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Texas Feeder, Fat Lambs Hold Steady
Fat and feeder lambs in Texas markets were steady this week.
Volume remains limited, and most of the feeder weight lambs are going
on to slaughter. Slaughter ewes were around $3 lower in Texas and
steady to $1 higher on Midwest markets.
Plains Fed Cattle Gain
$2-3 Again In Movement At Midweek
Plains feedlots succeeded in adding another $2-3 to the
going price for fed cattle this week. It marks the third week in a row
of price advances.
Texas Slaughter Meat Type
Goats Find Steady Going
Slaughter goats at Texas markets this week were generally
steady except in Junction, where prices were called weak to $3 lower.
PLAINS
FEEDLOT SALES
RANGE
SALES
Mexico Agrees To
Lift Import Ban On Some U.S. Beef Product
Mexico last week partially lifted its ban on imports of U.S.
beef, announcing that boneless cuts from animals less than 30 months
old and veal from animals less than nine months old could be imported.
Olagaray Family Holding Onto Sheep
Despite Difficulties
Diego Olagaray and his family have been running sheep in the
Sacramento Valley since their Basque immigrant father, Salvador
Olagaray, came here as a shepherd in the early 1950s.
NBCA, R-CALF Heads
Debate IBP Case At Colorado Forum
During questioning here at a debate between Terry Stokes of
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and Bill Bullard of R-CALF
USA, Stokes was confronted by cattlemen fresh from their court victory
over IBP in a class action lawsuit heard in Montgomery, Ala.
Museum Honors Memory Of
Hank Williams Near First Performance
Hiram "Hank" Williams began his career by winning
first place in a talent show at the Empire Theater here in 1937.
Wool Buyers Encourage
Growers To Be Aware Of Poly Problems
Throw away those blue and orange tarps, especially those
that are frayed or weatherbeaten, or at least keep them away from
shearing facilities. Don’t tie old poly tarps together and use them
to shoo sheep into the pens. Be particularly conscious of hay baling
twine; keep it picked up, and remove any baling twine prior to
grinding hay. When possible, reduce contamination by taking a little
extra time during shearing to prepare the clip.
MEF Spokesman Stresses
Value Of Export Markets For Beef
"These international markets are valuable to us,"
says Paul Clayton with the U.S. Meat Export Federation. "We have
to stay in these international markets. They are extremely valuable to
our industry today."
Water Ranchers’ Top
Priority Before Recent NM Legislature
Most people enjoy the charm of Santa Fe, N.M., but the new
president of the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association says being
there during a session of the New Mexico legislature isn't much fun.
Ban On Poultry Litter
Likely To Raise Winter Feed Costs
Expanded safeguards against "mad cow disease"
announced in late January by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may
require some East Texas beef producers to rethink their winter feeding
budgets, says a beef cattle specialist with Texas Cooperative
Extension.
Angora Goat Numbers
Continue To Decline, Says USDA Tally
The total U.S. goat inventory as of Jan. 1 remained the same
as last year at 1.2 million head, but the size of the Angora goat herd
made a precipitous decline to 260,000 head, down 8.8 percent from an
inventory of 285,000 last year and down 83.3 percent from an inventory
of 1.56 million head in 1993.
Montana County Wants
To Warn Newcomers About Ag Realities
Madison County commissioners are proposing a ``right to farm
and ranch'' policy that would warn newcomers to rural life that they
shouldn't expect their farming and ranching neighbors to change their
ways.
Strange Bedfellows Want
P-Dogs Listed
A diverse coalition has petitioned the federal government to
list the Gunnison's prairie dog as an "endangered" species.
Fed Cattle Higher Last
Week, Movement Good In Early Trade
Slaughter cattle across the country sold $3 higher live last
week, $3.50-4 higher dressed. Packer demand was good and the bulk of
showlists cleared by Wednesday.
Domestic Wool Slow, Aussies
Up, S. African Mohair Higher
Trading on domestic wool remained slow last week as weather
interrupted shearing in many areas with snow, ice or muddy conditions.
Demand was moderate to good.
Nation’s Feeder Cattle
Higher, Demand Strong For All Classes
Feeder and stocker cattle sold $1-3 higher across the
country last week, as much as $6 higher for weaned calves. Buyers at
every level aggressively sought numbers, as demand outweighs the
supply of virtually every class.
