Feeder Cattle And Calf Prices
Were Little Changed Last Week

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. —(USDA)— Prices for feeder cattle and calves were little changed across the country from the previous week. The most notable exception was in the western and Mountain states, where prices were steady to $2 higher.

Total numbers offered continued to run well above year-ago totals even though producers located in corn and bean country have stayed in the fields, delaying shipments of both calves and yearlings to market centers. These numbers have created some apprehensiveness following the large placements reported on the last two cattle on feed reports.

Fed cattle prices wound up on about an even keel after high hopes of pushing prices upward on relatively light offerings. Corn prices remained on the soft side. Wheat fields could be good in some areas, but more warm weather is needed, and most fields are still some time away from being ready to graze cattle.

Yearlings accounted for approximately 37 percent of the week's run.

Some trading:

Texas Panhandle and Western Oklahoma: steers, medium and large No. 1 650-675 lbs. $63-64, 700-800 lbs. $59-64, 800-875 lbs. $60-62; few 500 lbs. delivered $62, 600-700 lbs. $61.50-64.75, 700-800 lbs. $62-66, 800-850 lbs. $62.25-63; 700-800 lbs. for December and January delivery $62.75-64, February and March $63-64, April and May $63.50-64; 700-800 lbs. delivered for December and January $61.75-63, February and March $65.50-66.50, April and May $63.75; heifers 650-675 lbs. $56-60, 700-800 lbs. $55-57; 475-575 lbs. delivered $54-59.50, 675-775 lbs. $56-61, 800 lbs. $58.50; 700 lbs. delivered for February and March $61.50-62.50.

Oklahoma: steers, medium and large No. 1 550-575 lbs. $60-65.50, 750 lbs. $62.50, 800 lbs. $63; 700-750 lbs. for March delivery $62-63.25; heifers, 470-525 lbs. $53.75-54, 625 lbs. $55, 700-725 lbs. $55.50-58.

Colorado: steers, medium and large No. 1 570-650 lbs. $62-62.50, load 800 lbs. $62; few loads 740-780 lbs. delivered $63, string 875 lbs. $63; auction, 300-400 lbs. $66-74, few to $78, 400-500 lbs. $63-70, 500-600 lbs. $60-67.75, mostly $62-67, 600-700 lbs. $60-66, mostly $62-65.25, 700-800 lbs. $60.50-64.50, some early sales to $65.60, 800-900 lbs. $60-65.60, 900-1000 lbs. $58.85-61.25; heifers, load 625 lbs. $56.50; few 670-800 lbs. delivered $58.25-58.50; auction, 300-400 lbs. $54-62.50, mostly $55-61, 400-500 lbs. $53-58.50, 500-600 lbs. $52.85-59, 600-700 lbs. $53.50-59, early to $61, 700-800 lbs. $55.50-60.40, early to $62.35, 800-900 lbs. $55.80-59.60.

Nebraska: steers, medium and large No. 1 400-500 lbs. delivered $66-72, 500-600 lbs. $64-68, 600-700 lbs. $63-68, 700-800 lbs. $64-68, 800-900 lbs. $64-68, 900-1000 lbs. $62-66; heifers, 400-500 lbs. $57-63, 500-600 lbs. $56-62, 600-700 lbs. $58-63, 700-800 lbs. $60-65, 800-900 lbs. $60-64.

South Dakota: steers, medium and large No. 1 500-550 lbs. $62-66, 700-750 lbs. $61.75 65.50, those at outside price delivered, 850-900 lbs. $61-64.50; heifers, string Montana origin 650 lbs. delivered $60.50, few 700-1000 lbs. $58-61.

Wyoming, Western Nebraska and Western North and South Dakota: steers, 830-850 lbs. $65, delivered $64-65, from western North Dakota 400-475 lbs. $60-64, 500-600 lbs. $60-64, 800-875 lbs. $61-62; auction, 300-350 lbs. $75-77.25, 350-400 lbs. $67.25-72, 400-500 lbs. $61.50-68.25, mostly $64.50-68.50, blacks 400-475 lbs. $72-76, 500-600 lbs. $60-67, mostly $61-64, blacks 500-560 lbs. $67-69.50, 600-700 lbs. $61-63.50, blacks 600-650 lbs. $64.60-65.90, 700-800 lbs. $64.70-67, 800-900 lbs. $59.50-64.70, 965-1035 lbs. $60.25-62.90; heifers, 750 lbs. delivered $61, from western North Dakota 400-550 lbs. $55-58, 675-750 lbs. $56-57, 800-850 lbs. $57; auction, 300-400 lbs. $51.50-61.75, mostly $56-60, 400-500 lbs. $53-58.50, blacks 425-470 lbs. $59.25-64.50, 500-600 lbs. $52.25-59.25, thin Herefords 530 lbs. $60.50, load blacks 500 lbs. $61, 600-700 lbs. $55-64.70, mostly $60-64.70, 700-800 lbs. $57-61.60, blacks 750-770 lbs. $62.70, 800-900 lbs. $57-62.50, 900-965 lbs. $57.75-61.10.

