Oklahoma City
Feeder Cattle
Oklahoma City, OK
Wed Dec 15, I*9*
USDA-OK Dept Ag Market News
Oklahoma Notional Stockyards - Week
ly Cattle Summary
Compared to last week; Feeder steers
steady. Steer calves steady to 3.00 lower.
Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower on lim
ited numbers; heifer calves 1.00-3.00 low
er. Demand good for yearlings; moderate
to good for calves. Buyers more selective
for kind and condition than past two
weeks. Numbers of feeders that had been
lotted and fed nearly as plentiful as green
feeders. Feeder cattle in thin to moderate
flesh including several dried out 6 weight
yearlings. Calves showed complete range
from thin to fleshy. Wcigh-ups average to
full. Quality of supply plain to average, end
attractive. Much of the state has received
3-6 inches of tain during this first half of
December. Slaughter cows 2.30-3.00 high
er. Slaughter bulls 1.00 higher. Demand
extremely good from packer, replacement,
and feeder cow orders. Holidays ate Just
around the comer and numbers will be
short over the next two weeks. Total of 750
cows and bulls sold with 32 percent to
packets. Receipts this week 10,400; last
week 8,008; last year 10,097. Supply con
sisted of 59 percent yearlings and calves
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over 600 lbs; 34 percent calves under 600
lbs; 7 percent cows and bulls. Heifers com
prised 30 percent supply. Prices follow
with weighted average weight and price in
parenthesis.
Feeder Steers; Medium and Large I:
Calves: 350-400 lbs (372 lbs)
115.00-11950 (116.71); 400-500 lbs (450
lbs) 100.00-110.50 (106.86); 500-550 lbs
(527 lbs) 95.00-104.00 (97.66); 550-600
lbs (576 lbs) 8950- 98.00 (94.07); 600-700
lbs (650 lbs) 85.00-93.00 (90.27); Year
lings: 650-700 lbs (673 lbs) 89.00-93.50
(91.39); 700-750 lbs (728 lbs) 885091.75
(89.99); 750800 lbs (772 lb) 85.0091.25
(88.81); few 800-850 lbs (814 lbs)
8675-87.00 (86.92); few 850900 lbs (874
lbs) 77508450 (7957); few 900950 lbs
(909 lbs) 76507750 (77.02). Holsteins:
few Large 2: 400500 lbs 70.00; 575 lbs
67.50; 700 800 lbs 61.006450.
Feeder Heifers: Medium and Large 1:
Calves: 350-400 lbs (379 lbs)
96.00105.50 (99.36); 400450 lbs (421
lbs) 875097.50 (92.15); 450 500 lbs (479
lbs) 85.25-90.00 (87.87); 500550 lbs (519
lbs) 83.009150 (86.17); 550600 lbs (577
lbs) 80.5088.00 (83.86); 600650 lbs (613
lb) 76.75-85.00 (82.81); 650700 lbs (668
lbs) 77.25-80.00 (79.42); Yearlings:
600700 lbs (650 lbs) 805082.50 (81.93);
700800 lbs (750 lbs) 77.0083.00 (80.07);
800900 lbs (850 lb) 74.0075.75 (75.91);
925 lbs 7550.
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Slaughter Cows; Head %Lean Weight
Average Dress High Dress Low Dress
*Brk 30 75-80% 10501500 36.5039.00
38.50-42.00 37.00 *Bnr 48 80-85%
900-1575 35.00-38.00 39.00-44.00
34.0036.50 Lean 102 85-90% 8501400
35.0037J0 38.0042.50 323035.
00 Light 8 85-90% 750-850 33.00
27.00-31.50
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Slaughter Bulls; Head Weight Avenge
Dress High Dress Low Dress Yield Grade
1- 29 1400-2175 46.50-50.00
50.50-53.00 41.0045.50
Estimated dressed cost at Oklahoma
National Stockyards: Lean 78.35; Boners
75.10; Breaker 71.25. Bulls 86.65.
Replacement Cows: Pretested for bangs,
pregnancy, and age Medium and Large 1
Age Weight Months Bred Quality Price
2- yr old 1000-1100 5-6 months High,
blacks 635.00-690.00 3-6 yr old 900-1200
24 months High, blacks 545.00610.00
4-7 yr old 825-1200 6-8 months Avg qual
ity 500.00-580.00 4-7 yr old 8501175 2-4
months Avg quality 460.00490.00 9-10 yr
old 9501250 5-7 months High, blacks
465.00550.00 9-10 yr old 875-1100 2-7
months Avg, Macks 375.00460.00
Pairs; Medium and large I Age Cow
Weight Calf Weight Quality Price 6 yr old
1000-1100 300-350 Avg. bred back
820.00840.00 7-8 yr old 850950 100250
Avg quality 640.00680.00 10 yr old 1100
250 Avg, bred back 640.00 9-10 yr old
800-1250 100-250 Avg quality
530.00560.00
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Dec. 15, 1999
Report Supplied By Auction
SLAUGHTER COWS: 95 HEAD,
1.00-2.00 HIGHER. UTILITY
36.0040.00; HIGH DRESSING TO 4130,
1 AT 44.00; CANNERS 33.0037.00;
SHELLY 3230 DOWN.
BULLS: 6 HEAD. YG#I 11001600
LBS. 45.0047.00; YG#2 43.0045.00.
FED STEERS: FEW OFFERED.
CHOICE 14001500 LBS. 68.0069.75; I
LOW DRESSING 1138 LBS. AT 6630;
SELECT 11001200 LBS. 54.0057.00.
FED HEIFERS: HIGH CHOICE TO
PRIME 1075-1300 LBS. 69.007230;
SELECT HOLSTEINS 43.0044.25.
VEAL CALVES: 93 HEAD. CULLS
85-110 LBS. 26.0032.00; 6085 LBS.
18.0025.00.
FARM CALVES: 20.0030.00 HIGH
ER. HOLSTEIN BULLS #1 95-120 LBS.
130.00167.00; 9095 LBS. 90.00125.00;
#2 85-90 LBS. 35.0060.00; HOLSTEIN
HEIFERS#! 95-120 LBS. 250.00317.00;
8095 LBS. 120.00250.00; BEEF X
BULLS TO 138.00; BEEF X HEIFERS TO
110.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: 1 274 LBS. AT
46.00; I 408 LBS. AT 44.00.
SOWS: 27 HEAD. 300-400 LBS.
24.00-31.00; 400-500 LBS. 24.00-29.75;
500-700 LBS. 2850-32.25.
BOARS: 3 HEAD. 670-785 LBS.
6.25-6.75.
STOCK CATTLE: 103 HEAD,
STEADY TO HIGHER PRICES. STEERS
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500-700 LBS. 71.00-78.00.
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1100.00- MEDIUM SPRINGING
HEIFERS 675.00-1075.00; LARGE SPR
INGING COWS 1050.00-1200.00; I
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BRED 760.00; HOLSTEIN BULL 1235
LBS. AT 48.00; SMALL OPEN HEIFERS
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SHEEP: 26.0036.00.
GOATS: 14 HEAD. LARGE
54.0079.00; MEDIUM 35.0070.00.
LAMBS: 14 HEAD. CHOICE 100-120
LBS. 80.00-89.00; 125-140 LBS.
66.0075.00; 7085 LBS. 90.00105.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: 40 HEAD. MOST
WERE CULLS. BY THE HEAD, 3 HEAD
54 LBS. AT 2850; 1 70 LBS. AT 39.00;
BY THE LB. SHEAD 63 LBS. AT 37.00; 3
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