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Feeder Lambs Mixed, Fats Mostly Lower
Feeder lambs remain in short supply around the country and
price structures frequently vary according to the available supply.
San Angelo was a $4-6 lower while Fredericksburg was $3-5 higher.
Slaughter lambs were generally weaker, though the lightweight killers
in Fredericksburg followed the feeder market higher.
Texas Feeders Move Big
Batch Of Fed Cattle At Lower Price
Texas Panhandle cattle feeders bit the bullet early this
week and gave up another dollar on top of last week’s disappointing
decline. At presstime Wednesday their counterparts to the north were
enjoying the fruits of playing hard to get, a $2 premium for a day’s
patience.
Texas Slaughter Kid Goats
Find Mostly Steady Prices This Week
Slaughter meat type kid goats in Texas markets found fairly
stable prices this week. Junction was an exception at $4-8 higher, and
Texas direct sales were weak to $2 lower last week.
PLAINS
FEEDLOT SALES
RANGE
SALES
Sam Harris Has Done A Little Of A
Lot; Now It’s Computers
Eighty-five year-old Sam Harris may be retired, but he’s
definitely not idle. He’s done a little of lots of things in his
career. That career has included everything from ag reporter to the
military, from insurance to banking, to ranching and saddle making.
TSCRA Hears Plan For
National Animal Identification System
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association members
meeting here recently heard the rationale for the National Food Animal
Identification program current under development by government
agencies and livestock industry representatives.
Pickens’ Group Outbids
CRMWD For Water Under 63,000 Acres
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority is looking for
more water after being outbid by Mesa Water Inc. for additional water
rights in Roberts County of the Texas Panhandle.
Spokesmen For Cattle
Industry React To McDonalds’ Drug Ban
The reaction to McDonald's Corporation’s announcement last
month that they want their suppliers to phase out the use of
antibiotics as growth promotants was quick and to the point.
Judge Approves Bid By USPB
To Buy Farmland’s Beef Unit
U.S. Premium Beef’s bid to purchase Farmland Industries’
71 percent interest in Farmland National Beef was approved earlier
this week by a Federal Bankruptcy Court judge in Kansas City.
Smithfield Foods
Agrees To Buy Pork Division Of Farmland Inc.
Smithfield Foods Inc. on Tuesday announced that it would
purchase Farmland Foods, the pork production and processing division
of Farmland Industries.
Feds’ Grassland
Reserve Plan Still Undergoing Refinement
The Grassland Reserve Program is a work in progress, says
Jack Bricker, deputy state conservationist in New Mexico for USDA’s
Natural Resources Conservation Service.
House Votes To Stop
Funding For Implementation Of COOL
The U.S. House voted Monday to prohibit the Agriculture
Department from requiring meatpackers and grocers to inform consumers
whether hamburger, sausage and other beef, lamb and pork products came
from abroad.
Report Says Some
U.S. Trading Partners Are Ignoring Science
Burdensome national standards and technical regulations
imposed by the European Union and other major U.S. trading partners
are creating trade barriers that often ignore scientific principles,
says a new report published by the National Foreign Trade Council.
Checkoff To Continue
For The Time Being
The beef checkoff has been found unconstitutional by both a
U.S. district court and the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, but the
Cattlemen’s Beef Board is still collecting a dollar a head on all
cattle sales and warning producers that they will be penalized if they
don’t pay up.
Ricky Canton Takes Home The
Cash From Calgary Stampede
Ricky Canton of Cleveland, Texas, a 12-time tie-down roping
qualifier for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, enjoyed perhaps the
finest two days in his 17-season career last weekend in Calgary.
Steers, Heifers Steady To Up In Angelo
Special Sale Monday
Steers and heifers weighing more than 500 pounds were steady
to $2 higher, instances $3 higher Monday in the season’s third
special feeder cattle sale at Producers Livestock Auction. Lighter
weights were too few to establish a market.
Most Fed Cattle Prices
Trend Steady, But Late Sales Lower
The slaughter cattle market was steady across the country
early last week, but $1 lower late.
Nation’s Feeder Cattle
Prices Higher On Fairly Tight Supply
Yearling feeder steers and heifers sold $1-3 higher across
the country last week on tight supplies and good demand as feedlots
scrambled to fill empty pens. Auction receipts were light but the
large number of buyers on hand made it seem like late fall.
