time to sell the herd!

[dieselbeef]

not really..but man some good money to be made...nothing to sell for me right now as im keeping my hiefers and steers are for slaughter...

i only been messin wth cattle bout 15 yrs but i never seen prices like these...goes right along with the price of feed! :cry2:


Cattle Sale!!!
Every Monday & Wednesday at 12 Noon.

Don't Be Late!!!





Steers Medium & Large Frame Week of April 27, 2011
200 - 275 178.00-198.00
275 - 350 168.00-185.00
350 - 425 156.00-177.00
425 - 500 140.00-162.00
500 - 575 123.00-144.00

Steers Light & Medium Frame
200 - 275 127.00-175.00
275 - 350 129.00-168.00
350 - 425 115.00-152.00
425 - 500 114.00-147.00
500 - 575 114.00-124.00

Heifers Medium & Large Frame
200 - 275 137.00-170.00
275 - 350 126.00-147.00
350 - 425 117.00-138.00
425 - 500 115.00-134.00
500 - 575 110.00-123.00

Heifers Light & Medium Frame
200 - 275 115.00-152.00
275 - 350 106.00-138.00
350 - 425 108.00-130.00
425 - 500 106.00-124.00
500 - 575 104.00-118.00

Slaughter Classes
Cows - Boners 850-1200 72.00-85.00
Lean 700-1100 67.00-81.00
Low Dressing 835-1005 43.00-60.00
Shells 650-950 37.00-47.00
Bulls - High Dressing 1500-2000 86.00-92.00
Under 1300 82.00-91.00
Low Dressing 68.00-81.00

TOTALS Mon & Wed 1701 CALVES 1185 COWS 483 BULLS 33

Slaughter cows & bulls $2 to $3 higher. Feeder steers and heifers under 400# $3 to $5 lower; with calves over 400# steady.

Thanks Carl

 

[SRBeef]

If you look at the value of the US dollar: $1.48 per Euro and $0.87 per Japanese Yen today (both about record lows for the dollar) the beef prices you list above look cheap to buyers with Euros and Yen. Since more and more of US beef is exported those prices are likely to stay or even increase. And there are the weather problems both north (corn planting not going well) and south (hot dry pastures) that are additional upward pressures on long term beef prices .

Jim

 

[Kingfisher]

Dang..........but are foreign buyers really buying our beef at the sale barns? We dropped two cow calf pairs off Monday. I'll let you know how we did tomorrow.

 

[SRBeef]

Dang..........but are foreign buyers really buying our beef at the sale barns? We dropped two cow calf pairs off Monday. I'll let you know how we did tomorrow.

Those with Euros and Yen are buying top quality beef from the packers. So are a lot of domestic users as we head into grilling season. Packers are buying form the feedlots and feedlots need the cow-calf guys to keep filling the feedlots. And some cow calf guys may need your pairs. So in a way, yes foreigners are buying your beef by keeping up demand which keeps up prices across the board - for good quality cattle. Euros and Yen buyers don't want to buy culls.

A related story: on my travels I was talking with a reefer truck driver in SD. He told me he has the craziest route in the business: he carries quality SD beef carcasses to refrigerator ships on the east coast heading to Europe mostly....and picks up beef carcasses coming INTO the US from lets say "other" countries, (including India) and brings them back to Midwest US packers. He hauls the "same" product both ways across the country! So maybe it isn't really the "same" product?

FWIW. Jim

 

[Kingfisher]

Dang..........but are foreign buyers really buying our beef at the sale barns? We dropped two cow calf pairs off Monday. I'll let you know how we did tomorrow.

Those with Euros and Yen are buying top quality beef from the packers. So are a lot of domestic users as we head into grilling season. Packers are buying form the feedlots and feedlots need the cow-calf guys to keep filling the feedlots. And some cow calf guys may need your pairs. So in a way, yes foreigners are buying your beef by keeping up demand which keeps up prices across the board - for good quality cattle. Euros and Yen buyers don't want to buy culls.

A related story: on my travels I was talking with a reefer truck driver in SD. He told me he has the craziest route in the business: he carries quality SD beef carcasses to refrigerator ships on the east coast heading to Europe mostly....and picks up beef carcasses coming INTO the US from lets say "other" countries, (including India) and brings them back to Midwest US packers. He hauls the "same" product both ways across the country! So maybe it isn't really the "same" product?

FWIW. Jim

Thanks for your reply. The big stocker yard between here and there was pretty empty........not sure what that means.

 

[dieselbeef]

Dang..........but are foreign buyers really buying our beef at the sale barns? We dropped two cow calf pairs off Monday. I'll let you know how we did tomorrow.

Those with Euros and Yen are buying top quality beef from the packers. So are a lot of domestic users as we head into grilling season. Packers are buying form the feedlots and feedlots need the cow-calf guys to keep filling the feedlots. And some cow calf guys may need your pairs. So in a way, yes foreigners are buying your beef by keeping up demand which keeps up prices across the board - for good quality cattle. Euros and Yen buyers don't want to buy culls.

