cwt	170.00–177.50	North Central	7,196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	570	200.45/cwt	194.00–205.00	North Central	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	975	181.00/cwt	181.00	North Central	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	708	181.98/cwt	181.50–182.50	North Central	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,000	174.50/cwt	174.50	North Central	525
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	216.00/cwt	216.00	North Central	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	210.00/cwt	210.00	North Central	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	650–700	650	204.00/cwt	204.00	North Central	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	784	176.41/cwt	175.00–180.00	North Central	353
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	973	177.14/cwt	172.50–179.00	North Central	3,051
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	800–850	832	186.57/cwt	184.00–187.50	North Central	550
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	865	187.97/cwt	181.00–190.50	North Central	3,071
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	928	181.22/cwt	179.00–184.50	North Central	3,075
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	215.51/cwt	211.50–219.50	North Central	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	209.31/cwt	205.50–219.00	North Central	412
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	204.00/cwt	204.00	North Central	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	950	167.00/cwt	167.00	North Central	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	600	201.00/cwt	201.00	North Central	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	171.00/cwt	171.00	North Central	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	925	167.50/cwt	167.50	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	640	212.00/cwt	212.00	North Central	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	180.50/cwt	180.50	North Central	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	202.00/cwt	202.00	North Central	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	600–650	625	192.00/cwt	192.00	North Central	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	189.00/cwt	189.00	North Central	215
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	715	192.00/cwt	192.00	North Central	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	1100–1150	1,100	164.50/cwt	164.50	North Central	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	578	214.53/cwt	214.00–215.00	North Central	190

Sep-Oct delivery

7 lots · 3,752 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	945	178.50/cwt	178.50	North Central	1,524
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	189.00/cwt	189.00	North Central	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	925	177.50/cwt	177.50	North Central	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	969	180.77/cwt	179.00–185.50	North Central	1,314
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	700	206.00/cwt	206.00	North Central	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	410	260.00/cwt	260.00	North Central	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	930	182.00/cwt	182.00	North Central	420

Oct delivery

34 lots · 19,803 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	423	221.73/cwt	220.00–227.50	North Central	490
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	571	204.18/cwt	200.00–213.00	North Central	685
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	477	212.56/cwt	210.00–218.00	North Central	840
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	500–550	537	193.03/cwt	192.00–194.00	North Central	192
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	450–500	480	201.65/cwt	197.00–204.00	North Central	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	511	205.98/cwt	200.00–218.00	North Central	1,050
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	579	192.59/cwt	190.00–195.00	North Central	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	750	180.00/cwt	180.00	North Central	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	876	181.12/cwt	179.50–183.00	North Central	605
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	650	205.00/cwt	205.00	North Central	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	243.00/cwt	243.00	North Central	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	199.00/cwt	199.00	North Central	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	489	210.67/cwt	208.00–214.00	North Central	125
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2None	—	1,200	1,685.00/cwt	1,685.00	North Central	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	256.00/cwt	256.00	North Central	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	525	222.43/cwt	220.00–224.00	North Central	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	466	248.17/cwt	245.00–252.00	North Central	902
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	514	237.30/cwt	232.00–247.00	North Central	2,260
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	928	182.11/cwt	182.00–182.50	North Central	732
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	583	208.69/cwt	203.00–211.00	North Central	454
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	950–1000	960	178.31/cwt	175.50–180.50	North Central	980
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	563	221.34/cwt	212.00–228.50	North Central	1,838
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	204.00/cwt	204.00	North Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	500–550	530	218.00/cwt	218.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2None	450–500	490	236.93/cwt	236.00–238.00	North Central	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	659	214.54/cwt	210.00–216.50	North Central	226
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	198.12/cwt	193.00–200.50	North Central	465
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	224.58/cwt	220.00–230.00	North Central	1,405
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	210.60/cwt	202.00–215.50	North Central	3,201
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	500–550	500	201.90/cwt	200.00–204.00	North Central	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	450–500	471	191.78/cwt	188.00–194.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	440	256.00/cwt	256.00	North Central	280
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	850–900	875	179.50/cwt	179.50	North Central	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	229.10/cwt	227.00–231.00	North Central	200

Oct-Nov delivery

12 lots · 3,702 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	460	218.38/cwt	214.00–222.00	North Central	540
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	875	173.00/cwt	173.00	North Central	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	425	224.00/cwt	224.00	North Central	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	500	213.10/cwt	210.00–214.50	North Central	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	400–450	400	251.00/cwt	251.00	North Central	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	529	235.07/cwt	227.00–238.00	North Central	1,055
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	600	215.00/cwt	215.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Split Loads	350–400	370	236.00/cwt	236.00	North Central	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	900–950	925	181.50/cwt	181.50	North Central	210
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	400–450	425	262.00/cwt	262.00	North Central	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	553	235.02/cwt	228.50–241.00	North Central	530
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	467	253.18/cwt	250.00–259.00	North Central	335

Nov delivery

16 lots · 5,900 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	500–550	530	186.00/cwt	186.00	North Central	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	625	206.89/cwt	205.00–208.00	North Central	630
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	258.00/cwt	258.00	North Central	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	569	193.80/cwt	190.00–199.00	North Central	360
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	523	201.87/cwt	197.00–207.00	North Central	410
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	527	236.03/cwt	220.00–245.00	North Central	942
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	465	217.43/cwt	213.00–219.00	North Central	295
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	768	182.79/cwt	180.00–184.50	North Central	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	450–500	469	252.90/cwt	247.00–258.00	North Central	585
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	564	225.56/cwt	214.50–234.00	North Central	645
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	663	200.01/cwt	196.50–203.50	North Central	170
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	186.30/cwt	185.00–188.00	North Central	265
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	612	215.75/cwt	213.00–221.00	North Central	445
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	700–750	700	178.00/cwt	178.00	North Central	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	618	223.89/cwt	218.00–226.00	North Central	350

Dec delivery

8 lots · 1,250 head

Class	Grade	Weight	Est. wt	Price	Range	Buyer region	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2None	550–600	590	195.00/cwt	195.00	North Central	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	600	230.00/cwt	230.00	North Central	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	590	228.00/cwt	228.00	North Central	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	750–800	750	192.00/cwt	192.00	North Central	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	650–700	650	209.00/cwt	209.00	North Central	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	550–600	580	235.00/cwt	235.00	North Central	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	500–550	535	245.00/cwt	245.00	North Central	220
Steers	Medium and Large 1None	600–650	634	223.68/cwt	220.00–225.00	North Central	340

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

Source: USDA AMS · Greeley, CO. 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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