Angelo Lambs Weak, Feeder
Cattle Higher
Feeder lambs sold steady last week, slaughter lambs weak,
slaughter ewes weak to $3 lower, kids steady, nannies weak to $4
lower. Receipts totaled 6930 head, around 20 percent slaughter lambs,
20 percent feeder lambs, 20 percent slaughter ewes and 40 percent
goats.
Milano Calves Higher,
Yearlings Up Sharply
Feeder steer and heifer calves sold $2-3 higher, yearlings
$6-8 higher, some steers $10 higher, slaughter cows steady to $1
higher, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 427 head.
Brownwood Feeder Cattle
Prices Up
Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to $3 higher,
slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 221 head.
Most Fredericksburg Sheep,
Goats Steady
Feeder lambs sold steady, slaughter lambs steady to firm,
feeder and slaughter goats steady. Receipts totaled 3391 head.
U.S. Meat Production
Declines One Percent
Total red meat production under federal inspection last week
was estimated at 856.3 million pounds, 2.8 percent more than a week
earlier and one percent less than a year ago. Cumulative meat
production for the year to date was down 5.7 percent at 7.88 billion
pounds.
Hamilton Lambs Lower,
Kids, Cattle Steady
Lambs sold lower Monday, ewes steady, kids steady and
nannies lower. Receipts totaled 2304 head. All cattle classes sold
steady Tuesday on receipts of 406 head.
Abilene Feeder Steer,
Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-4 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 1210 head.
Llano Feeder Calves,
Yearlings Sell Higher
Feeder steer and heifer calves and yearlings sold $3-5
higher, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 304 head.
Most Junction Sheep, Goat
Classes Lower
Lambs sold $2 lower, slaughter ewes $1-3 lower, Angora goats
$1-3 lower, meat type kids steady to $3 lower, nannies steady to $5
lower and billies steady $2 lower. Receipts totaled 1779 head.
Mason, San Saba Steer,
Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $5-15 higher last week in
Mason and San Saba, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled
5181 head at the two sales, including the special weaned and feeder
sales.
2003 Pork Production
To New Record Volume
Red meat production in the United States totaled 46.8
billion pounds in 2003, 1.2 percent below the previous year's record
high. Red meat production in commercial plants totaled 46.6 billion
pounds, on-farm production 136 million pounds.
Boxed Beef Values Up $7.39
Last Week
The national comprehensive boxed beef cutout report on all
fed steers and heifers sold last week jumped $7.39 to $135.09.
Lampasas Feeder Steer,
Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $3-5 higher, slaughter cows
$1-2 lower, bulls $2-3 higher. Receipts totaled 566 head.
Fredericksburg Cattle
Prices Trend Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $2-4 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls $2-3 higher. Receipts totaled 773 head.
Goldthwaite Sheep, Goat
Classes Steady
Slaughter lambs sold steady, feeders too few for a test, and
goat classes were steady. Receipts totaled 2035 head.
Most Coleman Cattle
Prices Called Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $3-6 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls $1-2 higher, stock cows and pairs steady to firm. Receipts
totaled 1104 head.
Most Comanche Feeder
Cattle Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers sold $8-12 higher, slaughter cows
and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 325 head.
Colorado City Calves,
Yearlings Sell Steady
Feeder steer and heifer calves sold steady, slaughter cows
and bulls steady to $2 higher, stock cows and pairs $25-50 higher.
Receipts totaled 289 head.
Billings Feeder Lambs
Sell Lower
Feeder lambs on Monday sold $5-10 lower than two weeks ago
in a light test, slaughter ewes $5-8 lower. Receipts totaled 583 head.
San Saba Offers 3800
Replacement Cattle
Open heifers were mostly $675-780 per head in a special
replacement female sale, and 38 tigerstripes brought $860. Pairs were
mostly $1100-1230, a few tigerstripes $1340, bred heifers $875-1050,
topping at $1170 on 15 Brangus, and bred cows were mostly $800-1000
with few second-calf Brangus at $1180. Receipts totaled 3803 head.
Loose Ends
Coming
Up...
March 12 — Wehrmann-Donnell Bull Sale, Wichita Falls Livestock
Auction, Wichita Falls, Texas.
March 18 — Special Cow Sale, Producers Livestock Auction, San
Angelo, Texas.
March 20 — Special Cow Sale, Pearsall Livestock Auction, Pearsall,
Texas.
March 20 — Hales Angus Farms Bull and Female Sale, Canyon, Texas.
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