HEAVY TEXAS STEERS
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Seasonal averages were bid at
74.00 c&f
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62/64 lb. averages were reported
over the week end at $67.00
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A sale was posted this afternoon
at $67.50 up $0.50 from a week ago
BRANDED STEERS
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Colorado’s were reputed to have
traded at $63.00
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$67.00 was paid for seasonal
averages
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This is steady to up a dollar from
last week.
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Colorado’s were bid in another
case at $63.00 and countered at $65.00
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A bid at $71.00 was countered at
$73.00
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62/64 lb. averages sold at $67.00
BUTT BRANDED STEERS
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Seasonal averages were bid
yesterday at $74.00 c&f
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A sale was posted at $67.00 on
seasonal averages
HEAVY NATIVE STEERS
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Jumbo’s were offered at $72.00
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$67.00 was bid on seasonal
averages and countered at $69.00
HEIFERS
- Natives were offered at $65.00 c&f with a small
brand content
PLUMP COWS
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Brands were reported at $34.00 on
50/52 lb. averages in the southwest
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Extra heavy natives were offered
at $57.00
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Seasonal average natives sold at
$53.50
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Heavy natives were posted at
$53.00
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Midwestern natives were said to
have sold at $48.00 but could not be confirmed.
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Heavy average natives traded at
$50.00
HOLSTEINS
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A bid at $53.00 was countered at
$58.00
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An offering of steers was seen at
$78.00
SKINS
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17/25’s were offered at $55.00
c&f
BULLS
- Natives with some Holsteins content were offered at
$64.00 c&f
SMALL PACKERS
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62/64 lb. average brand offerings were
seen at $54.00
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60/62 lb. mostly natives were
available at $51.00
LOW GRADES
- Machine damaged 3’s were offered at $47.00
INDUSTRY NEWS
- More GRI’s were seen of late. One promulgated today
covered an increase in bunker fuel charges effective April 1.
MARKET OBSERVATIONS
Today’s trend: steady
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Where are all the hides? One
informed source advised today that as hard is it may be to believe, there are
still some renegotiated hides being shipped against a very sold contracts.
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Offerings lists appeared to be
longer today than has been seen for quite sometime
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For a Tuesday, there was a rather
good volume of hides changing hands.
FEDERALLY INSPECTED SLAUGHTER
|
Today
|
120,000
|
|
|
Last week
|
123,000
|
|
|
Last year
|
124,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Week to date
|
242,000
|
|
|
Last week
|
247,000
|
|
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Last year
|
240,000
|
|
Monday’s
slaughter included 97,000 steer/heifers and 25,000 cows and bulls
PRICE GUIDE
| SELECTION |
WEIGHT |
PER PC FOB |
| Heavy Texas Steers |
64-66 |
$66.00-67.00 |
| Branded Steers |
64-66 |
$66.00-67.00 |
| Colorado Steers |
64-66 |
$63.00-64.00 |
| Butt Branded Steers |
64-66 |
$66.00-67.00 |
| Heavy Native Steers |
64-66 |
$67.00-68.00 |
| Heavy Native Heifers |
50-52 |
$58.00-60.00 |
| Branded Heifers |
50-52 |
$56.00-58.00 |
| Heavy Native Cows |
50-52 |
$46.00-48.00 |
| Branded Cows |
50-52 |
$38.00-40.00 |
| Spready Dairy Cows |
50-52 |
$54.00-56.00 |
| Over-weight Kip |
20-35 |
$55.00-57.00 |
| Native Bulls |
95-105 |
$52.00-53.00 |
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