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Feeder,
Fat Lambs Exhibit Firm Undertone
Feeder lambs were $2-5 higher in
Texas markets, and the light end managed nearly all of the gains
reported. Slaughter lambs also managed to gain some ground as
markets reflect firm to higher prices. Prices were benefiting from a
firm undertone to the market, and downward fluctuations reflected on
the quality of the offerings.
Plains Fed Cattle Trade
Quiet
At Midweek After Higher Trend
Coming off a stronger market last week, Plains feedlots at presstime
were still waiting for trade to develop.
Recent
Slaughter Goat Price
Trends Go All Over The Board
Meat type slaughter goat price trends
ranged all over the landscape in recent trading. San Angelo and
Junction prices were steady, Goldthwaite and New Holland,
Pennsylvania $5-10 lower, Hamilton $5 higher and Fredericksburg $5-7
higher.
RANGE
SALES
Former Trade Rep Offers
Upbeat
Message For Beef Export Demand
The worldwide picture for U.S. beef exports looks positive, and
that’s good news for cattlemen, says Clayton Yeutter.
LCRA Manager Offers
Thoughts
On Future Of Water In Texas
The Lower Colorado River Authority, created by the Texas Legislature
in 1934, supplies electricity to parts of Central Texas and manages
water supplies for cities, farmers and industries along a 600-mile
stretch of the lower Colorado River basin between San Saba and the
Gulf Coast. LCRA also operates six dams on the Colorado River which
make up the Highland Lakes, including Buchanan, Inks, LBJ, Marble
Falls, Travis, and Lake Austin. LCRA has no taxing authority and
operates solely on utility revenues and fees generated from
supplying energy, water and community services.
TSCRA Targets Animal
Diseases And
Food Animal Vet Shortage
Budget cuts, bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis were key subjects
of discussion during the animal health committee session at the
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s recent fall
board meeting here.
Kansas Feedyard Has Been
Using
Individual ID For A Dozen Years
There is much discussion now about individual animal identification,
whether it will work and what it's worth.
Five Cowmen Receive
Foy Proctor
Award At Midland Haley Library
Five cowmen were honored recently with the Foy Proctor Memorial
Cowman’s Award during a ceremony at the Nita Stewart Haley Memorial
Library and J. Evetts Haley History Center.
Cattlemen’s Beef Board
Chairman
Says Dollar Checkoff Not Enough
Jay O'Brien, Amarillo cattleman and chairman of the Cattleman's Beef
Board, said he could have given a feel-good speech at the joint
Texas Cattle Feeders and Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
associations convention here this month, but that wasn't what was on
his mind.
Emphasis On Biofuels
And Crop
Disaster Expected In Farm Bill
The ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee told Lower
Rio Grande Valley farmers and ranchers that he expects the 2007 Farm
Bill to be much like the 2002 Farm Bill with two exceptions: the
addition of an aggressive energy program to produce bio-fuels, and a
permanent crop disaster relief program.
Rains Throw Curve At
Hunters
As Deer Season Opening Nears
Hunters who spent the summer months refining game plans for deer
season might consider going back to the drawing board. That's the
advice from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists who
suggest recent rains across much of Texas could put a damper on
traditional tactics.
Holt Ranch
Receives Top Award
From Range Management Society
The
Holt Ranch in Reagan County received the “Outstanding Rangeland
Management Award” from the Texas Section-Society for Range
Management during the group’s annual meeting here October 11-13.
Japanese Beef And Rice
Outlet
To Begin Franchising In U.S.
The Japanese Yoshinoya restaurant chain plans to expand operations
in the U.S. by opening its first franchise in the country next
month.
Ohl Takes Seventh Angelo
Calf Roping
Match In A Row Saturday
Cody Ohl stretched his winning streak to seven in a row here
Saturday in the matched calf roping portion of the 53rd
annual San Angelo Roping Fiesta.
Three Rivers Feeder Steers Weak To Lower
Feeder steers were weak to $3 lower, heifers $2-4 lower, slaughter
cows steady to weak, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 1325 head.
Nation’s Feeder Cattle Steady
To Weak After Early Strength
Auction feeder cattle and calves ended the trading session unevenly
steady to weak across the country last week after starting slightly
higher.
Tulia Feeder Cattle Price Trends Uneven
Feeder steers under 500 pounds were $3-5 higher, over 500 pounds
$1-3 lower, heifers under 500 pounds steady to $2 higher, over 500
pounds steady to $2 lower, slaughter cows steady to $3 lower, bulls
untested. Receipt totaled 3782 head.
Meat
Imports 21% Below A Year Ago
Imported meat totaled 24,516 metric
tons for the week ending September 16, which is 21 percent below the
31,049 metric tons for the same week last year. All the following
figures are in metric tons.
Most Lampasas Feeder Cattle Prices Steady
Feeder steers and heifers were steady to instances $1-2 higher,
slaughter cows $1-2 lower, bulls steady. Receipts totaled 889 head.
Athens Feeder Cattle Steady To $2 Lower
Feeder steers and heifers were steady to $2 lower, slaughter cows
steady, bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 1672.
Buffalo Feeder Cattle Prices Mostly Steady
Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady to instances $1-2
lower, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled 1661
head.
