Compared to last week: Steer and heifer feeder cattle all sold fully steady. Quality this week was mostly average and overall not as attractive as last weeks offering. All size packages sold on good demand. Demand for grass cattle remains good to very good. Positive market news late in the week helped spur interest for late week sales, as packers purchased slaughter cattle in the western corn belt at 175.00-177.00 and in Nebraska at 177.00. This pushed CME prices higher for both live cattle and feeder cattle Thursday. Market activity was mostly active this week despite a smaller offering of feeders. Weigh up cows sold on mostly good demand for light to moderate offerings. Packer buyers showed good demand for both slaughter and feeding cows this week. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-3.00 higher on all offerings. Slaughter bulls sold generally steady. Feeding cows sold mostly 2.00-4.00 higher as packers were more competitive over high quality offerings. Weigh up conditions overall were mixed but many sets of cows were pushing moderate fill. Young age cows suitable to feed or rebreed sold on very good demand as several order buyers were searching for this class of cows. The best demand was seen for first calf heifers which lost calves. Quality this week was attractive for these offerings and most sold 13.00-18.00 higher than last week.
| Age | Stage | Head | Wt range | Avg wt | Price range | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stock Cows — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 25 | — | 954 | 132.00–160.00 | 156.78 |
| Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 1 | — | 970 | 97.50 | 97.50 |
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 2 | — | 945 | 132.50 | 132.50 |
| Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 24 | — | 942 | 101.00–153.00 | 125.16 |
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 3 | — | 1,087 | 91.00–112.00 | 97.85 |
| Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 323 | — | 972 | 121.00–178.00 | 156.95 |
| Young (2-4 yrs) | Open | 150 | — | 1,100 | 89.00–145.00 | 116.73 |
| Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs) | Open | 6 | — | 1,150 | 89.00–100.00 | 92.91 |
| Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | Open | 7 | — | 766 | 156.00–164.00 | 162.96 |
| Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 3 | — | 1,008 | 2,010.00 | 2,010.00 |
| Bred Heifers — Medium 1$ per head · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 11 | — | 985 | 1,800.00 | 1,800.00 |
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| (<2 yrs) | N/A | 16 | — | 825 | 183.50–185.00 | 184.70 |
| Bred Cows — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||||
| Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 40 | — | 715 | 47.00–57.00 | 54.85 |
| Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt | ||||||
| Young (2-4 yrs) | 3rd Stage (7-9 mo) | 4 | — | 1,248 | 1,775.00–1,825.00 | 1,800.80 |
| Head | Wt range | Avg wt | Price range | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 4 | — | 1,259 | 94.00–111.00 | 103.36 |
| 7 | — | 1,323 | 115.00–122.00 | 117.68 |
| Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 3 | — | 2,158 | 116.00 | 116.00 |
| 17 | — | 1,763 | 108.00–123.00 | 115.99 |
| 17 | — | 2,011 | 123.00–138.00 | 129.09 |
| 1 | — | 2,270 | 115.00 | 115.00 |
| 22 | — | 1,647 | 85.00–112.00 | 101.47 |
| Bulls — Natural$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 8 | — | 1,730 | 115.50–124.00 | 118.72 |
| 4 | — | 1,853 | 125.00–130.00 | 128.05 |
| 11 | — | 1,633 | 98.00–114.00 | 108.33 |
| Bulls — Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 1,180 | 108.00 | 108.00 |
| 3 | — | 1,283 | 85.00–101.00 | 90.97 |
| Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 34 | — | 1,387 | 79.00–91.50 | 86.51 |
| 26 | — | 1,393 | 100.00–106.00 | 104.06 |
| 122 | — | 1,413 | 88.00–99.50 | 94.62 |
| Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 67 | — | 1,463 | 96.75 | 96.75 |
| Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 760 | 52.50 | 52.50 |
| 1 | — | 965 | 85.50 | 85.50 |
| 4 | — | 945 | 73.00–80.00 | 77.44 |
| Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 1,017 | 70.00 | 70.00 |
| 11 | — | 1,255 | 96.00–101.00 | 98.53 |
| 93 | — | 1,235 | 86.00–96.00 | 90.11 |
| 67 | — | 1,144 | 74.50–87.00 | 82.54 |
| Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 1,760 | 101.50 | 101.50 |
| 49 | — | 1,631 | 94.00–100.00 | 96.99 |
| 17 | — | 1,639 | 90.00–94.50 | 92.66 |
| Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 54 | — | 1,397 | 91.00–98.50 | 95.60 |
| 20 | — | 1,425 | 89.00–95.00 | 91.39 |
| Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 8 | — | 1,223 | 87.50–95.50 | 88.51 |
| 18 | — | 1,091 | 82.75–88.00 | 83.05 |
| Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 4 | — | 1,401 | 92.00 | 92.00 |
| Head | Wt range | Avg wt | Price range | Avg price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 9 | — | 610 | 210.00–216.50 | 213.59 |
| 3 | — | 947 | 160.00 | 160.00 |
| 5 | — | 533 | 235.00–242.50 | 239.46 |
| 14 | — | 585 | 227.00–253.00 | 236.33 |
| 14 | — | 763 | 165.00–178.00 | 168.65 |
| 12 | — | 696 | 187.00 | 187.00 |
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt | ||||
| 4 | — | 105 | 400.00–425.00 | 413.10 |
| 1 | — | 70 | 375.00 | 375.00 |
| Bulls — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 395 | 232.50 | 232.50 |
| 4 | — | 339 | 248.00 | 248.00 |
| Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 1,105 | 132.00 | 132.00 |
| 2 | — | 910 | 152.00 | 152.00 |
| Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 10 | — | 682 | 215.00–220.00 | 217.49 |
| 40 | — | 856 | 182.00–187.50 | 187.22 |
| 20 | — | 557 | 250.00–254.00 | 252.19 |
| 18 | — | 626 | 229.00–245.00 | 230.70 |
| 10 | — | 763 | 191.00–198.00 | 194.30 |
| 14 | — | 923 | 168.00–178.00 | 172.24 |
| 10 | — | 972 | 175.00 | 175.00 |
| 25 | — | 736 | 198.00–210.00 | 199.90 |
| Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 11 | — | 528 | 235.00–254.00 | 245.26 |
| 4 | — | 584 | 235.00 | 235.00 |
| 19 | — | 475 | 252.00–272.50 | 256.30 |
| 6 | — | 809 | 177.00 | 177.00 |
| 7 | — | 680 | 205.00–211.00 | 207.61 |
| Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 9 | — | 479 | 266.00 | 266.00 |
| 25 | — | 386 | 237.00–270.00 | 265.05 |
| 33 | — | 443 | 272.50 | 272.50 |
| Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 694 | 203.00 | 203.00 |
| Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 5 | — | 263 | 260.00 | 260.00 |
| 6 | — | 309 | 255.00 | 255.00 |
| Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 3 | — | 493 | 266.00 | 266.00 |
| Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 14 | — | 335 | 235.00 | 235.00 |
| 43 | — | 440 | 235.50 | 235.50 |
| 19 | — | 385 | 235.00–237.50 | 235.80 |
| Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 3 | — | 822 | 174.00 | 174.00 |
| 2 | — | 370 | 252.50 | 252.50 |
| 40 | — | 627 | 207.00–225.00 | 213.30 |
| 24 | — | 734 | 181.00–192.00 | 188.27 |
| 23 | — | 441 | 238.50 | 238.50 |
| 17 | — | 790 | 163.00–172.00 | 169.19 |
| 18 | — | 590 | 226.00–232.00 | 226.99 |
| 57 | — | 516 | 227.00–238.00 | 230.77 |
| 24 | — | 676 | 210.00 | 210.00 |
| Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 13 | — | 700 | 194.00 | 194.00 |
| 18 | — | 825 | 175.00 | 175.00 |
| 5 | — | 523 | 225.00 | 225.00 |
| Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 2 | — | 550 | 217.50 | 217.50 |
| 2 | — | 385 | 230.00 | 230.00 |
| 16 | — | 523 | 225.00 | 225.00 |
| 8 | — | 648 | 214.00 | 214.00 |
| Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt | ||||
| 3 | — | 397 | 200.00 | 200.00 |
| 2 | — | 483 | 195.00 | 195.00 |
| Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per head · actual wt | ||||
| 1 | — | 70 | 350.00 | 350.00 |
| 8 | — | 449 | 231.00 | 231.00 |