Western Video Market Livestock Video/Internet Auction Market Report, Cottonwood, CA

Cottonwood, California · USDA-reported Video Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 16, 2026

6,226 head sold ·Official USDA report · Price history in the app

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $449.86/cwt -36.54 vs last sale · ≈ $2,116/hd at 470 lb · 752 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $423.65/cwt -16.51 vs last sale · ≈ $2,609/hd at 616 lb · 456 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $420.79/cwt -1.82 vs last sale · ≈ $2,318/hd at 551 lb · 400 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	6,226	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440 value added	440	115	585.00	$585.00	$2,574	—
500 value added	500	120	512.50	$512.50	$2,562	—
515	515	80	515.00	$515.00	$2,652	+40.00
575	575	85	467.50	$467.50	$2,688	+10.91
585 unweaned	585	82	430.00	$430.00	$2,516	-27.50
600	600	180	425.00	$425.00	$2,550	+20.00
625	625	215	420.00	$420.00	$2,625	+15.00
630	630	61	432.50	$432.50	$2,725	+27.50
665	665	75	427.50	$427.50	$2,843	+10.00
710	710	60	367.50	$367.50	$2,609	+15.00
725 value added	725	65	385.00	$385.00	$2,791	+15.00
740	740	68	367.50	$367.50	$2,720	-21.50
740	740	76	349.00	$349.00	$2,583	-40.00
760–775 value added	771	256	375.00–380.00	$378.65	$2,919	—
800	800	65	330.00	$330.00	$2,640	-32.50
830	830	75	351.00	$351.00	$2,913	-1.50
865 value added	865	65	360.00	$360.00	$3,114	—
900	900	58	317.00	$317.00	$2,853	-23.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	81	460.00	$460.00	$2,645	—
725	725	68	365.00	$365.00	$2,646	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400 value added	400	125	552.50	$552.50	$2,210	—
450 value added	450	107	502.50	$502.50	$2,261	—
470 value added	470	550	437.00	$437.00	$2,054	—
495	495	95	465.00	$465.00	$2,302	+35.00
510 value added	510	90	445.00	$445.00	$2,270	—
520 value added	520	200	417.50	$417.50	$2,171	—
525	525	105	415.00	$415.00	$2,179	-45.00
550 value added	550	209	422.50	$422.50	$2,324	—
550	550	90	415.00	$415.00	$2,282	+15.62
550	550	80	425.00	$425.00	$2,338	+25.62
565	565	21	412.50	$412.50	$2,331	-27.27
630	630	35	349.50	$349.50	$2,202	-45.50
740	740	340	355.00	$355.00	$2,627	—
790	790	160	331.00	$331.00	$2,615	-21.00
800	800	130	317.00	$317.00	$2,536	-16.00
900	900	58	291.00	$291.00	$2,619	-41.00
950	950	270	310.00	$310.00	$2,945	—
960	960	61	308.00	$308.00	$2,957	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	100	3,700.00	$3,700.00
1000–1050	1033	(<2 yrs)	150	3,600.00–4,025.00	$3,862.50
950–1075	1040	(<2 yrs)	278	3,950.00–4,200.00	$4,036.99

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	180	420.00	$420.00	$2,520	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	95	440.00	$440.00	$2,266	+17.50

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	385	440.00	$440.00	$2,860	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	180	440.00	$440.00	$2,420	+5.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	35	4,600.00	$4,600.00	—
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	76	5,025.00	$5,025.00	—
1200–1250	1226	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	71	5,050.00	$5,050.00	—

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Hogs

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Slaughter Cattle

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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Price trend

600–649 lb Medium and Large 1 steers — head-weighted average $/cwt by sale date, last 12 months.

Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.

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