National Review
National feeder cattle review: Higher prices, heavy receipts
Compared to last week, feedlot bound steers and heifers ended the weekly trading session mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Some major auction markets (like the Oklahoma National Stockyards) posted sharper gains on Monday with no fear of the futures market shifting during a President’s Day closure and on the heels of last week’s confidence-building 110.00 fed cattle trade.
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National feeder cattle report: Snowstorms, Light receipts
Snowstorms and bitter cold temperatures hampered mainstream feeder cattle marketing throughout most of the major production areas for the third week in a row. The most recent blizzard cut a path through the Southern Plains and the lower Midwest; coating central Texas with ice and dumping an additional 2-20 inches of snow across Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri with actual temperatures as much as 30 degrees below zero.
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National Feeder Cattle Report: Per capita beef consumption at record low
Compared to last week, the nation’s feeder cattle trade was wrapped up in a classic weather market scenario as a huge blizzard moved across the central portion of the United States. Bitter cold temperatures and up to twenty inches of snow fell from Texas up through the Great Lakes Region, before moving on to the Northeast.
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National Feeder Cattle Report: All-Time Highs For All Weights
Compared to the pre-holiday sales of three weeks ago, feeder cattle prices gained 2.00-5.00 with calves under 500 lbs selling 3.00-7.00 higher and as much as 10.00 higher in some marketing areas. The holiday season merely offered a slowdown for cattle industry members to reflect on how amazing the market rally was during the latter part of 2010, and did not hamper or impede the demand for calves and yearlings.
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National Feeder Cattle Report: Unseen Demand For Lightweight Calves
Compared to last week, feeder cattle and calves sold from steady to 4.00 higher with instances as much as 7.00 higher mostly on lightweight calves weighing under 500 lbs.
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Video: USDA's Corbitt Wall - National Feeder Cattle Report
Join us from the American Angus Association for Cattlenetwork.com's weekly cattle market report by USDA's Corbitt Wall. Visit www.cattlenetwork.com or www.angus.org.
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National Feeder Cattle Report: Slow Trade
Compared to last week, auction feeder cattle and calves sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher in a very light test. Many early-week salebarns were closed for the Memorial Day holiday and many others ran on reduced receipts as we enter the seasonally slow marketing period.
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Video: USDA's Corbitt Wall - National Feeder Cattle Report
Join us from the American Angus Association for Cattlenetwork.com's weekly cattle market report by USDA's Corbitt Wall. Visit www.cattlenetwork.com or www.angus.org
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Video: USDA's Corbitt Wall - National Feeder Cattle Report
Join us from the American Angus Association for Cattlenetwork.com's weekly cattle market report by USDA's Corbitt Wall. Visit www.cattlenetwork.com or www.angus.org
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Video: USDA's Corbitt Wall - National Feeder Cattle Report
Join us from the American Angus Association for Cattlenetwork.com's weekly cattle market report by USDA's Corbitt Wall. Visit www.cattlenetwork.com or www.angus.org
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National Feeder Cattle Report: Lightweight Calf Prices Show No Signs Of Weakening
Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold unevenly steady to 2.00 higher with continued good demand at the lofty price levels but some weakness was noted near the graze-out wheat region. Lightweight calf prices still showed no signs of weakening with weekly trends ranging firm to 5.00 higher with aggressive bidding for all classes of stockers with little regard for quality.
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