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Video Sales: How Are Feeder Cattle Selling Across The Country
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Feeder cattle sales are off and running. We're going to dive into this crew. Let's ranch it up. Good day everyone and thanks for riding with us on this all new episode of the ranch it up radio show. I'm Jeff Tigger Earhart. A big thank you goes out to our partners ranch channel.com Superior Livestock Productions and Superior Livestock Auctions. We Wolf Cattle Jorgensen Land and Cattle Transova Genetics, Axiota Animal Health bringing us multi minute Lactopro the American Galva Association Imogene Ingredients bringing us Pharmatan Westway Feed Products, Maduro Boot and Western Wear Allied Genetic Resources and allied feeding partners livestockmarket.com equinemarket.com auctiontime.com the Tri State Livestock News RFD TV Wrangler and this fine radio station. We're just going to dive right into cattle sales. Last week was a big run of feeder cattle sales from Western Video Market to Northern Livestock video to the Corn Belt Classic from Superior Livestock and many tuned in last week to the Corn belt classic. Over 100,000 heads sold. And this one, it kind of sets the stage, if you will for the following sales from Superior. Roger James with high tech marketing. Jump back on the program with us to recap the Corn Belt Classic. Roger, thanks for coming on the program again and talking with us. Now you're sitting in the airport terminal as we speak so I won't keep you any longer than we need to so that you can make your flight. So give me a recap of the Corn Belt Classic. It was only two days versus three that it normally is. But you know, a hundred thousand plus cattle sold. So how'd they sell?
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Well, I tell you what, it was a very steady strong market all the way through. First day on the Yearlands, second day on the calves ballers. It just seemed like it was wall to wall, you know, standing room only crowd there. Superior hosted a very gracious and delicious beef dinner both days. And one thing about it, the whole world knows what a calf and a yearling is worth today. It was true price discovery and I think that's very important for anybody in the cattle business. But I think the market has found its groove. It pretty much steady from the last previous sale that we had great demand on these heavy 650 to 750 plus calves. The cattle with the genetics and the vaccination protocols just sold very well. I think we sold over 90, some 99% which is, which is good. There was a few scratches and things. I didn't see hardly any cattle passed out. They just Stayed in the buggy, took the money, and the farmer feeder was in. The feedlots ran, the Canadians ran, and it was just steady. I didn't see a bubble in it.
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So now we're, we're getting revved up for the week in the Rockies. Sale is the next one that's on the calendar. That's a big in, too. And here's the question I got for you. And I've talked with a lot of people out in the country, as have you, Roger, your whole life. But this year and this summer is, is a little bit different because there are a lot of guys, they're wondering what they should do because the prices are good and they're trying to get bids from different people. They're trying to move in different directions, obviously trying to capture the most amount of money that they can. So let's talk about those guys that are sitting on their pockets and sitting on their hands right now.
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You know, it's awful hard to step out by these cattle, you know, early like this. But I tell you what, the market's here. Take advantage of it. Wishful thinking if it's going to get higher. Like I say, the last two or three sales have been steady, strong. The prices haven't fluctuated that much. You know what I mean? But, but to sit out there and wait, you know, you want to get these cattle locked in and so do these guys feeding them. You know, they don't want to wait till the snowballs are hitting them. The only thing you're going to do is you're going to ship a calf that's got two, two snowstorms on the back and went about 75 pounds lighter than when, you know, if you went early with them.
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Exactly right. You know, we, we bring this up all the time. We talk about, you know, the, the, the be the break even. And I think it's really important now, especially for those people that are, that are, and we talked about this last time, Roger that. You know that I believe in options of, of looking at all these different areas, but people really need to know exactly what do I gotta, gotta do to break even on these things. And then from there you can start to look at other options versus just, you know, hoping you can maybe get a nickel higher over here or something like that. Because it's like, I think you said it last time, if there's a hundred dollar bill that's laying on the ground, are you going to pass it up in hopes that you're gonna get $110 another few steps down the road, you know what I mean?
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Well, they got to come to reality. These cattle are exactly from yearling to a ball and calf to a weaned calf. It doesn't matter what weight bracket they're in. They're average 60 to $75. A hundred over a year ago's prices. Wow. So to wish for any more, I mean, listen, you got the cards on the table. Don't out bluff the dealer. Okay. Sell cattle.
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That's exactly right. That's why I love talking to you, Roger. You call a spade a spade. Using your poker analogy. Hey, I want to jump from the ball and calves to the bread cows and bred heifers. What did they do on the Corn Belt Classic? Where, where were they ringing the bell at?
