A42-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 15,2001
National Feeder
Cattle
Weekly Summary
St. Joseph, Mo.
December 7,2001
Report Supplied By USDA
NATIONAL FEEDER
CATTLE SUMMARY for
week ending Dec. 7. Re
ceipts this week 245,200; last
week 156,000 year ago
249,000. Compared to last
week, yearling feeder steers
and heifers sold mostly
steady on limited offerings.
Calf prices trended steady to
3.00 higher on heavy re
ceipts, with Southeastern
calves under 450 lbs as
much as 5.00 higher. The
volatile, feeder prices were
much calmer this past week
and the word “steady” re
appeared on many market
reports across the country.
Which is refreshing, after
the bucking that this feeder
cattle market has undergone
over the last month. The
next ten days in Las Vegas
at the National Finals
Rodeo will seem mild com
pared to the “wild ride” that
feeder cattle buyers and sell
ers have been experiencing.
Large runs of calves helped
buyers put loads together,
especially at the single-head
auctions of the Southeast.
Buyers have now caught up
on orders for wheat cattle,
following the rush brought
on by brief periods of rain
and snow in the Southwest.
However, the Plains remain
very dry and the winter
wheat crop conditions are
not good at this point in the
growing season. The lack of
wheat pasture does not seem
to be curbing the demand
for calves, since back
grounders have learned how
to make use of growing
yards and cheap feed over
the last few years. Many
calves are showing up at the
markets in some stage of
weaning and in favorable
flesh conditions fatT buyers.
Direct country trading con
tinues to be relatively light
for this year’s spring calf
crop; amid' -uncertain
market conditions. Most
calves are going to the auc
tion markets, although it
doesn’t seem that long ago
that people were saying
there is no longer a place for
salebarns in this world of
direct, video, and internet
marketing. This week’s
numbers show that there is
still a need for the sounds of
a yelling nngman, a crack
ing whip, and clanging
gates; along with the smells
of manure, cigarettes, and
greasy hamburgers. Nearly
17.000 head of feeder cattle
were sold at the Oklahoma
City Stockyards and OKC
West m El Reno, Oklahoma;
two auctions in La Junta,
Colorado, sold over 14,000
head this week. Around
29.000 head of feeder cattle
made their way through the
ring at the Joplin Regional
Stockyards this past week.
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with the addition of two spe
cial Wean-Vac auctions
where calves sold at a 4.00-
6.00 premium. Fat cattle
prices leveled off this week
to trade 1.00 lower at 65.00,
after advancing 6.00 in the
two previous weeks. This
week’s reported volume in
cluded 34 percent over 600
lbs.
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