VALENTINE LIVESTOCK AUCTION MARKET
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Market Reports Available for 2002
December 19 -- Regular Sale
An
active to steady go in the cow market for this week.
There is more money in the
weigh cows but many old, thin cows in offering, a
little short on the better kind of cows.
| Feeding Cows: $36 to $54 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $34 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 to $41 | Heiferettes: $45 to $72 (lite test) |
| Bulls: $40 to $47 |
December 12 -- Special Bred Female & Regular Sale
Another
high quality offering of bred females, the market
strong throughout. Good buyer
participation on bred females. Overall a solid event
with weighups selling on active to steady go. The
feeding cow market was higher as well.
| Feeding Cows: $35 to $54 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $35 |
| High Yielding Cows: $33 to $39 | Heiferettes: $52 to $74 |
| Bulls: $40 to $50 |
December 5 -- Special Spring Calf Sale
Another
high quality offering of replacements. Condition on
heavy calves factored to price.
Overall a higher and active trade with cattle going
to a wide area.
Thanks for the opportunity to work with you alland
Happy Holidays.
November 21 -- Special Bred Female Sale
We
had a big run of cows on an active to higher market.
Bred females sold steady to higher.
Overall, a good crowd on hand to take this offering
of mostly short term cows.
| Feeding Cows: $35 to $54 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $35 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 to $40 | Heiferettes: $45 to $72.50 |
| Bulls: $37 to $47 | Open Heifers: $65 to $80 |
November 14 -- Special Calf Sale
A
nice offering of calves, weaned and preconditioned.
Overall, a good crowd of buyers
with weaned seeing good demand.
November 11 -- Regular Monday Sale
A
regular sale with over 500 cows, feeding cows and bulls.
We called the market steady to
lower on slaughter cattle with feeding cows steady to
strong.
| Feeding Cows: $37 to $55 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $29 to $34 |
| High Yielding Cows: $33 to $37 | Heiferettes: $41 to $67.50 |
| Bulls: $29 to $34 |
A
big improvement in weather, subsequently buyer participation
was excellent. Light calves sold steady to higher along
with 5wts. The 6wt. steers sold steady to weak with heifers
steady to higher.
November 4 -- Bred Females and Regular Monday Sale
A
small turnout of buyers but active on short term and
middle aged cows. A limited
offering of young cows. Quality in numbers was absent
from the offering.
| Feeding Cows: $35 to $44 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $34 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 to $39 | Heiferettes: $44 to $69 |
| Bulls: $38 to $48 |
October 28 -- Regular Monday Sale
On our Regular Sale, a good run of cows on a n active trade. Slaughter cows were steady to lower instnaces steady with feeding cows and young cows and young cows steady to higher.
| Feeding Cows: $37 to $49 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $35 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 to $38 | Heiferettes: $48 to $69 |
| Bulls: $40 to $49 |
October 31 -- Special Spring Calf Sale
Well,
we had a big taste of winter and hopefully it will not last.
Our run was 2/3 of
expectation, with a big turnout of buyers. th eweaned calves
were well received if not
full or over conditioned. Overall on the bawling calves
the market was steady to mostly lower.
October 24 -- Special Spring Calf Sale
Another
big, high quality offering. Considerable variance in quality
yet demand soft compared
to last week. Market $1 to $2 lower on 5wt. steers and steady
on big calves.
October 21 -- Regular Monday Sale & Special Bred Female Sale
A big run of cows, over 1100 weighups. Considering the demand for younger rebred and feeding cows the market active to strong. Surprisingly we see a steady and active trade on slaughter cows for this time of the year. The better bred females were the older (BM or SS)kind not many young cows available to give a good market test.
| Feeding Cows: $37 to $45 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $29 to $35 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 to $39 | Heiferettes: $45 to $63 |
| Bulls: $41 to $47 (limited test) |
October 17 -- Special Calf Sale
Another
strong offering of calves. Condition, on some calves made
for better
price discovery. Again consignors putting forth the effort
in genetics were rewarded.
Thanks for the business.
October 14 -- Regular Monday Sale & Special Yearling Sale
A
big run of yearlings (over 3000) quality was excellent, condition
good. Buyers
were willing to step up and pay for the good ones. Cow market
was active to
higher with renewed interest on the younger, better cows.
| Feeding Cows: $36 to $52 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $35 |
| High Yielding Cows: $35 to $41 | Heiferettes: $44 to $67 |
| Bulls: $40 to $49.50 |
October 10 -- Special Spring Calf
Really like the energy generated at this auction. The quality of our black hided and char-x calves was excellent which enhanced buyer participation. Light calves are better received and higher, Overall, good buyer attendance and stronger to the end.
September 19-- Regular Monday Sale
A
good size run of cows on our first regular sale on Mondays.
Market was active
but lower than 2 1/2 weeks ago. A good portion of the run
was.
| Feeding Cows: $40 to $54 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $30 to $36 |
| High Yielding Cows: $36 to $40 | Heiferettes: $45 to $68 |
| Bulls: $40 to $48.50 |
October 3-- Special Spring Calf
Without
question, probably as strong an offering of high growth, genetically
improved, properly vaccinated calves. Many buyers in attendance
and
willing to participate but conservative in the approach.
