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It’s A Mixed Bag On
Sheep Price Trends
Feeder lambs were mostly down this week with the majority of markets
reporting steady to $4 lower bids. The slaughter market was mixed,
with Sioux Falls off $3-5 while San Angelo managed a $5-10 gain on
light slaughter lambs.
Slaughter Meat Goat Prices
Higher In Most Recent Trade
Slaughter meat goat prices were higher at most recent sales. San
Angelo was $10-15 higher, Goldthwaite and Fredericksburg $15-20
higher and Hamilton $20 higher. New Holland, Pennsylvania was the
exception, quoting trends $6-10 lower per head.
Plains Fed Cattle Trade
Spotty
At Mostly $98.50-99 On The Hoof
Plains fed cattle trade has been on-again, off-again this week, the
Texas Panhandle area moving about 15,500 head at $98.50 to mostly
$99 live Tuesday through Wednesday morning, a few dressed deals at
$155.50-157.50. Packers rolled bids back to $97 Wednesday afternoon
and things quieted down. Last week’s going rate was $100 even.
RANGE SALES
Edd Kenley Bought Dream
Place
After 50-Some Years Of Trying
In 1941 a young Texas A&M cadet was hitchhiking through Houston
County on his way home to East Texas when he unexpectedly came
across an open prairie in amongst the forest. When the young man
arrived home, he told his father about the place, and over the next
several years he encouraged his father to buy it, but he was never
able to get it done.
South African Producer Is Sold
On Viability Of Mohair Industry
Clive van Hasselt is
bullish on mohair and Angora goats.
UT Lands Director
Offers Advice
For Landowners On Wind Leasing
Wind energy is coming, and so is solar energy, says the man who
manages the University of Texas Lands in West Texas.
Goals Of USDA Wildlife
Services
Have Changed Over Near-Century
USDA’s Wildlife Services may be the only federal program that has
gotten in trouble for doing what they were supposed to be doing.
Mike Bodenchuk says some of the language used in the early part of
the last century said their job was to eradicate certain predators.
Manure Better
Fertilizer Deal
As Price Of Anhydrous Climbs
Patrick Warminski, a Texas AgriLife Extension risk management
specialist, says feedyard manure has economic value as fertilizer.
Panhandle Area
Legislators See Much Developing In Wind Energy
A state legislator says wind energy in the Texas Panhandle will have
a bigger impact than oil and gas did almost a century ago.
A Variety Of Elements
Involved
In The Quality Of Meat Products
"The whole point of animal production is to produce something for
the consumer that they'll enjoy and come back and purchase again,"
says Dr. Ty Lawrence, a meat scientist at West Texas A&M University.
Resistance From Big
Retailers
Hampering U.S. Beef In Korea
South Korean importers now face a new challenge: finding a place to
sell U.S. beef, still widely rejected by the nation's biggest
retailers.
Angelo Light Packer Lambs
$5-15 Higher
Light slaughter lambs were $5-10 higher, instances $15 higher,
slaughter ewes firm to $3 higher, kid goats $10-15 higher, nannies
firm to $5 higher. Sheep and goat receipts totaled 4680 head.
Athens Steers Firm, Heifers
$2-3 Higher
Feeder steers were firm, heifers $2-3 higher, slaughter cows steady,
slaughter bulls firm. Receipts totaled 1036 head.
Beeville Steers Firm, Heifers Called
Steady
Feeder steers were firm, heifers
steady, slaughter cows $2 higher. Receipts totaled 612 head.
Billings Feeders Off
$2-4, Ewes Follow
Feeder lambs were $2 to $4 lower, slaughter ewes $1-4 lower.
Receipts totaled 2010 head.
Boxed Beef Cutout Prices
Mostly Higher
The national comprehensive boxed beef cutout report for last week
showed prices up $2.72 from the previous week at $161.50. A year
ago, the cutout value was $142.90.
Light Buffalo Feeder Steers Sell $4
Higher
Feeder steers 300-500 pounds were $4
higher, 500-800 pounds steady, heifers mostly steady except 500-700
pounds $2 higher, slaughter cows steady, slaughter bulls $1 higher.
Receipts totaled 2000 head.
Clifton Feeder Steer Price
Trend Increases
Feeder steers 300-500 pounds were $2-3 higher, 500-800 pounds $3-5
higher, heifers 300-600 pounds steady to firm, 600-700 pounds $2
higher, slaughter cows and bulls $4 higher. Receipts totaled 926
head.
Coleman Feeder Cattle
Price Trends Uneven
Feeder steers under 500 pounds were steady to $2 higher, over 500
pounds steady to firm, heifers under 500 pounds $1-2 higher, over
500 pounds $1-3 lower, slaughter cows and bulls steady, replacement
cows and cow-calf pairs steady to firm. Receipts totaled 2069 head.
Crockett Steer, Heifer
Prices $2-3 Higher
Feeder steers and heifers were $2-3 higher, slaughter cows steady to
$1 lower, slaughter bulls $2 higher. Receipts totaled 1460 head.
Dalhart Feeder Cattle
Prices Firm To Higher
Feeder steers and heifers were firm to $2 higher, slaughter cows and
bulls steady. Receipts totaled 1812 head.
Edinburg Feeder Cattle
Prices Increase $2-4
Feeder steers and heifers were $2-4 higher, slaughter cows $2
higher, slaughter bulls steady to $1 higher. Receipts totaled 783
head.
Emory Steer Prices Trend
$2-3 Higher
Feeder steers were $2-3 higher, heifers $1-2 higher, slaughter cows
firm, slaughter bulls steady. Receipts totaled 830 head.
