These good Brahman X heifers sold well today at Stone Livestock Commission in Mt Pleasant TX
https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=646923903432541
They averaged 584 lbs
Lots of cattle coming to town in Texas. Many of you have seen the video of the line waiting to unload at Emory Saturday. They had 3495 head from 527 consignors Saturday compared to 2113 head from 368 consignors on June 25 (before the 4th of July). Further west, yesterday the sale at Graham had...
I attended this session at the TAMU Beef Short Course. The speaker owns one of the larger sale barns in Texas.
https://www.progressivecattle.com/news/event-coverage/10-things-your-cattle-buyer-wants-you-to-know-and-do
The last sale of the year at Van Zandt was Saturday. The top end of the calves and packer cows were higher. How much of this was pushing to finish loads before the holidays or have we bottomed out?
The slaughter cow market is pretty sad. Packer's have taken $10 to $12 per cwt dressed weight off in the last 8 days. Best packer cow that walks is in low $40's The buyers I talk to say the plants are full and cattle they buy today are scheduled for slaughter a week latter. Lots of weak cows...
A friend sent me these pictures of some heifers that will sell Feb. 25 at the sale in Buffalo, TX. I sure wish I had room for some of them. Calf raising mamas. My grandfather had a set of these kind back in the 1950's.
I know the topic of cow size has been discussed numerous times. We all talk about wanting smaller more efficient cows (1000 to 1200 lbs), but my question is how do we produce the 1350 to 1475 steer that the packers now desire.
The latest data on carcass data from USDA shows the average steer...
Here is an article about the upcoming Beef Short Course at Texas A&M. I have attended several of these and it is always a great place to get new information on beef production.
http://www.southernlivestock.com/articl ... -11879-sls
Texas exhibitors - please accept this invitation to show in the Van Zandt County Fair. 4-H and FFA members can enter into both the junior show and the open show. Here is link to the rules. Just click on open show or junior beef show to open the rules and information...
I found a good weed identification and control guide for southern pastures from the University of Arkansas Extension Service and wanted to share. Pasture Weed Control in Arkansas - http://www.uaex.edu/publications/PDF/MP522.pdf It has what they have found to be the best herbicides to use...
I went to East Texas Livestock at Crockett, TX yesterday. Just over 1200 head sold. Calf market was pretty rapid especially on calves 500 lbs and up. I saw a good Brangus heifer calf that weighed 530 bring $2.90 a lb.
Here is link to market report...
To all Texas exhibitors, w ant to extend an invitation to the Van Zandt County Fair Junior and Open Breeding Beef show in Canton, TX. Van Zandt County Fair Junior and Open Beef Shows are Saturday April 11. 4-H and FFA members can double enter and show twice in one day.
Open show books close at...
L & H Packing Co. in San Antonio is closing. This will affect the packer cow market in Texas and Louisiana, especially South Texas.
http://news4sanantonio.com/news/feature ... 4243.shtml
This Charolais cow has another keeper out of my Santa Gertrudis bull. She calved in early January, 2013 and again on November 28, 2013. Both heifers are polled and have exceptional growth. Keeping these two and putting them in a grading up program.