Friday, October 4th All Beef Feeder Cattle Sale

This past Friday, October 4th, we sold 2,056 cattle. We had a good run of fancy, green yearlings (1,636) coming off grass and ready to head to finishing yards.  As the yearling numbers start to dwindle, we will begin to see the new crop calves in full force during the up coming weeks.  The new crop calves (420) sold well considering mother nature continues to wreck havoc with this wet weather and we need to get crops in and bedding made. 
 
When making your marketing decisions, we would highly recommend keeping an eye on this weather, the harvest and the bedding situation when trying to pick the best time frame to market New Crop Calves.  When the conditions of these elements become more stable and nearly complete, it is then the right time to start looking at marketing times.  Let's hope that is coming sooner than later. 
 
Up Coming Sales:
 
Friday, October 11th  ~ All Holstein & Dairy Cross Sale
 
Friday, October 18th  ~ All Beef New Crop Calf & Yearling Sale
 
Thanks to all Buyers/Sellers alike who together for another nice sale. 
 
Here is the report...
 
Fancy New Crop Steer Calves 
300 ~ 425#    160 - 185
450 ~ 525#    145 - 170
550 ~ 625#    140 - 160
Improperly Handled/ Lower Quality Steer Calves Less 
 
Fancy New Crop Heifer Calves 
300 ~ 425#    150 - 175
450 ~ 525#    135 - 155
550 ~ 625#    125 - 145
Improperly Handled/ Lower Quality Heifers Calves Less
 
Fancy Green Yearling Steers
650 ~ 725#    140 - 157        Load of 722# @ 156.50
750 ~ 825#    135 - 150.50   Load of 790# @ 149
850 ~ 925#    130 - 150.75   Load of 883# @ 150.75
950 ~ 1000#  120 - 134.75   4 Loads of 995# @ 134.75
Improperly Handled/ OverFleshy/ Lower Quality Steers Less
 
Fancy Green Yearling Heifers
650 ~ 725#     125 - 138
750 ~ 825#     120 - 137       Load of 791# @ 136.75    
850 ~ 925#     115 - 128
Improperly Handled/ OverFleshy/ Lower Quality Heifers Less

Posted on Oct 05 at 15:39