Bred cows today

[Dave]

Stock cow special today at Vale. They said over 250 cows. The top was $1,475 for 24 good black cows 3 & 4 years old all bred 7 -7+. A fair amount of fat 1,500-1,600 pound cows. The kill buyer got them for over $1,000. I am a bit of a bottom feeder. I got 10 broken mouth cows that are all 7 or 7+ months bred. They averaged weighing 1,134 and I paid $838 average. I am sure that I took home the cheapest string of cows for the day.

 

[kenny thomas]

Lots of slaughter cows bringing in the 80's here. Makes a big cow high just to kill.
1500lb @.80 is $1200 to kill

 

[Stocker Steve]

Kill cow price has jumped higher here, and well fed bred heifers are going to slaughter. I have a couple 1600# cows going to the next bred sale. I think they are worth U$S 1200 to the kill buyers.

High hay prices are the only thing keeping a lid on the cow market. Will get really wild if the drought continues this summer.

 

[SBMF 2015]

Dad sold two mrkt cows and a first stage fall bred cow last wk. The take home check was over $3,400. Kill cows brought. $0.825, he should have sent the bred cow to slaughter too. She just brought kill price.

 

[Dave]

I looked up the last week sale reports from 5 eastern Oregon and Washington cow sales. They all list the top cows selling for 70-71 cents. A 1,500 pound cow at $0.70 brings in $1,050. I don't think I saw anything sell that high. They were all selling by the head. So I was doing fuzzy math in my head. But they were most definitely out of my budget. And those big fat irrigated pasture cows are not going to hold their weight on a dry range land. So they don't work for me anyway.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Lots of slaughter cows bringing in the 80's here.

Handful of top cows are going up to U$S 0.845/lb this week.

If you are feeding mostly hay - - it costs over $4 per day to feed that kind.

 

[Stocker Steve]

And those big fat irrigated pasture cows are not going to hold their weight on a dry range land. So they don't work for me anyway.

They don't work for anyone.

 

[tex452]

Lots of slaughter cows bringing in the 80's here. Makes a big cow high just to kill.
1500lb @.80 is $1200 to kill

I seen some fat cows bring $.85/lb last week.

 

[callmefence]

Took 10 cows a bull and a few odd and ends yesterday. Ive certainly seen worse.

 

[branxchar&charx]

Saw a handful of cows bring over 90cents in El Reno this week. Most in the the .80-.85 range. They had a smaller sale than normal, said it was due to the bad weather past week.

 

[Allenw]

They're needing fat cows at some plants to offset all the thin cows coming in it sounds like.

 

[J+ Cattle]

Slaughter cows don't usually bring that much at this time of year, what do you think the price will be later in the year or after the drought ends?
I think it's going higher

 

[Dave]

I told B what they were bringing and he grumbled. He sent 52 open cows to the sale 3 weeks ago. Averaged $400 a head. That was the week they didn't get done selling kill cows until 5:43 the next morning. What a difference a couple weeks makes.

 

[BC]

Slaughter cows and bulls are higher here in East Texas this week.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Slaughter cows don't usually bring that much at this time of year, what do you think the price will be later in the year or after the drought ends?
I think it's going higher

Good cows were at $1 /lb at the last price cycle peak.

 

[Dave]

Here is the fine catch of the day from yesterday. I have about 7 top bales that these old girls get to eat first. It has been below freezing every night for over 2 months. It was tough to even pry the flakes off the bale as the top 6 inches was all frozen together. But these girls seemed just as happy eating on it.

 

[J+ Cattle]

Thin slaughter cows aren't bringing much because the yield would be very low, a few months of grass a person could add a few hundred lbs and resell at a higher $/lb because they would be in better condition and yield more.

 

[SBMF 2015]

The packers are trying to buy something cheaper to make hamburger out of.

Tuesday, February 8, 2022 - Packer Day​

308 slaughter cattle including 140 fed steers and heifers that sold with very good demand on a top of 151.50! Fed cattle continue to work higher as today's market was again 2.00 higher.

Slaughter cows traded mostly 3.00 higher with a good number reaching 80.00 or better. Buls sold higher as well with several high yielding bulls in the offering.

Slaughter Steers & Heifers
Choice 2-4	144.50-149.00
Colored Choice	139.00-144.00
High Yielding	150.00-151.50
Low Yielding	137.00-143.00
Mixed Select/Choice 2-3	138.00-142.50
Select 1-2	133.00/down
Slaughter Cows
	HIgh Yield	Avg. Yield	Low Yield
Premium Whites	-	88.00-93.00	-
Breakers - 1300-1800#	87.00-89.50	83.00-86.00	79.00/down
Boners - 1200-1600#	85.00-90.00	78.00-83.00	75.00/down
Lean - 1000-1400#	78.00-80.00	69.00-74.00	66.00/down
	Fancy	Good	Rest
Young cows returning to farm for
more feed	95.00-102.00	85.00-93.00	80.00/down
	High Yield	Avg. Yield	Low Yield
Slaughter Bulls	107.00-111.00	95.00-104.00	90.00/down
Individual [email protected]

 

[Dave]

Thin slaughter cows aren't bringing much because the yield would be very low, a few months of grass a person could add a few hundred lbs and resell at a higher $/lb because they would be in better condition and yield more.

Normally a good plan. I have made good money doing just this. The trouble is we are over 2 months until grass and there is little or no hay available. What little hay there is for sale is too expensive to feed to cows.

 

[Stocker Steve]

I told B what they were bringing and he grumbled. He sent 52 open cows to the sale 3 weeks ago.

Sorting the herd one more time may be a good idea if you are as dry as we are.

With my current feed and kill market prices - - big fat cows need to go.