Cattle Sales

While on spring break this week I have been able to watch a couple different sales around the area. The first was on Tuesday at Unionville Livestock Market where they had a little over 1400 head to sell. A few of the prices paid were feeder steers medium and large 1 frame weighing 717 brought $1.93 per pound which comes out to $1383.81 per head. A few yearling prices paid were steers averaging a weight of 818 pounds brought anywhere from $1.72-$1.74 per pound which comes out to $1415.06 per head. They also sold a few replacement heifers weighing 705 pounds and brought $1.84 for a total of $1297.20 per head which is a normal price since these heifers are becoming very popular around the area. A few feeder heifers medium and large 1 frame weighing 564 pounds and brought $186.00 per pound for a total of $1049 per head.

The next day I was able to go to another sale(as you can tell I wasn't getting much work done) in Green City, Missouri. Green City Livestock had a little over 2300 head to cattle with 88 percent of those being feeders and 12 percent being cows and bulls. Feeder steers medium and Large 1 weighing 700-800 pounds averaged anywhere from $1.75-$1.96 per pound and lighter steers weighing 500-600 pounds brought anywhere from $2.20-$2.33 per pound. Feeder heifers weighing 700-750 brought anywhere from $1.75-$1.78 per pound with replacement heifers bringing over $1.80 per pound. Lighter feeder heifers weighing 500-600 pound brought $1.89-2.07 per pound. They also have a strong weigh cow market ranging from 77-99 cents per pound