A related story: on my travels I was talking with a reefer truck driver in SD. He told me he has the craziest route in the business: he carries quality SD beef carcasses to refrigerator ships on the east coast heading to Europe mostly....and picks up beef carcasses coming INTO the US from lets say "other" countries, (including India) and brings them back to Midwest US packers. He hauls the "same" product both ways across the country! So maybe it isn't really the "same" product?

FWIW. Jim

ours i quality fed and finshed..what he hauls back is walmart bound

 

[Anonymous]

DB..what barn was that? I haven't checked the reports in a month or so and they were about normal back then

 

[Anonymous]

DB..what barn was that? I haven't checked the reports in a month or so and they were about normal back then

 

[dieselbeef]

arcadia

 

[manitgotcoldhere2]

Dang..........but are foreign buyers really buying our beef at the sale barns? We dropped two cow calf pairs off Monday. I'll let you know how we did tomorrow.

Those with Euros and Yen are buying top quality beef from the packers. So are a lot of domestic users as we head into grilling season. Packers are buying form the feedlots and feedlots need the cow-calf guys to keep filling the feedlots. And some cow calf guys may need your pairs. So in a way, yes foreigners are buying your beef by keeping up demand which keeps up prices across the board - for good quality cattle. Euros and Yen buyers don't want to buy culls.

A related story: on my travels I was talking with a reefer truck driver in SD. He told me he has the craziest route in the business: he carries quality SD beef carcasses to refrigerator ships on the east coast heading to Europe mostly....and picks up beef carcasses coming INTO the US from lets say "other" countries, (including India) and brings them back to Midwest US packers. He hauls the "same" product both ways across the country! So maybe it isn't really the "same" product?

FWIW. Jim

ours i quality fed and finshed..what he hauls back is walmart bound

I'm not sure your grass fed beef is any better than the other grass fed beef flooding the market from overseas.

 

[dieselbeef]

misprint..i didnt mean me personally...i meant the u.s. meat is better quality so it get premiums overseas and the americans by cheap crap cuz we got no dollar value

 

[manitgotcoldhere2]

misprint..i didnt mean me personally...i meant the u.s. meat is better quality so it get premiums overseas and the americans by cheap crap cuz we got no dollar value

I didn't mean you personally either, I meant usa grass fed beef is no better than imported grass fed beef.

 

[highgrit]

misprint..i didnt mean me personally...i meant the u.s. meat is better quality so it get premiums overseas and the americans by cheap crap cuz we got no dollar value

I didn't mean you personally either, I meant usa grass fed beef is no better than imported grass fed beef.

You need to get out and travel, just not for the weather either. U.S. beef is the best beef for taste.... Been proven in taste test around the world or thats what I've read and been told. I have traveled to several countries and to me our beef taste way better by far, especially the beef I have ate throughout South and Central America. This is the USA and you need to respect our country. Opinions are like as-----s you might just be 1.

 

[LRTX1]

ours i quality fed and finshed..what he hauls back is walmart bound

I'm not sure your grass fed beef is any better than the other grass fed beef flooding the market from overseas.

Not sure anyone said "grass fed"

 

[manitgotcoldhere2]

You need to get out and travel, just not for the weather either. U.S. beef is the best beef for taste.... Been proven in taste test around the world or thats what I've read and been told. I have traveled to several countries and to me our beef taste way better by far, especially the beef I have ate throughout South and Central America. This is the USA and you need to respect our country. Opinions are like as-----s you might just be 1.

Pot calling the kettle. Seems you are the one who has started the name calling.

If you didn't like what was said about grass fed beef move on to the next post. Grass fed is grass fed.

 

[dieselbeef]

OFFICIALLY HIJACKED

NOW BACK TO OUR REGUARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM


ABOUT THE PRICES AT THE BARN......

 

[Anonymous]

Don't feed the troll...all his posts are meant to get a reaction. I can't find one that isn't

 

[Angus Cowman]

OFFICIALLY HIJACKED

NOW BACK TO OUR REGUARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM


ABOUT THE PRICES AT THE BARN......

I sold 3 open cull cows this week that brought averaged over $1000 pr head

 

[dieselbeef]

niiiiice..i told the wife its gonna be better off sellin em on the hoof than for beef this yr...unless we raise the price...

 

[marksmu]

If you look at the value of the US dollar: $1.48 per Euro and $0.87 per Japanese Yen today (both about record lows for the dollar) the beef prices you list above look cheap to buyers with Euros and Yen. Since more and more of US beef is exported those prices are likely to stay or even increase. And there are the weather problems both north (corn planting not going well) and south (hot dry pastures) that are additional upward pressures on long term beef prices .

Jim

Here in South East Texas, the prices are definitely higher than they used to be, but they have come off a bit in the last few weeks...we are actually seeing downward trending at the barns now because of the lack of rain. Breeding cattle, bred heifers, and opens are all trending down because only a select few still have grass. Culls for the most part have already been sold off.

That downward price is still significantly higher than any price from a year ago, but it is still lower than say 3 -5 weeks ago.

I've got a load of steers going to a barn in Raywood Texas that does not report next weekend...I will update here and you'll see what the prices are doing...if it would rain I could probably get more for them, but as it sits, no rain - no buyers.