Tuesday, January 3, 2023 - Packer Day/Breeding Stock Sale

A nice crowd was on hand for tonight’s January cow sale that offered 3 breeding bulls, 40 pairs, 45 bred heifers with the balance being mostly 2nd & 3rd period cows from multiple sources.

A consignment of registered Angus cows topped at 1950.00 with the balance selling from $1500 to $1925.  Another consignment of mostly 6 year olds topped out at 2,000.00 with the balance trading from 1575 to 1850.00

Another consignment of mostly 2nd period calvers topped out at 1825.00.  The rest of the spring calvers from multiple consignors traded from 1400.00 to 1625.00 on the most appealing end with the balance selling at $1350.00 and down.

45 bred heifers topped at $2300.00 on a package of fancy Angus heifers due in march.  40 pairs topped at $2150 but the majority of these were older or thinner cows with their fall babies at their side and sold form $1700 and down.

3 breeding bulls average $1935.00.  our next bred sale will be January 21st  and will feature 100 bred heifers from Kocher’s and a quality dispersion of 100 cows from a local farmer.



438 slaughter cattle including 148 fed steers & heifers that sold with very good demand on a top of 171.00 cwt.  Demand for these high choice and prime cattle continues to set the tone of the market as we start 2023!

Compared to last week's smaller run slaughter cows traded 3.00 higher on breakers but steady to firm on other grades.  no comparison on bulls but the undertone was certainly higher also.


Slaughter Steers & Heifers
     
   Choice 2-4 163.50-169.00    
    Colored Choice  -    
     High Yielding 170.00-171.00    
   Low Yielding 155.00-161.50  
Mixed Select/Choice 2-3 152.00-160.50  
Select 1-2 151.00/down    
       
Holsteinn steers - Choice pkg 140.00    
       
Slaughter Cows      
  High Yield Avg. Yield Low Yield
Premium Whites- 99.00-102.00 90.00-97.50 -
Breakers - 1300-1800# 84.00-90.00 75.50-83.00 74.00/down
Boners - 1200-1600# 80.00-85.00 73.00-79.50 72.00/down
Lean - 1000-1400# 73.00-77.00 64.00-72.00 63.00/down
       
  Fancy Good Rest
       
  Young cows returning to 127.50-137.00 80.00-92.50 77.00/down
  farm for more feed       
       
  High Yield Avg. Yield Low Yield
Slaughter Bulls 111.00-114.00 96.00-105.00 93.50/down