Tuesday, August 23, 2016 - Packer Day

Slaughter steer & heifers sold 2.00 to instances 3.00 lower than last week.  Most decline was on cattle that were short on finish and grade!  Several consignments fell into this category.

Cow trade was steady to weak and bulls were mostly. steady

Slaughter Steers      
Choice 2-4 114.00-118.00    
  High Yielding 118.50-119.00    
  Low Yielding 111.50-113.50    
Mixed Select/Choice 2-3 110.00-114.00    
  Select 1-2  110.00/down    
Few fancy selects returning      
    to farm  116.00-123.50    
       
Slaughter Heifers      
Choice 2-4 113.75-117.00    
  High Yielding  117.50    
  Low Yielding 110.50-113.50    
Mixed Select/Choice 2-3 110.00-113.50    
Select 1-2 107.50/down  
 Few hfretts - fancy  99.50-109.00    
                     rest 80.00-90.00    
       
Holstein Steers
    Choice  104.00    
       
Slaughter Cows - High yield Avg. Yield Low Yield
Premium White   87.00-89.00  
Breakers-1300-1800# 82.00-85.50 79.00-80.25 78.00/down
Boners 1200-1600# 80.50-84.00 77.00-80.00 76.50/down
Lean 1000-1400#   70.00-76.50 68.50/down
       
Slaughter Bulls - High yield Avg. Yield Low Yield
  100.50-105.50 93.00-99.50 90.00/down