Eighty-Four
Livestock Auction
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, April 1,2002
Report Supplied By Auction
CATTLE 190...(PDA)...Compared with
last week’s sale..cows steady to 2.00 high
er. STEERS: few Standard 1-2
50.00- HEIFERS: few Standard 1-2
55.00- COWS: Breakers 75-80%
lean 41.00-44.00, Boners 80-85% lean
38.50- Lean 85-90% lean
35.50- Shells 34.50 and down.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1460-1595 lbs
54.50- Yield Grade 2 1045-1485 lbs
44.50-
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: few Me
dium and Large 1 410-650 lbs
81.00- Medium and Large 2 400-800
lbs 64.00-75.50; HEIFERS: Medium 1
350-585 lbs 74.00-87.00, Medium and
Large 2 550-825 lbs 43.00-64.00; BULLS:
few Medium 1 330-625 lbs 74.00-89.00,
Medium and Large 2 335-810 lbs
61.00-
CALVES 150...(A11 calves sold per
cwt). VEALERS; Standard and Good
90-115 lbs 50.00-75.00, 60-85 lbs
40.00-75.00, Utility 50-80 lbs 15.00-35.00.
FARM CALVES; Holstein bulls steady
to 25.00 higher.No 1 Holstein bulls
90-125 lbs 130.00-179.00, one 185.00, No 2
75-125 lbs 80.00-135.00; couple No 1 Hol
stein heifers 95 lbs 550.00 & 560.00, No 2
70-115 lbs 160.00-350.00.
Beef type bulls and heifers 80-125 lbs
125.00-181.00.
HOGS IS...BARROWS AND GILTS:
45-50% lean 230-300 lbs 33.50-37.00.
SOWS: 1-3 340-455 lbs 20.00-23.00, one
555 lbs 25.00.
FEEDER PIGS 12...1-3 43 lbs 31.00.
per head.
SHEEP 109... SLAUGHTER LAMBS;
High Choice and Prime 100-125 lbs
65.00-78.00, Choice 25-50 lbs 94.00-97.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Good and Choice
35-60 lbs 65.00-82.50.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: 17.00-45.00.
GOATS 38...(A11 sold by the head).
Large Nannies and Wethers 60.00-79.00,
Medium Nannies 26.00-57.00, Large Kids
28.00-47.00, Small 15.00-25.00.
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National Feeder Cattle
Weekly Summary
St. Joseph, Mo.
March 29,2002
Report Supplied By USDA
NATIONAL FEEDER CATTLE
SUMMARY for week ending Mar. 29.
This report reflects a newly expanded
format. Receipts from the previous for
mat will be available for one year for
comparison purposes.
RECEIPTS; Auctions: this week
202,800, last week 234,400. Direct: this
week 46,100, last week 49,800. Video/
Internet this week 33,000, last week
13,100. Total: 281,900, last week 297,400.
Old Format: this week: 140,100, last week
149,000, last year 196,000.
Compared to last week, feeder and
stocker cattle prices were very uneven.
Certain areas showed strength early in
the week and pressure late in the week
and in other areas the flipside was true.
For example; the market at the Stock
yards in Oklahoma City was surprisingly
strong on Monday, but at other auctions
across the High Plains later on in the
week prices turned lower again. Many of
these salebams had the same buyers and/
or orders sitting in the stands. In the
Southeast, prices started out much lower
and then rebounded toward the end of the
week. For the most part, losers out
weighed gainers and a lower undertone
still looms over the cattle market. No one
seems to have a handle on which way this
thing is going to go, but there are plenty
of opinions in rural coffee shops and bars.
Doomsayers say there is a lot more
room to go down than there is on the up
side. The June and August CME futures
contracts are trading in the mid-sixties
and there is a large glut of unsold cattle
that will be coming off of graze-out wheat
in a few weeks. However, the optimists
also have a decent argument. They say
that the spring rains have started and
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does seem that the packers have let them
selves get awful close to the knife, giving
up some precious leverage to the feedlots.
This was evident on Good Friday, when
fat cattle prices turned the tide, after con
siderable trading on Thursday. Prices
ended up finishing at mostly 71.00 and
113.00 dressed, after it looked like the
market had settled on 70.00 and 112.00.
This is very unusual, especially on a holi
day week. All of this uncertainty has kept
direct feeder cattle buyers out of the coun
try as they don’t want to insult their cus
tomers with the bids they are carrying.
This is causing a lot of sellers to gamble
on the salebarn market, which currently
could be several dollars one way or the
other. Surely there is something that will
stabilize this cattle market soon. Wait,
“can't you smell that smell” it’s your
neighbor cranking up his barbeque grill
just in time. This week’s reported auction
volume included S 3 pet over 600 lbs and
47 pCt heifers.
NOTE: Comments on the cattle mar
ket only are printed here. The full re
port with prices is available online at
www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/
SJ_LSBso.txt
Belknap Livestock
Belknap, Pa.
Report Supplied By USDA
April 3,2002
CATTLE 151„.(PDA).
STEERS: one Choice 2-3 1368 lbs
69.50, few Select 1-3 60.00-66.00, Stan
dard 1-2 52.75-60.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Select and Low
Choice 2-3 990-1106 lbs 57.50-63.00.
HEIFERS; few Select 1-3 59.50-65.50,
few Standard 1-2 49.50-59.50.
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COWS. Breakers 75-80'7r lean
38.00- mostly 43.25-45.25, Boners
80-85Vr lean 42.50-46.75, Lean BS-90 r r
lean 37.00-43.50. Shells down to 32.25.
BULLS: few Yield Grade 1-2
1542-1890 lbs 50.00-59.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS: few Me
dium and Large 2 SOO-6SO lbs
68.00- HEIFERS: few Medium and
Urge 2 320-640 lbs 64.50-79.00; BULLS;
few Medium 1-2 440-690 lbs 68.00-78.00.
CALVES 141...VEALERS; few Choice
230-255 lbs 105.00-115.00, couple Good
148 & 152 lbs 125.00 & 150.00, Standard
and Good 75-110 lbs 44.00-65.00, Utility
50-75 lbs 23.00-47.50.
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47 700 52 550
57 975 62 750
59 775 62 825
58 350 59 100
55 950 56 900
71 025 76 275
71 900 77 400
70 500 76 000
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45 600 45 400
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6B 450 70 250
72.00-125 00; few No I Holstein heifers
80-110 lbs 500.00-600.00, No 2 75-105 lbs
270 00-475 00
Beef type bulls and heifers 70-110 lbs
160.00-285.00, couple down to 70.00.
HOGS 16... BARROWS AND GILTS.
49-54<7r lean 230-260 lbs 32.50-34.00,
45-50<7r lean 220-280 lbs 30.50-32.00,
40-45rf lean 220-300 lbs 29.00-30.00
SOWS: 1-3 500-660 lbs 25.50-31.75,
350-500 lbs 25.50-33.00, Medium 230-390
lbs 22.00-26.00.
FEEDFR PIGS 59... 1-3 60-70 lbs
44.00-54.00,40-50 lbs 34.00. per head.
SHEEP 18... SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice 55-83 lbs 85.00-90.00.
SLAUGHTER SHEEP: few
20 00-23 00.
GOATS 42..(A11 sold by the head).
Couple Large Nannies 49.00 & 61.00, few
Medium 29.00-40.00, few Large Kids
26.00-31 00, Small 7.50-22.50.