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Okay, I think the pairs first calf pairs, I think they brought $5,100. The bread heifers, I think they were somewhere between 29 and $3,500. And, and everybody's thinking they want a little more on that. And of course, a Brett after. You got a lot of green on the biller table there. So, you know, they're, they're waiting to see what happens, you know, but the demand was really on these middle range calves weighing six and a half to seven. The four weights. It might be in a little early, but you know, a four and a half to 460 on a 480 to 520, that's pretty good demand. Why wait to see if we got weed in the. In, in Kansas or Oklahoma? You know, I'm saying to turn out, you know, it's like I say market. I never base the feeder cattle market off the breadstock. You know, that's a whole different ball game. And everybody looks at one of them different than. Than you look at one that you're going to feed out.
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So we've got the week in the Rockies sale that is coming up here in July. You know, deadlines. You already had to have your cattle cataloged and need to be committed on that. So let's just go out a little bit farther. We'll where people have a. Oh, I might have missed that. No problem. We've got the video royale sale that's coming up the end of July. We've also got the big Horn classic sale that we, we personally have a lot of friends that, that sell on that sale. So there is opportunities. However, I'm gonna say those deadlines are coming up. Kachunka, chunka chunka chunk. So literally, after people are done listening to you and I have this conversation, get on the Horn, talk to a superior rep if you don't know who they are, and just ask some questions and literally start that marketing process because you don't want to be behind the eight ball on this one, like you said. I mean, when calves are selling for so much more than what they were last year, there is certainly a lot of opportunity, but it's opportunity for those people that take the steps to be able to take advantage of it.
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Yes. Well, usually the Corn belt classic sets the stage for the balance of the summer marketings. And I think we've kind of proven that with the previous sale. And this one, I think will be really good until we get into the later markets, you know, past Sheridan probably it might get a little tougher. These guys have, you know, got their numbers kind of halfway purchased and they'll price it back and wait and see. And generally, going into the delivery season, the cattle are, you know, seven to ten. I've seen them $20 lower. You know what I mean? So. So we might as well get on. On the boat and get the cattle sold. And it's just wishful thinking if you're going to gain five bucks when you got that kind of money laying in the pot right now. One last thought is one thing about it. The. The. The whole world knows what a calf and a yearling is worth today. It was true price discovery, and I think that's very important for anybody in the cattle business.
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Roger James with high tech marketing. Always fun to visit with Roger. Now, the next sale is July 7th through the 11th. That's the week in the Rockies sale from Superior livestock. Deadlines are passed for consignments, but you can still hit the video royale sale and the bighorn Classic. But those deadlines are going to be here before you know it. So get on the horn, call your superior rep, visit with them, ask questions, and. And get those calves moved crew. Time for a quick break. When we come back, we recap more details from the Corn belt Classic from Superior along with western video market and Northern livestock video. You're listening to the ranch it up radio show. Keep it parked.
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Are you looking for true price discovery for your feeder cattle? Look no further than Superior livestock auction. The week in the Rockies sale is coming up July 7th through the 11th, followed by the Video Royale July 28th through August 1st. Deadlines are coming up fast for the video royale sale. Cattle need to be cataloged by July 11, and videos need to be submitted by July 18. Again, July 11 for the catalog and July 18 for the videos to consign. To the Video Royale. Any questions? Reach out to your Superior Livestock Auction rep or call Superior Livestock customer service at 800-422-21117. View the sale live on Dish Network channel 997, the Superior Livestock Auction YouTube channel page and Superior Livestock.com selling cattle the Superior Way we run a lot.
