Holiday-Week Feeder Cattle
Trade Unsettled Most Places

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. —(USDA)— Feeder steer and heifer prices were unsettled during last week’s holiday-shortened period. The overall trend was generally steady to $1 higher, but some locations were a little weaker. Numbers at many markets were too light to attract much buying interest.

Fed cattle prices shot up to $64 in late trading in the High Plains area while corn prices bounced up, then down to support bullish ideas for the feeder cattle trade. Hot temperatures in the Oklahoma and Texas area continued while some cooling with scattered showers helped out in the Midwest.

Reports of many empty pens in feedyards were prevalent, however, stock cattle start coming out of the Osage and Flint Hills area within the next two weeks.

Yearlings weighing more than 600 pounds accounted for approximately 84 percent of the week's run.

Some trading:

Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma: steers, medium and large No. 1 675 lbs. $58, 700-800 lbs. $60-62, 800-850 lbs. $59.50-61.50; 800 lbs. delivered $62; heifers, 500-575 lbs. $52-53, 675 lbs. $54; 725-750 lbs. delivered $57-58.

Oklahoma: steers, medium and large No. 1 600 lbs. $56, 700-800 lbs. $60-61, 800-900 lbs. $60-62; 800 lbs. for late July delivery $59-60.50; heifers, 575 lbs. $52, 675 lbs. $54-55, 700-750 lbs. $55-57, several loads fancy blacks 750 lbs. $60; 750 lbs. for July through September delivery $55.

Colorado: steers, medium and large No. 1 800-840 lbs. delivered $60.50-64.40, 875-900 lbs. $59.35-60.50; 800-850 lbs. delivered for August $62-62.25; string 875 lbs. delivered for September $60; heifers, 775-780 lbs. delivered $60; 750-800 lbs. delivered for August $59.25-60, 750-800 lbs. for September $56.50-58, string 775 lbs. for October $57.50.

Wyoming, Western Nebraska, and Western North and South Dakota: steers, medium and large No. 1 850 lbs. delivered $62.80; auction, 865-1010 lbs. $59.10-62.70, 1100 lbs. $56.40; heifers, 645 lbs. delivered $59.35; auction, load 510 lbs. $58, 615-625 lbs. $62.60-63.60, 775-835 lbs. $58.25-59.80, 910-960 lbs. $60.40-60.60.

Washington, Oregon and Idaho: steers, medium and large No. 1 800-875 lbs. $58-60, 925-950 lbs. $59-59.50; heifers, 750 lbs. $55, 800-850 lbs. $54-56.50.

California: steers, medium and large No. 1 775 lbs. $57.50, 825-900 lbs. $54.50-56.

Kentucky: auction, steers, medium and large No. 1 200-300 lbs. $53-61, some $62-66.50, 300-400 lbs. $53-61, few $62-63.50, 400-500 lbs. $52-60, some $61-63, 500-600 lbs. $53-62, some $62-63.50, 600-700 lbs. $52-60, some $61.25-61.80, 700-800 lbs. $51-59, 800-900 lbs. $52-59.95; large No. 2 Holsteins, 300-400 lbs. $29-35, 400-500 lbs. $27-32, 500-600 lbs. $32-34, 600-700 lbs. $32-36.25, 700-900 lbs. $28-34.25; heifers, 200-300 lbs. $42-50, 300-400 lbs. $42-50, some $52-53, 400-500 lbs. $44-52, some $52.50-53, 500-600 lbs. $45-53, few $54-55.50, 600-700 lbs. $46-54.50, few $54.75-55.50, 700-800 lbs. $46-54.50.