Coleman Light Feeder Steer Prices Steady
Feeder steers under 500 pounds were steady, over 500 pounds steady
to firm, heifers under 500 pounds steady to firm, over 500 pounds
$2-3 lower, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $2 higher,
replacement cows and cow-calf pairs $100-150 lower. Receipts totaled
1431 head.
Most Beeville Feeder
Cattle Prices Softer
Feeder steers were $2 lower, heifers under 500 pounds firm, over 500
pounds $3 lower, slaughter cows steady, bulls untested. Receipts
totaled 659 head.
Fredericksburg Lamb, Goat Prices Higher
Feeder lambs sold $3-5 higher, slaughter lambs steady, feeder goats
untested, slaughter goats $5-7 higher. Receipts totaled 2107 head.
Texas Mohair Trades Total 12,000 Pounds
Mohair trading in Texas included
12,000 pounds in slow off-season activity. The current loan
deficiency rate is 84 cents per pound. Trades are all f.o.b. the
warehouse and included 36-38 micron adult at $2.85, fine adult at
$2.90, 12-month $2.47, No. 1 yearling 31-33 micron $3.60, No. 2
$3.25 and No 3 $3.15, fall kid 23-25 micron $7.05, No. 2 $6.55, No.
2 spring kid $3.75.
Angelo
Lambs Steady, Light Cattle Firm
Heavy slaughter lambs were steady, lightweights weak to $5 lower,
slaughter ewes weak to $2 lower, feeder lambs steady, kid goats
steady, nannies firm. Receipts totaled 7725 head.
Crockett Feeder Steer, Heifer Prices
Decline
Feeder steers and heifers were $2-3 lower, instances $5 lower,
slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled 2048 head.
Hamilton Lambs Steady, Steers Steady To
Lower
Lambs sold steady Monday, ewes $10 higher, kid goats $5 higher,
nannies steady. Sheep and goat receipts totaled 2105 head.
Most Cleburne Feeder Cattle Prices Steady
Feeder cattle were steady, slaughter cows and bulls $1-2 higher.
Receipts totaled 689 head.
Abilene Feeder Cattle Prices Mostly Lower
Feeder steers under 500 pounds were $2-4 lower, over 500 pounds
steady, heifers $2-5 lower, slaughter cows and bulls $2-3 lower,
replacement cows $80 higher, pairs untested. Receipts totaled 1705
head.
Fredericksburg Heavy Steer Prices
Decline
Feeder steers over 500 pounds sold $1-3 lower, heifers under 500
pounds steady, slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts totaled
1114 head.
Junction Kid Goat Prices Hold Steady
Kid goats were steady, other sheep and goat price trends unreported
on receipts of 1443 head.
Most San Saba, Mason Cattle Prices Higher
Stocker steers were $3-6 higher in San Saba and Mason, instances up
to $8 higher, stocker heifers $3-5 higher, feeder steers and heifers
steady, packer cows and bulls steady to $1 higher. Receipts totaled
2523 head.
Jordan Special Female Sale
Mostly Higher
The market was termed active and demand good in a special
replacement female sale at Jordan Cattle Auction. Cow-calf pairs
were $50-100 higher, bigger and fleshier young pairs $1200-1450,
thinner pairs $1000-1200, mixed color and solidmouth pairs
$850-1050; bred cows were also $50-100 higher, most younger and
better quality winter and spring calvers $925-1200, mixed color and
thinner cows $800-975; bred heifers were $75-150 higher at mostly
$950-1320 and open heifers $50-75 higher at $750-900. Receipts
totaled 2679 head.
Most Amarillo Feeder Cattle Prices Steady
Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady except weights under
450 pounds $1-3 higher, slaughter cows and bulls untested. Receipts
totaled 1630 head.
U.S. Meat Production 2.6% Above A Year Ago
Total red meat production under
federal inspection last week was estimated at 953 million pounds, .5
percent more than the previous week and 2.6 percent more than a year
ago. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was up 3.7
percent.
Goldthwaite Light Lambs $8-10 Lower
Lightweight slaughter lambs were $8-10 lower, heavyweights steady on
a light test, stocker and feeder lambs untested, stocker and feeder
goats $3-5 lower, slaughter goats $5-10 lower. Receipts totaled 2176
head.
Dalhart Feeder Steer Prices Termed Steady
Feeder steers were steady, heifers $2-3 lower except several load
lots over 650 pounds firm, slaughter cows and bulls steady to $2
higher. Receipts totaled 3424 head.
Domestic Wool Slow, Australian Prices Up
Domestic wool trading remained
seasonally slow last week with just 60,000 pounds of wool sold on a
clean basis f.o.b. the warehouse.
Mohair LDP Rate Drops Four
Cents
As of Wednesday, the USDA loan deficiency payment for mohair dropped
four cents to 84 cents per pound.
Loose Ends
Letter to the Editor
Hindsights
Coming Up...
November 6
— Stocker and Feeder Calf Sale, Producers Livestock Auction, San
Angelo, Texas.
November 9
— Premium Weaned Calf Sale, Jordan
Cattle Auction, San Saba, Texas.
November 9
— Special Stocker and Feeder Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction, San Saba,
Texas.
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