Montana: steers, 550 lbs. $61-62, 700 lbs. $65.50; 500-550 lbs. for November delivery $64-67, 600-625 lbs. $61-63; auction, 300-350 lbs. $61.75-69, 350-400 lbs. $62.50-70, 400-450 lbs. $60.50-67.50, 450-500 lbs. $60.50-67.50, 500-500 lbs. $60-66, 550-600 lbs. $60-65, 600-650 lbs. $60.25-65.50, 650-700 lbs. $60.25-64.50, 700-750 lbs. $62-65, 750-800 lbs. $60.50-63, 800-850 lbs. $60-63, 850-900 lbs. $62-62.25; heifers, 670 lbs. $55.75, 650 lbs. $60.50; 500-525 lbs. for November delivery $56-57, 600-625 lbs. $55; auction 250-300 lbs. $54.25-57, 300-350 lbs. $53.50-57, 350-400 lbs. $52.50-58.25, 400-450 lbs. $52-59.85, 450-500 lbs. $53-57.50, 500-550 lbs. $52.75-58.75, 550-600 lbs. $52.75-58, 600-650 lbs. $53.50-59.25, 650-700 lbs. $57-60, 700-750 lbs. $56.50-60.75, 750-800 lbs. $57.25-60.85.

Washington, Oregon and Idaho: steers, medium and large No. 1 500-550 lbs. thin from Oregon, $63, 600-650 lbs. $56, 850 lbs. $56, 750-800 lbs. from Idaho $58; auction, 350-400 lbs. $59.50, 400-500 lbs. $58.50-67, 500-600 lbs. $56.50-64, 600-700 lbs. $56-60, 700-800 lbs. $56.50-58.50, 800-900 lbs. $55-58; heifers, 550-600 lbs. from Oregon $50, 800-850 lbs. $53; auction, 350-400 lbs. $53.50-54, 400-500 lbs. $47-57.50, 500-600 lbs. $48-53, 600-700 lbs. $49-53, 750-800 lbs. $48.50-53.75, 800-850 lbs. $49.

Arkansas: auction, steers, medium and large No. 1 300-350 lbs. $62-68, 350-400 lbs. $61-67, 400-450 lbs. $59-65, 450-500 lbs. $58-64, 500-550 lbs. $56-62, 550-600 lbs. $56-62, 600-700 lbs. $56-62, 700-800 lbs. $55-60; heifers, 300-350 lbs. $50-55, 350-400 lbs. $49-54, 400-450 lbs. $49-54, 450-500 lbs. $49-54, 500-600 lbs. $49-54, 600-700 lbs. $50-55, 700-800 lbs. $51-56.

Kentucky: auction, steers, medium and large No. 1 200-300 lbs. $54-62, some $63-65, 300-400 lbs. $54-63, some $64-65.75, 400-500 lbs. $52-61, several $62-66.25, 500-600 lbs. $53-61, 600-700 lbs. $51-60, few $60.50-61.60, 700-800 lbs. $52-60, some $60.50-61, 800-900 lbs. $53-61.60, several $62-63.40; large No. 2 Holsteins 300-400 lbs. $31.50-35, 400-500 lbs. $32-40, 500-600 lbs. $32-40.25, some $45, 600-700 lbs. $34-42, 700-900 lbs. $34-42.80; heifers, 200-300 lbs. $43-51, 300-400 lbs. $42-51, 400-500 lbs. $43-52, few $53-54, 500-600 lbs. $44-52, some $53-55, 600-700 lbs. $45-53.50, some $54-55.75, 700-800 lbs. $46-54, some $55-56.

Tennessee: auction, steers, medium and large No. 1 200-300 lbs. $57-65, 300-400 lbs. $55-65, 400-450 lbs. $54-63, 450-500 lbs. $51-60, 500-600 lbs. $51-59, 600-700 lbs. $50-58, 700-800 lbs. $51-56.50, 4 loads 800-825 lbs. $59.30-59.95, heifers, 200-300 lbs. $43-41, 300-400 lbs. $44-52, 400-500 lbs. $44-51, 500-600 lbs. $44-51, 600-700 lbs. $45-51.50, 700-800 lbs. $45-51.50, 2 loads 700-725 lbs. $54.20-54.25.

Southeastern complex: auction, steers, medium and large No. 1 200-250 lbs. $65-75, 250-300 lbs. $60-68, 300-350 lbs. $58-66, 350-400 lbs. $54-64, 400-450 lbs. $53-63, 450-500 lbs. $50-60, 500-550 lbs. $50-59, 550-600 lbs. $49-58, 600-650 lbs. $50-56, 650-700 lbs. $48-55, 700-750 lbs. $46-55, 750-800 lbs. $43-46; heifers, 200-250 lbs. $46-54, 250-300 lbs. $44-49, 300-350 lbs. $45-53, 350-400 lbs. $40-49, 400-450 lbs. $44-53, 450-500 lbs. $41-51, 500-600 lbs. $44-52, 600-700 lbs. $43-50, few to $52.50.