Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers were too lightly tested to develop an accurate market trend, however steady to firm undertones were noticed. Quality was plain to average and mostly offered in small to medium size packages. Demand for grass cattle continues to be mostly moderate to good. Ranchers continue to look for grass cattle among limited offerings. This has helped support prices for these weights as heavier and lighter weight prices have fallen. CME prices were volatile this week as sharply lower prices to end last week were met with optimistic gains early in the week. Overall CME positions were near steady with last Thursdays close. CME positions from last Thursday through this Thursday saw the August contract settle at 139.275, up 1.05, September settled at 139.60 up 1.075, and the October settled at 139.75, up 1.40. Market activity this week was mostly slow to moderate. Weigh up cows sold on mostly moderate demand for heavy offerings. Packers started the week aggressively by buying cows
mostly for short term feeding for the week of July 4th, however as the week progressed and buyers filled loads, cows weakened in price. Packers and feeding buyers were also competitive in bidding on high quality cows to feed to premium white. Demand for very high quality fleshy cows remains good and these cows sold mostly steady. Overall feeding cow prices were unevenly steady from 2.00 higher to 4.00 lower, mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Packers showed mostly lighter demand for slaughter cows this week as they opted to put most cows away on feed. Slaughter cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 lower on boning and lean cows. Breaking cows were too lightly tested to trend as most of these cows sold as feeding cows. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 lower. Cows and bulls offered buyers a noticeably better weigh up this week as cows coming off grass showed significantly better yields. Quality this week was mostly average to very attractive. Young age cows sold on moderate demand this week for mostly light offerings. Young
cows sold unevenly steady as differences in quality helped drive prices.
| Head | Wt range | Avg wt | Price range | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 4 | — | 974 | 111.00 | 111.00 |
| Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 736 | 137.00–144.00 | 138.40 |
| 31 | — | 806 | 126.00–131.00 | 129.70 |
| 15 | — | 449 | 181.00 | 181.00 |
| 15 | — | 674 | 146.50–152.50 | 150.54 |
| 19 | — | 554 | 170.00–175.00 | 174.73 |
| 10 | — | 620 | 159.00–167.00 | 163.49 |
| 3 | — | 463 | 188.00 | 188.00 |
| Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 2 | — | 605 | 151.00 | 151.00 |
| 5 | — | 785 | 135.00 | 135.00 |
| 9 | — | 687 | 139.00–148.00 | 140.94 |
| 26 | — | 525 | 154.50–169.00 | 165.05 |
| Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 31 | — | 621 | 100.00–120.00 | 110.13 |
| Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 15 | — | 717 | 123.00–124.00 | 123.66 |
| 4 | — | 819 | 114.50 | 114.50 |
| 2 | — | 680 | 120.00 | 120.00 |
| 3 | — | 792 | 116.00 | 116.00 |
| 7 | — | 516 | 126.00–146.00 | 134.42 |
| 11 | — | 583 | 128.00–144.00 | 136.88 |
| Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 8 | — | 476 | 151.00–155.00 | 153.44 |
| 16 | — | 621 | 141.00–147.00 | 143.46 |
| 25 | — | 528 | 151.00–153.00 | 151.95 |
| 71 | — | 668 | 133.00–145.00 | 136.52 |
| 5 | — | 712 | 132.00 | 132.00 |
| 5 | — | 810 | 113.00 | 113.00 |
| 13 | — | 778 | 123.00–124.00 | 123.46 |
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 3 | — | 415 | 167.50 | 167.50 |
| 7 | — | 732 | 120.00–123.00 | 121.74 |
| 9 | — | 836 | 115.50 | 115.50 |
| 3 | — | 895 | 117.00 | 117.00 |
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 865 | 118.00 | 118.00 |
| 1 | — | 67 | 200.00 | 200.00 |
| 8 | — | 975 | 111.00–116.00 | 113.49 |
| 21 | — | 936 | 110.00–117.00 | 115.43 |
| Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 33 | — | 1,011 | 109.00–112.00 | 111.26 |
| 9 | — | 1,064 | 100.00–108.00 | 105.34 |
| Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 2 | — | 1,000 | 97.50 | 97.50 |
| Age | Stage | Head | Wt range | Avg wt | Price range | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Young (2-4 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 10 | — | 1,360 | 1,135.00–1,300.00 | 1,231.50 |
| Young (2-4 yrs) | 2nd Stage (4-6 mo) | 5 | — | 1,228 | 1,110.00 | 1,110.00 |
| Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 1 | — | 1,380 | 1,100.00 | 1,100.00 |
| Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 4 | — | 1,279 | 1,135.00 | 1,135.00 |
| Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Aged (>8 yrs) | 2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) | 3 | — | 1,408 | 875.00 | 875.00 |
| Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 191 | — | 1,020 | 75.00–113.00 | 95.56 |
| Aged (>8 yrs) | Open | 441 | — | 1,254 | 58.00–71.00 | 63.78 |
| Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) | Open | 542 | — | 1,365 | 61.00–73.00 | 67.91 |
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 254 | — | 1,139 | 65.00–106.00 | 77.12 |
| Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) | Open | 153 | — | 1,353 | 62.00–74.50 | 69.04 |
| Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 27 | — | 950 | 74.00–87.25 | 84.50 |
| Stock Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 1 | — | 735 | 72.50 | 72.50 |
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 1 | — | 705 | 60.00 | 60.00 |
| Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Aged (>8 yrs) | Open | 54 | — | 1,126 | 55.00–61.50 | 56.94 |
| Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) | Open | 2 | — | 1,103 | 59.00–64.50 | 62.07 |
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 10 | — | 919 | 55.00–64.50 | 62.01 |
| Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) | Open | 7 | — | 1,125 | 59.00–61.50 | 60.72 |
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 4 | — | 971 | 72.00 | 72.00 |
| Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 2 | — | 788 | 87.50 | 87.50 |
| Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 1 | — | 1,080 | 63.00 | 63.00 |
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | N/A | 78 | — | 1,057 | 110.00–120.50 | 118.19 |
| Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs) | Open | 10 | — | 1,525 | 1,300.00–1,350.00 | 1,320.60 |
| Middle Aged (5-8 yrs) | Open | 12 | — | 1,428 | 1,875.00 | 1,875.00 |
| Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 3 | — | 1,062 | 1,050.00 | 1,050.00 |
| Head | Wt range | Avg wt | Price range | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 22 | — | 1,644 | 71.00–81.00 | 76.36 |
| 50 | — | 1,796 | 82.00–89.50 | 85.75 |
| 43 | — | 2,047 | 88.00–98.50 | 93.16 |
| Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 6 | — | 1,774 | 85.00–94.00 | 90.17 |
| 8 | — | 2,001 | 94.50–102.50 | 97.80 |
| Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 2,045 | 64.00 | 64.00 |
| Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 12 | — | 1,448 | 67.50–70.00 | 69.35 |
| 18 | — | 1,432 | 55.00–65.50 | 59.88 |
| 56 | — | 1,445 | 62.00–69.00 | 65.43 |
| Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 10 | — | 1,653 | 67.50–73.00 | 71.64 |
| 3 | — | 1,587 | 67.50–68.50 | 67.85 |
| Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 870 | 50.00 | 50.00 |
| 10 | — | 925 | 50.00–58.00 | 53.01 |
| Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 1,254 | 43.00–53.00 | 48.60 |
| 7 | — | 1,252 | 66.00–70.00 | 67.50 |
| 106 | — | 1,237 | 61.50–67.00 | 63.99 |
| 122 | — | 1,183 | 50.00–62.50 | 58.02 |