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Lamb
Prices, Lamb Meat Go Separate Ways
Lamb prices were generally on the higher side this week
while lamb meat was lower.
Plains
Fed Cattle Prices Jump As Much As $6 From Last Week
Mad what?
Plains fed cattle prices are still a far cry from their heady highs of
late last year, but they came roaring back that direction this week,
gaining as much as $6 over the bulk of last week’s trade.
Texas
Slaughter Goat
Prices Mixed But Turn Mostly Lower
Slaughter goat prices at most Texas
markets moved
lower this week after last week’s sharp advances. San Angelo
was weak to $5
lower and
Fredericksburg
$5-7 lower. The
Junction market was an exception with a $2 higher trend.
PLAINS
FEEDLOT SALES
RANGE
SALES
Packers
Struggle To Implement New BSE Regs; Questions Abound
Fed
and non-fed cattle slaughtering facilities were scrambling this week
to implement the changes imposed by Secretary of Agriculture Anne
Veneman in late December as a result of the
Washington
state BSE case.
The changes deal with process controls for advanced meat recovery,
“specified risk” material, product holding and stunning.
Entertainer
Sustains Memory Of Black Cowboys In Old West
When Jimmy Collier was growing up in the early 1950s, his grandfather,
John Cravens, told him that there had been black cowboys on the
frontier, but to Collier there seemed to be little evidence of the
fact.
Dry
River
Crossing
Inspired Popular Facetious Expression
In
the western action movie, "The Magnificent Seven," actor
Steve McQueen climbs aboard a hearse, checks a double-barreled shotgun
borrowed from a stage driver, turns to actor Yul Brenner, and says,
"Let 'er buck."
CRMWA
Buys Rights To 9000 Acres Of Water In The Texas
Panhandle
The Canadian River Municipal Water Authority is buying almost 9000
acres of water rights from a ranch in Roberts and
Hutchinson
counties.
Feeder
Cattle Prices Suffer Sharp Declines Across Nation
Compared to the last good market test the week ending
December 19 and before the first positive case of BSE in the United
States was reported, feeder and stocker cattle prices trended $5-15
lower across the country.
Fed
Cattle Prices Closed Higher Last Week; Beef Values Decline
The lion’s share of slaughter cattle sales occurred Tuesday at
prices steady with the previous week.
Angelo
Lambs Higher, Goats, Cattle Lower
Feeder lambs were not well tested this week, slaughter lambs $1-2
higher, slaughter ewes steady to $3 lower; nannies sold weak to $2
lower and kids weak to $5 lower. Receipts totaled 10,014 head, around
20 percent slaughter ewes, 10 percent slaughter lambs, five percent
feeder lambs and 65 percent goats.
Most
Brownwood
Feeder Cattle
Prices Steady
Feeder
steer calves sold steady, yearlings $2-5 lower, heifers steady,
slaughter cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs steady. Receipts
totaled 429 head.
Abilene
Feeder Steer,
Heifer Trends Higher
Feeder steers sold $2-3 higher, plain kinds off $1,
heifers $3-5 higher, slaughter cows and bulls $2-3 higher. Receipts
totaled 920 head.
Fredericksburg
Feeder Steers,
Heifers Lower
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-3 lower on receipts of
410 head.
Most
Hamilton
Sheep, Goats,
Cattle Steady
Lambs and ewes sold steady Monday, kids steady and nannies higher.
Receipts totaled 2395 head. All cattle classes sold steady Tuesday on
receipts of 407 head.
2003
Livestock Exports Less Than Half Of 2002
United States
livestock
exports to
Mexico
last year were
down 54 percent at 376,787 head. All classes except horses were on the
negative side. In contrast, feeder cattle imports were up 54 percent
at 1,224,936 head.
Fredericksburg
Lambs
Higher, Goats Lower
Feeder lambs sold $5-10 higher, slaughter lambs $8-10 higher except
lightweights steady; slaughter goats were $5-7 lower. Receipts totaled
3042 head.
Boxed
Beef Values Off $11.28 For Last Week
The national comprehensive boxed beef cutout report on all fed
steers and heifers sold last week dropped $11.28 to $125.96, a total
decline of $20.65 for the two weeks of this year, and the lowest
average since the week ending July 18. All grade categories suffered
similar declines, while losses on popular cuts were most severe and
cheaper cuts lost only a couple a dollars.
Domestic
Wool Slow, Aussie Sales Higher
Wool trading was slow through the holidays, and supplies remain light
in both first hands and warehouses. Demand was light to moderate as
most interests waited to see how Australian markets open the new year
following sharply higher currency exchanges through the holidays.
Export demand was moderate to good to selected destinations.
Billings
Lambs
Show Firmness, Ewes Weak
Feeder lambs had a higher undertone compared to the last sale in
December; slaughter ewes were lower. Receipts totaled 1022 head.
U.S.
Meat Production 7.6% Below A Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week was
estimated at 829.1 million pounds, 20.1 percent more than a week
earlier but 7.6 percent less than a year ago. Cumulative meat
production for the year to date, covering one day fewer than a year
ago, was down 21.3 percent at 1.06 billion pounds.
Lastovica
Angus Bull Sale
Averages $2263
Fifty-seven yearling registered bulls averaged $2263 at the annual
Lastovica Angus Farm sale.
Decatur
Cattle Trade
Called Dollars Higher
Feeder calves and yearlings sold dollars higher, slaughter
cows and bulls steady to $3 higher, stock cows and pairs strong.
Receipts totaled 1256 head.
Lampasas
Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Steady
All classes of cattle sold steady to $2 lower compared to the last
sale in December. Receipts totaled 279 head.
Mason,
San Saba Calf Prices Remain Steady
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady in Mason and San
Saba for the first sales of the new year, yearlings $2-4 lower,
slaughter cows and bulls $3-4 lower. Receipts totaled 687 head at the
two sales.
Llano
Feeder Steers Up, Heifers Steady
Feeder steers sold steady to $3 lower, heifers steady, slaughter cows
and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 424 head.
Milano
Feeder Steers, Heifers Trade Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $3-5 higher, slaughter cows $1-2 lower,
bulls steady. Receipts totaled 869 head.
Junction
Sheep, Goat Prices Mostly Steady
Most sheep and goats sold steady, except kids were $2
higher. Receipts totaled 2054 head.
Most
Comanche Cattle Sharply Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $10-15 higher, slaughter
cows $5-10 higher, bulls $3-4 higher. Receipts totaled 395 head.
Coleman
Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices Lower
Feeder steers sold $1-2 lower, heifers $2-3 lower, slaughter
cows and bulls steady, stock cows and pairs $10-20 lower. Receipts
totaled 837 head.
Milano
Commercial Cattle Sale
Results
Demand was strong at the “Buy the Genetics” commercial female
cattle sale here.
Letters To The Editor
Coming
Up...
January 15 — Premium Weaned Calf Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction,
Mason, Texas. January
15 — Special Stocker and Feeder Sale, Producers Livestock
Auction, San Angelo, Texas. January
17 — 4th Annual Beefmaster Fiesta, Producers Livestock Auction,
San Angelo, Texas.
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