Saturday, February 2, 2021 - Bred Cow Sale
The February bred cow sale consisted of 275 bred cows, 26 pair and 10 test bulls. There were 4 dispersions with the rest been mostly herd reductions or aged cows that were no longer needed!
The breeding bulls topped at $1760 on a pair of Angus bulls. The pairs had mostly very young calves at side and topped at $1525.
3rd period cows topped at $1900 on a group of young cows to start calving in late February! The better end of these younger cows traded mostly from $1400 to $1700. Another cut of these sold from $1100-$1400 with the plainer end selling at $1100 and down.
The 2nd period cows weren't as popular with the top end bringing $1100 to $1675. The rest traded homes at $1100 and down.
Tuesday, February 2, 2021 - Packer Day
495 slaughter cattle including 230 fed steers and heifers sold with very good demand. compared to 2 weeks ago, the fed market was 6.00-7.00 higher with the quality the best its been in 3 weeks.
Slaughter cow sold steady to 2.00 higher and bulls mostly 3.00 higher.
| Slaughter Steers and Heifers | |||
| Choice 2-4 | 110.50-115.00 | ||
| Colored Choice | 110.00-114.50 | ||
| High Yielding | 115.50-117.50 | ||
| Low Yielding | 105.00-110.00 | ||
| Mixed Select/Choice 2-3 | 108.00-111.00 | ||
| Select 1-2 | 103.00/down | ||
| Few heavy choice 1665-1895# | 98.00-108.50 | ||
| Slaughter Cows | High Yield | Avg. Yield | Low Yield |
| Premium Whites | 92.00-93,00 | - | - |
| Breakers - 1300-1800# | 63.00-67.00 | 59.00-62.50 | 55.50/down |
| Boners - 1200-1600# | 64.50-67.50 | 58.00-63.50 | 57.50/down |
| Lean - 1000 - 1400# | 60.00-65.00 | 53.00-59.00 | 51.00/down |
| Fancy | Good | Rest | |
| Young cows returning to | |||
| farm for more feed | 77.00-85.00 | 60.00-70.00 | 59.00/down |
| Slaughter Bulls | High Yield | Avg. Yield | Low Yield |
| 92.50-95.00 | 84.00-91.00 | 83.00/down | |