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Head to galvi.org for more information from the American Galvie Association. Welcome back to the Ranch it up radio show. The most information packed into a 30 minute program that you can find at your All Things Ranching newscast. And so glad to be hanging out with each and every one of you. Questions, comments, concerns, criticisms, rants, it doesn't matter. You can text or call. That number is 707-Ranch 20. That's 707-726-2420. Our email ranchituphowmail.com prowling around social media Ranch It Up Show. Now recapping the Corn Belt Classic from Superior Livestock from last week, I broke this down just into a little bit more details for y'. All. You can find more information and go to specific states, specific weights. You can find out exact load lots. You can head to superiorlivestock.com you can actually watch the sale from last week. Just head to the Superior Livestock Auctions YouTube page and you can pick out specific lots if you want to see how they sell. And we have all that information available of course@ranch channel.com so recapping the Corn Belt Classic, I'm going to start with region two Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, north and South Dakota and Utah on the steer side four to five weight steers last week at the Corn Belt Classic 412 to 504 five to six weight steers three and a half to 440 six to seven weights at 323 to 383 seven to eight weight steers 305 to 343 eight to nine weight steers 308 and a half up to 335 and then 900 up to a thousand pound steers 283 to 308. The Heifer Mates region two, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, NE, the Dakotas and Utah four to five weight heifers 366 to 415 five to six weights at 329 to 387 six to seven weights 303 to 356 seven to eight weight heifers 297 to 343 eight to nine weights at 270 five and a half up to 310 nine to ten weights at 275 to 290 and a half in region three which was Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana and Arkansas on the steers 4 1/2 to 5 weight steers at 364 to 4555 to 6 weights 333 up to 4 bucks, 6 to 7 weights 3 bucks up to 382 1/2 7 to 8 weights 3 bucks up to 3498 to 9 weights 287 up to 320 and then 900 up to 1000 pound steers from region 3 at 272 to 306 for the heifer mates now 4 to 5 weights at 3605 to 4235 to 6 weights 316 1/2 to 3786 to 7 weights 3 bucks up to 3567 to 8 weight heifers at 2807 1/2 to 322 and 8 to 9 weight heifers at 280 to 294 and again for a complete recap you can head to SuperiorLivestock.com click on Market Reports. You can head to Ranch Channel.com we have that information available for you there as well. Or go to the show notes for this particular episode and we will have the link available and you can check out states and weight classes now heading to Western Video Market their complete recap available@wvmcattle.com of course we'll have the link available in the show notes for this episode as well. Their sale that took place June 13th just kind of cherry picking a few different lots out. First want to talk about some beef on dairy crosses. In fact, we're going to be covering this topic. A whole lot more coming up here in the next few weeks. But we've got 90 head beef dairy cross steers weighing 560 Kansas origin coming in at 387. The heifer mates 95 head of the beef on dairy crosses. The heifers weighing 535 Kansas origin coming in at 365. Now some bigger load lots to tell you about 310 head. These are 765 weight steers, California origin. These are from Dick Bradbury. They brought 314 and then also some California origin steers and heifers. These are SEAN Burdette cattle, 181 head of eight weight steers at 313 and then 68 head of seven white heifer at 308. And their next sale is the Silver Legacy sale coming up July 14th through the 16th which will be simulcast on Dish Network channel 998. Now moving on to Northern Livestock Video auction from their 2025 early summer special which was June 19th through the 20th. Just a few days ago, starting out with North Fork Cattle Company out of Montana brought 450 head of steers weighing 460 to town for late October delivery coming in at 456. Here's 380 head from MC Ranch Company LLC out of Wyoming. 475 weight steers for late October early November delivery at 433. The Wells Ranch 200 head of five weight steers November delivery at 427. Chuck Greaves from Wyoming came in with 105 head. These are replacement quality heifers. They were weighing right around 500 pounds. Late October delivery at 417. The Greet Ranch Incorporated coming in with two pots, 200 head of six 10 weight steers for late October early November delivery at 389. Now the next sale for Northern Livestock Video Auction is their summertime classic coming up July 21st through the 23rd. And for more information head to northern livestock video.com and of course we've got this recap available online for this episode as well. And coming soon to ranch channel.com sale results and recaps from various different auctions and sale barns across the country along with listings for top dollar Angus calves that are coming up for grabs. We talked with Nate Smith from Top dollar Angus last week in case you missed that episode. And check it out crew, it's time for a break. The Ranch it up radio show. We'll be right back after this. Attention cattle producers. Boost your herd's trace mineral status with Axiota Animal Health's multi million 90. 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Welcome back everyone to the Ranch it Up radio show. That time in the program we check in with Kirk Donsbach, Stonex Financial Incorporated recap in the markets from last week. Kirk, what's what happened? How did kind of things close out when we had all of these tensions that were going on overseas?
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Well good morning Tigger and all your listeners out there. Friday, June 20th was an interesting day for sure. Obviously the big news that came out late after the markets closed was President Trump ordering the bombing of Iranian nuclear site. August feeder futures closed the week on Friday at 30237 and a half. That's down 360. On the week the CME feeder index was down 611 at 310.99 leaving the basis versus August futures at positive 861.5. We did have the June 1st cattle on feed report that came out at 98.8% versus 99. Expected placements for May were 92.2% versus 94.9 expected and marketed at 89.9% versus 90.3 expected. So generally a neutral report. August Live Cattle closed the week at 209.72 and a half. That's down 252.5 on the week with cash trading 228 to 234 in the South. That 228 price in Texas is what set the market lower. On Friday. The north traded 236 to 237. That left the five area weighted average down $1.30 at 236.20 and the basis versus June futures at a positive $12.97 and a half cents. We are still dealing with a very wide positive basis. Choice Boxes closed the week up 1262 at 390.50 with a high of 394 on the week. Those are very very high box prices. Weekly slaughter was 554,000 head. That's down 4,000 head from last week and 62,000 head below the same week last year. Dress weights were down three pounds at 868. That's up 24 pounds versus the same week last year. The combination of weekly slaughter and dress weights decreased the yearly production by 3/10 of a percent to 3.2% less than the same week last year. To wrap this up, September corn closed at 426 and a quarter. That's down two and a half on the week. Corn consolidated at the low end of its trading range, not getting any support from all the bullish news in oil, beans and wheat. That's fairly concerning if you're a wheat bull.