Angelo Lambs Lower,
Feeder Cattle Higher
Feeder lambs sold $4-6 lower, slaughter lambs $4-5 lower,
slaughter ewes unevenly weak to $5 higher, the greatest advance on
fleshy out of state kinds; nanny goats sold $3-5 lower, kids mostly
steady, instances $3-6 lower on plainer quality kinds. Two day
receipts totaled 11,738 head, around 30 percent slaughter ewes, 10
percent slaughter lambs, five percent feeder lambs and 55 percent
goats.
Producers Internet Offers
1900 Cattle
Producers Internet Auction offered 1900 feeder cattle from
Florida, Georgia and Texas in their regular sale. Delivery was current
through November.
Fredericksburg Feeder
Steers, Heifers Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-4 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled 1044 head.
Billings Feeder Lambs
Decline, Ewes Higher
Feeder lambs sold $3-7 lower this week in light demand,
slaughter ewes steady to $2 higher. Receipts totaled 1944 head.
Most Mason, San Saba
Feeder Cattle Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-5 higher last week in
Mason and San Saba, slaughter cows and bulls $3-5 higher, stock cows
and pairs strong. Receipts totaled 2454 head, including a special
feeder sale and annual Deep Creek F-1 heifer sale.
Brownwood Lightweight
Feeder Steers Lower
Lightweight feeder steers sold $2-4 lower, other weights of
steers and heifers steady. Receipts totaled 468 head.
Boxed Beef Values Edge
Slightly Higher
The national comprehensive boxed beef cutout report on all
fed steers and heifers sold last week moved up 72 cents to $126.20,
the first price rise in five weeks.
Llano Feeder Steers
Steady, Heifers Higher
Feeder steers sold fully steady, heifers steady to $2
higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 471 head.
Colorado City Feeder
Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-4 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls $2-3 higher, stock cows and pairs $100-300 higher. Receipts
totaled 1200 head.
Domestic Wool Slow, Aussie
Markets Closed
Wool trading remained slow again last week under light
demand. Supplies were light to moderate. Summer holiday season
vacations, limited export demand, a recess in Australian markets for
several weeks and rising currency markets all contributed to lack of
trading.
Goldthwaite Feeder Lambs
Few, Fats Off
Feeder lambs were scarce, lightweight slaughter lambs $4-5
lower; goats were steady to firm. Receipts totaled 3254 head.
Most Lampasas Cattle Prices
Called Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-4 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls $1-3 higher. Receipts totaled 1089 head.
U.S. Meat Production 1.5%
Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week
was estimated at 906.9 million pounds, 19 percent more than the
previous holiday-shortened week and 1.5 percent more than a year ago.
Cumulative meat production for the year to date was down .3 percent at
24.28 million pounds.
Most Milano Cattle Prices
Termed Lower
Feeder steers sold steady to $3 lower, the decline on
weights over 400 pounds, heifers steady to weak, slaughter cows and
bulls $1-3 lower. Receipts totaled 913 head.
Most Hamilton Goats
Higher, Lambs Lower
Lambs sold lower Monday, ewes steady, kid goats $1-3 higher
and nannies higher. Receipts totaled 1727 head. Tuesday all cattle
classes sold steady on receipts of 461 head.
Decatur Yearlings
Steady, Calves Lower
Feeder steer and heifer yearlings sold steady to slightly
lower, calves $1-1.50 lower, slaughter cows and bulls strong, stock
cows and pairs steady to strong. Receipts totaled 1815 head.
Cuero Lightweight Cattle
Up Sharply
Feeder steers sold $1-7 higher, weights under 300 pounds
$10-20 higher, heifers higher, slaughter cows $1-2 higher, bulls
$2.50-3 higher. Receipts totaled 1618 head.
Abilene Feeder Steer,
Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $1-2 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls steady to $2 lower, stock cows and pairs $10-15 lower.
Receipts totaled 938 head.
Coleman Feeder Steers,
Heifers Trade Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-3 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls steady to firm. Receipts totaled 1583 head.
Kansas Direct Feeder
Steers, Heifers Higher
Feeder steers sold $1-2 higher in Kansas direct trade last
week, heifers firm to $2 higher. The weather has been hot in the
western area with severe thunderstorms in the south central. Sales
were confirmed on 22,234 head.
Loose Ends
Coming
Up...
July 19-20 —
Exotic Animal and Bird Sale, Raz
Livestock Sales, Harper, Texas. July
24 — Premium Weaned Stocker
and Feeder Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas. July
26 — Special Boer Goat Sale,
Hamilton Commission Company, Hamilton, Texas.
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