DAILY COW AND BULL BIDS – PLANT DELIVERED – DRESSED BASIS NATIONAL: Slaughter Cows: ——————————————————————————– Premium White – All Weights 107.00-141.00 Average Bid: 124.00 ——————————————————————————– Breakers Avg Boners Avg Lean(Cutter) Avg 75 Pct Lean Breakers 85 Pct Lean Boners 90 … Continue reading →
5 AREA DAILY WEIGHTED AVERAGE DIRECT SLAUGHTER CATTLE – NEGOTIATED Texas/Oklahoma/New Mexico; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; Iowa/Minnesota feedlots (Includes all transactions regardless of delivery day) Recap for: Friday, 3/8/2019 Head Count: 16,225 Week Ago: 102,975 Last Year: 10,075 Week to Date: … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, DC, March 11, 2019— Jan Suszkiw – A fuller picture is emerging of the environmental footprint of beef in the United States. An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team has completed a comprehensive life-cycle analysis quantifying the resource use and … Continue reading →
By Sandra Avant, March 4, 2019, Courtesy ARS, – Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus spreads much more aggressively in pigs than previous research suggests, according to a new study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists. The study, recently published in … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2019 — Courtesy USDA -on Feb. 14, 2019 at 12 p.m. EST, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release the complete set of tables prepared for the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2028 report. The new … Continue reading →
Compared to last sale: Directly compared to two weeks ago slaughter lambs traded 15.00 lower. This week’s offering included 330 head of hard fed new crop slaughter lambs, with approximately one third of the load shorn, from North Dakota. Slaughter … Continue reading →
Cattle auctions at Calhoun (187), Greensboro (180) and Thomaston (22). Receipts Thursday 389, week ago 686, and year ago 644. Compared to one week earlier, slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, slaughter bulls lightly tested, feeder steers and steer calves … Continue reading →
Weekly Texas Hay Report Compared to last report: Hay prices continue mostly steady, instances of 5.00 higher. Many areas reporting good demand for hay but supplies are limited and due to this prices are expected to move higher. Rains fell … Continue reading →
Receipts: 1524 Last Week: No Sale Year ago: 1107 Compared to two weeks ago, steers sold 4.00-12.00 and heifers sold steady to 7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 3.00 lower and bulls sold 1.00 lower; Demand good and supply moderate. Cows … Continue reading →
Roanoke, AL Weighted Average Report for 07/11/2018 Receipts: 927 Last Week: 000 Year Ago: 997 Compared to two weeks ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 4.00 lower. Replacement cows and pairs sold steady. Feeder classes sold 3.00 to … Continue reading →