National Review
National Feeder Cattle: Calf weak, cash trade lower
Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calf prices were uneven but mostly weak to 3.00 lower which marked the first week of predominantly lower cash feeder markets since late September.
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USDA’s Corbitt Wall: Winter run brings weak calf sales
Feeder calves sell weak to three dollars lower. Sales are weak for the first week since late September with the fall run over.
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USDA’s Greg Harrison: Cattle buyers active following Black Friday
After an historic holiday weekend of spending, cattle buyers were in the same mood to buy cattle, as demand remains very good, especially for limited offerings of true yearlings and featherweight calves weighing under 500 lbs are very popular with cattle buyers trying to get an early jump on procurement needs for next year’s grass.
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Feeder cattle review: Fed & feeder cattle higher as holidays near
After an historic holiday weekend of spending, cattle buyers were in the same mood to buy cattle, as demand remains very good, especially for limited offerings of true yearlings and featherweight calves weighing under 500 lbs are very popular with cattle buyers trying to get an early jump on procurement needs for next year’s grass.
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Feeder cattle market: Calf demand explodes breaking record levels
Compared to last week, the bulk of available feeder offerings were spring-born calves weighing from 500-700 lbs which sold steady to 4.00 higher.
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Feeder Cattle Review: Fed market posts new all-time high
Compared to last week, a continued heavy offering of spring-born calves and the remaining supplies of true “green-conditioned” yearling feeders sold firm to 3.00 higher.
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Feeder Cattle Market: Yearling feeders steady in light test
Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold unevenly steady to 5.00 higher and yearling feeder cattle traded mostly steady in a light test.
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Market Report: Backgrounders seeking more calves in tight supply
Compared to last week, a light test of yearling feeders sold steady to 3.00 higher while calf prices were very uneven with lighter weights ranging firm to 5.00 higher and heavier calves selling from weak to 3.00 lower than last week’s sharp advances.
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Market: Steer and heifer calves make up majority of offerings
Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves which now by-far make up the bulk of the feeder offerings sold 3.00-6.00 higher with instances from 8.00-12.00 higher especially in the Western Mountain States where reputation high altitude ranch strings are making their way to town.
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Tight numbers should only cause demand to increase further
Compared to last week, feeder classes traded higher on a full head of steam from the previous Friday’s bearish grain report and 5.00 higher fed cattle market.
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Global economy concerns pressure cash cattle prices
Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calf prices were very uneven and very regionalized with the only consistency being that Thursday’s collapse of commodity markets from global economy concerns definitely pressured cash prices.
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- Showers to slow U.S. corn seedings from blistering pace
- White House urges Senate to cut crop insurance in farm bill
- Weather report: Thunderstorms dot the southern Plains
- Corn market reacted poorly to the Crop Progress data
- Oil falls on concern about Federal Reserve direction
- Packer margins jump higher, feeding margins bleak
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- U.S. cattle placements rise in April as feed costs subside
- Ag markets were mixed to start the new week
- Corn planting pace turns from record slow to record fast
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