September 26 -- Special Spring Calf & Yearling Sale
Another
good run of yearlings with the market strong to active.
Calves were well received for the limited offering.
September 19-- Special Bred Female Sale
| Feeding Cows: $36 to $46 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $32 to $36 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 o $41 | Heiferettes: $46 to $70 |
| Bulls: $41 to $52 |
September 12 -- Special Yearling & Spring Calf Sale
A
good general rain sure can pick up everyone's spirits. A big crowd
on hand,
yearling demand was excellent and calf demand good.
September 5 -- Special Yearling Sale
A quality offering of yearlings selling to an agressive buying crowd.
August 29-- Regular Sale
An
active market on cows but steady to lower prices.
Exposed cows were active, a lot of interst on bred females.
Tommie Fox. . .. . . . . . . . . . 31 Bwf cows (exposed, short term). . . . .1338#. . . . . . . . . . . $40.50
| Exposed & Feeding Cows: $32 to $45 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $29 to $34 |
| High Yielding Cows: $34 o $39 | Heiferettes: No Test |
| Bulls: $42 to $54 |
August 22 -- Special Fall Calf & Yearling Sale
A good run of yearlings, the market very active with good buyer attendance.
August 8-- Special Spring Calf, Fall Calf & Yearling Sale
Our largest offering of feeders ever at the Valentine Livestock Auction. Quality was tremendous, the market was strong and stayed strong all day. Complements to our consignors for a quality product. A big thank you to our crew for doing a great job and they really don't mind the rain.
August 1 -- Special Bred Female & Pair Sale
A big run of bred females, few pairs and more weighups. Active trade on high quality cows, slow on average to low end and lower cow market.
| Feeding Cows: $37 to $50 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $31 to $36 |
| High Yielding Cows: $35 to $40 | Heiferettes: no test to few |
| Bulls: $43 to $54 |
July 25 -- Special Fall Calf & Yearling Sale
A nice run of fall calves, quality was inconsistent, buyer participation less than previous sale. Yearlings sold to a more conservative public than a week ago yet in places the market was steady!
July 17/18 -- Special Two Day BBQ Fall Calf & Yearling Sale
Another run of high quality feeders available. Many fall calves with condition and some not. Overall, an active buying crowd and a snappy auction on Wednesday. The yearling offering was strong on quality, buyer activity was aggressive. Again, an excellent offering.
July 12 -- Special Fall Bred & Pairs
Another quality offering of bred females and a few pairs. Buyer attendance was good and the bred females were well received. A light run of weigh ups on a lower market. Bulls were lower to steady.
| Feeding Cows: $37.50 to $48 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $35 to $38 |
| High Yielding Cows: $39 to $44.50 | Heiferettes: $42 to $60 ( lite test) |
| Bulls: $43 to $57 |
June 27 -- Regular Sale
A big run of weighups and a high quality offering of fall bred females. The numbers of slaughter animals are high, not helping price. Active trade on the bred females.
| Feeding Cows: $39 to $49 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $35 to $41 |
| High Yielding Cows: $39 o $43 | Heiferettes: $43 to $62 |
| Bulls: $43 to $59 |
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June 20 -- Special Feeder Sale
June 13 -- Regular Sale A big run of cows on a steady market. Young feeding cows were lower along with heiferettes. Bulls were steady to lower.
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May 30 -- Regular Sale A large run of cows, many thin cows in the offering. The cooler weather conditions in May has affected the flesh of the cows and impacts price. Overall a lower market than two weeks ago, except bulls. Pairs were well received, considering overall market condition. |
| Feeding Cows: $40 to $48 | Full & Low Yielding Cows: $35 to $40 |
| High Yielding Cows: $39 to $44 | Heiferettes: $50 to $64 |
| Bulls: $47 to $59 |
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May 16 -- Regular Sale A
light run of weigh-ups on an active market, low end cows were
steady to strong,
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May 9 -- Regular, Spring Pair & Fall Bred Sale
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April 25 -- Regular Sale & All Breeds Bull Sale
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April 11-- Regular Sale & Special Feeder Sale
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April 4-- Regular Sale
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March 28-- Special Feeder Sale
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March 21-- Regular Sale
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Cow market was lower on low end cows and steady on feeding, breeding and heiferettes.
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March 16-- Special Bred Female & Regular Sale
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higher on young feeder cows. Low end steady. Fall pairs were thin with many people after them.
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March 7-- Special Feeder Sale
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Heifers were in short supply, selling at higher levels on the big heifers |
February 28-- Regular Sale
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February 21-- Special Feeder Sale
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Buyer interest was good but most were trying to buy at lower prices. |
February 14-- Special Bred Female & Regular Sale
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The market was active but not as strong as our January sale. We appreciate your patience on sale day and apologize for any inconvenience.
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February 7-- Special Feeder Sale
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with prices paid at higher levels then previous sales. |
January 24-- Special Feeder Sale
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575 to 700 lb, we are seeing more flesh than usual. |
January 21-- Regular Sale
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January 17-- Special Bred Female & Regular Sale
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January 10-- Special Feeder & Regular Sale
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January 3-- Special Feeder & Regular Sale
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No doubt, too man calves are packing extra flesh, thus affecting price paid. |
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