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Hey all Mark Van Zee with Livestock Market.com coming up this Wednesday, July 2nd we have an all class cattle and hay online auction. Bidding opens at just $100 ahead. No reserves. All lots will sell. Featured lots include 110 Angus, Charolais and Hereford Steers. 60 plus days weaned £450. They've been worked, received one round of shots and turned out from this Guy LLC in Russell Springs, Kentucky A purebred Scottish Highland herd dispersal. Seven cow calf pairs, four open replacement heifers, two butcher ready steers and one yearling bull cows are just finishing calving. They should be ready to breed again soon. They got three bull calves on the ground and one heifer calf so far with the other three coming any day from Hudson Ranch in Whitefish, Montana. Another purebred Scottish Highland bull. This one's named justice, born in April of 2024. Currently weighs around 6 or 700 pounds. He's growing fast. He's as gentle as the breed is, but he hasn't been halter trained yet. Great around people and he can hand feed them. From Cali Ranch in Grant Pass, Oregon. Featured haylots include 50 large round alfalfa bales selling on 510 bale lots. This is first cutting 20245 by 6 poly twine. They'll load it for you. Cobes Auctions in David City, Nebraska 38 large round Bermuda bales 4x5 net wrapped first cutting 2025 fertilized, shedded, never rained on. From C and Bertrand planting in Opelousas, Louisiana 27 large round alfalfa bale selling on three 9 bale lots. It's 5 by 6 poly twine first cutting 2025 no rain it' this is a second year hay field from Cobes Auctions in David City, Nebraska and 208 small square alfalfa bells selling on eight 26 bale lots. First cutting 2025 wire tie 60 pounds no rain. It's been stored inside. From Kobe's Auctions. Bidding is currently live, but all lots will sell the morning of Wednesday, July 2nd at 10:00am Central Time. You got cattle to sell regular online cattle auctions first and third Wednesday of every month with hay sales every Wednesday on livestockmarket.com and auctiontime.com are you looking.
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For ways to put more money in your ranch's bank account? Maybe that means hosting weddings or other Airbnb guests.
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Well.
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Or maybe not. Hey hey. I'm Shay Wanner and I host the Casual Cattle Conversations podcast. I visited with Jason Rick to learn how he and his wife have navigated hosting various events and guests on their ranch and how to know if it's the right option for you. Here's a little bit of what we.
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Talk about, but we had an open house. I guess it's been about three weeks ago and we had a tremendous turnout. We had over a hundred people. Some of them drove, you know, 100 plus miles to come and see our venue, see what we were doing. And many of those were other farmers and ranchers who were looking to do the same thing and they just were trying to figure out how to do it themselves. So we got to have those conversations to help other producers as well.
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Listen to the full story by searching for casual cattle conversations on your favorite podcast player. Happy ranching folks.
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And now that's going to wrap it up for today. A big thanks goes out to our crew, Roger James with High Tech Marketing Kirk Don's Box Stone X Financial Incorporated Mark van z with livestock market.com shaewana Casual cattle conversations A big thank you goes out to our partners ranch channel.com Superior Livestock Productions and Superior Livestock Auctions Wolf Cattle Jorgensen Land and Cattle, Trans Ova Genetics, Axiota Animal Health. They bring us Multi Min and Lacta Pro the American Galvi Association Imogene Ingredients bringing us Pharmatan Westway Feed Products, Madora Boot and Western Wear, Allied Genetic Resources and allied feeding partners livestockmarket.com equinemarket.com auctiontime.com the Tri State Livestock News RFD TV Wrangler and this fine radio station and crew. So glad you all came with us one more time as we Ranch it up. Be sure to follow and like us on Facebook at Ranch it up show. Our email is ranch it up showmail.com call and text 24 7. That phone number is 707-Ranch-2707-726-2420. Spread the good word and join us again next week where it's always, always Tigger and Beck approved. Stay ranchy and Ranch it Up.