Fredericksburg Feeder
Cattle Prices Higher
Steers sold $1-3 higher, heifers $1-2 lower, cows and bulls $2
higher. Receipts totaled 1241 head.
Fredericksburg Packer
Goats $15-20 Higher Stock and feeder lambs were steady,
light slaughter lambs $5-10 higher, heavyweights steady on a light
test, slaughter goats $15-20 higher. Receipts totaled 1626 head.
Goldthwaite Light
Slaughter Lambs Up
Light slaughter lambs were $5-10 higher, heavyweights $5-7 higher,
slaughter goats $15-20 higher. Receipts totaled 1930 head.
Light Graham Steer Prices Gain $2-4
Feeder steers under 500 pounds
were $2-4 higher, over 500 pounds $1-2 lower, heifers under 500
pounds $2-4 higher, over 500 pounds $1-3 higher, slaughter cows and
bulls steady to firm. Receipts totaled 753 head.
Heavy Hamilton Lambs
Steady, Steers Gain
Heavy lambs sold $10 higher on Monday, ewes $5 higher, kid goats $20
higher, nannies $10 higher. Receipts totaled 2675 head.
Imported Meat Total 19%
Below Last Year
Imported meat for the week ending June 28 totaled 24,889 metric
tons. This compares to 30,608 metric tons for the same period last
year, and is a 19 percent decrease. The following figures represent
metric tons.
Industry Feeder Steer,
Heifer Prices Higher
Feeder steers and heifers were $1-3 higher, slaughter cows $1-2
lower, slaughter bulls steady. Receipts totaled 905 head.
Most Mason, San Saba Feeder
Steers Steady
Feeder steers were steady at San Saba and Mason, stocker steers $2
lower, feeder heifers $2 lower, stocker heifers steady to $2 lower,
slaughter cows and bulls steady. Receipts at the two sales totaled
2126 head.
Lampasas Feeder Cattle
Prices Steady To Firm
Feeder steers and heifers were unevenly steady to firm, slaughter
cows steady to firm, slaughter bulls $1-2 higher. Receipts totaled
1033 head.
Mohair And Wool LDPs Unchanged
WASHINGTON — As of Wednesday the LDP for mohair remained at 95
cents. The ungraded wool
LDP
was also unchanged at 17 cents.
Lockhart Steer, Heifer Trend Up $1-2
Feeder steers and heifers were
$1-2-higher, slaughter cows steady with high yielding cows $1
higher, slaughter bulls steady to $1 lower. Receipts totaled 848
head.
U.S. Meat Production 3.9% Above Year Ago
Total red meat production under federal
inspection last week was estimated at 954.1 million pounds, 1.4
percent higher than the previous week and 3.9 percent higher than
last year. Cumulative meat production for the year to date was 4.8
percent higher than last year.
Milano Feeder Steers,
Heifers Mostly Steady
Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady, slaughter cows steady,
slaughter bulls steady on limited offerings. Receipts totaled 936
head.
Nation’s Feeder Cattle
Prices
Follow Steady To Higher Trend
Yearling feeder cattle sold steady to $2 higher across the country
last week. Steer and heifer calves traded $1-3 higher, instances up
to $5 higher in the southeastern markets.
Navasota Heifers Up, Steer Prices Lower
Feeder steers were $1-3 lower, heifers
$3-5 higher, slaughter cows $1-2 lower, slaughter bulls steady.
Receipts totaled 1504 head.
Most Pleasanton Feeder
Cattle Decline $2-4
Feeder steers were $4 lower, heifers $2-4 lower, slaughter cows
steady to firm, slaughter bulls steady. Receipts totaled 487 head.
Trevor Brazile Increases Lead
In PRCA All-Around Rodeo Race
In the PRCA all-around competition, Trevor Brazile, Decatur, Texas,
leads with $158,785 in season earnings to date. He is followed by
Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo., with $117,787; Steven Dent, Mullen, Neb.,
$107,251; Cash Myers, Athens, Texas, $98,169; and Curtis Cassidy,
Donalda, Alberta, Canada, $95,631.
Three Rivers Steers Steady To Higher
Feeder steers were steady to $2 higher,
heifers steady to weak, slaughter cows $2 higher, slaughter bulls
firm on excellent offerings. Receipts totaled 881 head.
Tulia Feeder Cattle Prices $2-5 Lower
Feeder steers and heifers were $2-5
lower. Receipts totaled 1190 head.
Domestic Wool Slow, Aussie Market Higher
Domestic wool trading on a clean
basis was at a standstill last week with no confirmed sales under
moderate demand.
Loose
Ends
Hindsights
Coming Up...
August 23
— Special Replacement Female
Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction,
San Saba,
Texas.
August 30
— South
Texas
Cattle Marketing’s Annual Fall Gathering Replacement Female Sale,
Nixon Livestock Commission Company,
Nixon,
Texas.
September 4
— Special Stocker and Feeder
Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction,
San Saba,
Texas.
September 4
— Premium Weaned Calf
Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction,
San Saba,
Texas.
September 4
— Special Cow
Sale, Producers Livestock Auction, San Angelo,
Texas.
September 6
— Bobby Edmond’s Special September Riding Horse Sale,
Amarillo Livestock Auction, Amarillo, Texas.
September 8
— Stocker and Feeder Calf
Sale, Producers Livestock Auction, San Angelo,
Texas.
September 11
— Annual True F-1 Deep Creek
Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction,
San Saba,
Texas.
September 15
— Special Stocker and Feeder
Sale, Jordan Cattle Auction,
Mason,
Texas.
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