A26-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 15, 2003
Direct Slaughter Cattle
Daily Market Review
St. Joseph, Mo.
March 12,2003
Report Supplied By USUA
National Slaughter Cattle Review as of
2:00 p.m.: Trading and demand light
Wednesday afternoon with some isolated
activity occurring across the Northern
and Southern Plains. There were not
enough live and dressed sales reported to
establish an adequate market trend. The
most recently established market was last
Thursday with live sales in the Southern
Plains at mostly 77 00, and dressed sales
m the Northern Plains, Western Cornbclt
and Colorado ranging from 122 00 to
124 00 mostly 123.00
NEGOTIATED SALES: Confirmed.
9,347; Week Ago' 10,912; Year Ago:
19,276. Week to Date 26,630: Week ago
32,683, Year ago- 42,509.
NEGOTIATED: PRICES PAID for
Domestic Slaughter Steers and Heifers
(Information derived from the 5 area
weighted average report.):
LIVE BASIS. STEERS: Over 80%
Choice no quote, 65-80% Choice
75.00- a\g. 75.28; 35-65% Choice
75.00- avg 75.29; under 35% Choice
no quote. Total all grades 75.00-75.50, avg
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75.28 HEIFERS: Over 80% Choice no
quote; 65-80% Choice 75.00; 35-65%
Choice 75 00; under 35% Choice no
quotes. Total all grades: 75.00-75.00, avg
75.00.
DRESSED BASIS- STEERS: Over
80% Choice no quote: 65-80% Choice
120.00- avg 120.88, 35-65% Choice
120.00- avg 120.48, under 35%
Choice no quotes. Total all grades
120.00- avg 120.66. HEIFERS:
Over 80% Choice 119.00-121.00, avg
120.02, 65-80% Choice 120 00-121.00,
avg. 120 83, 35-65% Choice
119.00- avg 120.20, under 35%
Choice no quotes. Total all grades
119 00-121 00, avg 120.36
FORMULA PURCHASES: Prices es
tablished so far today for previously
slaughtered cattle: Beef Type; Domestic;
Head count priced today - 6,500; weight
ed avg weight - 765 lbs; weighted avg net
price - 124.83.
Covers transactions reported at 2:00
pm today. Comments and market condi
tions may include information gathered
from voluntary sources. All prices,
weights and head counts are only those
gathered through the mandatory report
ing system.
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TLE SUMMARY Week Ending Mat.
7, 2003 Slaughter cattle traded
2.00-3.00 lower than lad week. Packer
demand good with main focus on imme
diate needs. Sellers astutely took lower
money in an effort to encourage maxi
mum slaughter rates through strength
ened packer margins. Both sides of the
trade acutely aware of increasingly lower
slaughter cattle CME for April, June,
and August. The situation requires pack
ers to stay close bought and sellers to
move cattle aggressively. Cattle futures
trading has been quiet throughout the
week as Fcb-Mar placements into feed
lots become the dominate question.
Some feel there are less cattle on wheat
than normal while others believe the op
posite. Numbers at auctions and in direct
Conventional
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Robert Beiber
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New Holland, PA
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Salisbury, PA
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Trout Run, PA
David Albert
877-253-3623
Clayton, DE
William Naudin
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Conowingo, MD
Paul Campbel
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Hagerstown. MD
Nelson R Miller
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Slaughter Cattle
Weekly Review
Oklahoma City, Okla.
March 7,2003
Report Supplied By USDA
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sales of feeders off wheat arc being
closely examined. The only sure thing is
that wheat cattle are concentrated in dif
ferent areas than last year. Boxed beef
prices closed Friday a.m. at 125.50 down
just 66 cents for the week. Sales of
slaughter cattle on a national basis for
negotiated cash trades totaled 189,400
through 10:00 a.m. Friday. Last week's
full count >kas 157,500.
STEERS AND HEIFERS: MID
WEST DIRECT MARKETS; Lise
Basis: 35-80 percent Choice, 900-1400 lbs
76.00- wtd avg 77.05. Dressed
Basis: 35-80 percent Choice. 550-950 lbs
121.00- wld avg 122.83. HIGH
PLAINS: Live Basis: 35-65 percent
Choice. 900-1400 lbs 76.00-78.00, wld avg
76.98.
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SLAUGHTER COWS AND BULLS
(Average Yielding): Slaughter cotvs and
bulls steady to 1.00 higher. USDA’s Cut
ter cotv carcass cut-out value closed
Thursday at 94.11 up 1.88 from last Fri
day and up 6.67 from two weeks ago.
COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean
1000-1600 lb: Colorado 41.50-45.50; Ok
lahoma 41.00-44.50; Alabama
36.00- Boners 80-85% lean
900-1500 lb: Colorado 41.50-45.00; Okla
homa 43.00-44.50; Alabama 38.00-41.00.
Lean 85-90% 850-1400 lb: Colorado
40.00- Oklahoma 39.00-42.00; Ala
bama 35.00-38.00.
BULLS: 88-92% lean 1500-2200 lb:
Colorado 51.00-54.50; Oklahoma
53.50-57.00; Alabama 50.00-55.00.
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