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Post by linsal on Jul 29, 2011 8:16:51 GMT -5
Heard on the local news a couple of days ago that the sales barns were full in Texas and some guys were being turned away when they tried to bring their cattle in. Anyone know if that is true?
Also, what do you think that the near term (3-5 years) prospects are for the beef industry in Texas if things are as bad as I'm hearing? I saw one report indicating that cattle sales were up 11% compared to the same time last year.
And I should probably include all states which have been experiencing this massive drought....
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Post by feelnrite on Jul 29, 2011 11:57:49 GMT -5
I know alot of the kill plants are not taking cows or at least it is real hard to get a load killed now. You have to make appointments to bring a load in. I am hearing that alot of the guys selling cattle out west will not get back in the business. I used to think fewer numbers would be good for cattle prices but I am starting to think that long term it might be what kills us. It is going to cull out alot of sale barns and small buyers and the kill plants will not have enough to stay running at a profitable level I am afraid. I think it could lead to imported meat that could be cheaper in time than what we produce it at.
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Post by Roy@ranch on Jul 29, 2011 12:49:10 GMT -5
That is a very good observation, feelnrite.
Roy
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Post by angus1 on Jul 29, 2011 19:53:59 GMT -5
A friend told me that long bread black heifer brought 2250 at the sale barn here last saturday.
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Post by cowboycorn on Jul 30, 2011 14:32:21 GMT -5
A friend told me that long bread black heifer brought 2250 at the sale barn here last saturday. Are those long "bread" heifers as opposed to short "bread" heifers. Do they use self rising flour on a "long bread" heifer? ;D ;D Just a yankin' some chain on this hot Saturday. |
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Post by bcreech on Jul 30, 2011 14:58:28 GMT -5
Bred HFRS in my opinion NEVER reflect the cow market
at Joplin cows were 2-4 lower and supply was greater than demand same for bulls
Kill plants are loaded up at this time
talked to a couple cattle haulers and they said they are hauling cows out of Tx and Western Oklahoma as fst as they can load them
To the OPs comment
I heard at Decatur Tx they sold for 24hrs straight and were turning trailers away before the sale ever started
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Post by angus1 on Jul 30, 2011 20:47:44 GMT -5
Same here in s w okla. I saw a line of trailers this morning going to the sale barn. A little later I saw some of them coming back. There is no more grass and we are in the worst drought in history. Very little. .1 or . 2 since last October.
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Post by kcm on Aug 22, 2011 23:02:37 GMT -5
In Kansas we are dry, but not anything like the guys in Oklahoma and Texas. Over the last several weeks the radar has shown quite a bit of rain in Oklahoma, is it getting to the ground? I ask this because it often shows us in the red when we are getting a light rain, the yellow is a sprinkle, and when it is green it doesn't even hit the ground.
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