Plains Fed Cattle On Hold; Feeders Looking For $108
Panhandle fed cattle trade was back to its usual mid-week standoff. Cattle feeders were asking $108, but packer buyers had yet to float a bid. Committed formula cattle for the week were up significantly. The week prior packers managed to shave $4 a hundredweight off the price due to concerns, some say unwarranted concern, following...Slaughter Meat Goats Trade Mixed In Most Recent Sales
Slaughter meat goats traded steady to higher this week. Kids were steady at San Angelo and $5 higher in Fredericksburg. At Goldthwaite light kids sold $10-20 higher while slaughter kids were $5-10 lower. At New Holland, Pennsylvania, slaughter kids traded mostly steady to $10 lower. Goat slaughter under federal inspection the week ending August 3...Sheep Markets Continue With Mixed Trends
San Angelo and most other sheep markets regained some of the downturn experienced in recent trade with lamb prices called firm to $10 higher while the market at New Holland, Pennsylvania, was off $10-15. The lack of forward contracting on lambs has been cited by observers as one factor in weak lamb markets. Estimated domestic...Range Sales
W W Livestock LLC, Veribest, Texas sold 50 babytooth to solidmouth, heavy bred Hereford cows for $1400 head to a buyer near Brownwood, Texas Sid Wilson, Midland, Texas, sold a load of choice three-year old Brangus pairs off range near Buffalo, Oklahoma, to a buyer near Balmorhea, Texas, at $1800 per pair f.o.b. Mid-Tex Cattle...
