National Review
Feeder cattle market: Profit opportunities rare but lucrative
Aside from damaging floods in the Delta regions, desperately needed rains covered most of Arkansas and Missouri before branching off in the direction of the eastern Corn Belt.
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Feeder cattle review: Yearlings, calves steady in spotty sales
Compared to last week, a lighter holiday test of yearling feeders sold mostly steady up to 2.00 higher while calf sales trended firm to 3.00 higher.
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Feeder cattle review: Cost-of-gain plays factor in markets
Compared to last week, yearling feeder cattle sold mostly steady while calf prices were uneven. The 450-650 lb calves on offer this week were mostly unweaned and traded at prices that were steady to weak with weather patterns already starting to become a challenge with wide temperature swings between daytime highs and nighttime lows.
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USDA feeder cattle market: Yearling feeders steady
Compared to last week, yearling feeder cattle sold mostly steady while calf prices were uneven.
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USDA Feeder cattle market: Buyers flex muscle buying feeders
Compared to last week, yearling feeder cattle sold firm to 5.00 higher while early arrivals of new crop calves traded fully 3.00-6.00 higher with many instances reported as much as 10.00 higher.
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Feeder cattle review: High corn costs weakens demand for feeders
Compared to last week, yearling feeder cattle sold 2.00-4.00 lower in the auctions with direct sales very limited due to the sharp losses on the CME cattle futures over the last two weeks.
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Feeder cattle review: Direct slaughter cattle sales ended lower
Compared to last week, yearling feeder cattle sold mostly steady to 1.00 higher with most of the slight gains seen in Southern Plains direct sales.
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USDA’s Corbitt Wall: Replacement feedlot cattle hard to buy
Compared to last week, calves sold unevenly steady and yearling feeders ranged steady to 4.00 higher on light Memorial Day holiday receipts.
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Feeder cattle review: Finished cattle unseasonably heavy
Compared to last week, calves sold unevenly steady and yearling feeders ranged steady to 4.00 higher on light Memorial Day holiday receipts.
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Feeder cattle review: Replacements to decline this summer
Compared to last week, offerings of calves and yearling feeder cattle sold steady to 3.00 higher, with several auctions reporting calves and yearlings selling 5.00-6.00 higher. In the south feeder cattle traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher.
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Feeder cattle review: Boxed beef cutouts hold their ground
Compared to last week, feeder cattle sold with very uneven trade this week, with varying trends depending on what part of the week sales occurred, location and quality of feeder cattle.
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- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
