MARKET REPORTS

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Meridian Monday

Meridian, TX — November 28. Receipts at Meridian Livestock Commission: 333. Stocker and feeder steers: light weight $5-20 higher; 500 lb. and up steady. Stocker and feeder heifers: light weight $5-20 higher; 500 lb. and up steady. Slaughter cows: steady. Packer bulls: steady. Cow/calf pairs: too few to test. Young replacements: too few to test.

Steers: No. 1, under 300 lbs. $230-262.50; 300-400 lbs. $200-260; 400-500 lbs. $190-237.50; 500-600 lbs. $165-195; 600-700 lbs. $155-166; 700-800 lbs. NT.

Heifers: No. 1, under 300 lbs. $160-180; 300-400 lbs. $175-210; 400-500 lbs. $165-215; 500-600 lbs. $148-161; 600-700 lbs. $135-142; 700-800 lbs. NT.

Slaughter cows, high yielding $65-73; low yielding $55-60; fats $65-73; thin & shelly NT.

Packer bulls $90-92.

Pairs: young choice: NT; young fair: NT; aged pairs: NT.

Young pregnancy tested stocker replacement cows NT.

Oklahoma City Monday

Oklahoma City, OK — November 28 (F‑S) Receipts at Oklahoma National Stockyards: 6,254. Feeder steers and heifers $1-3 higher with instances $6-10 higher. Steer calves $3-7 higher. Heifer calves steady to $3 lower. Quality average to attractive. Demand moderate to good. Recent rains and warmer temperatures has definitely improved demand for wheat pasture cattle. 

Feeder Cattle Steers - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt). Wt Range; Price Range: 289 255.00 Value Added; 309-347 234.00-253.00; 359-396 200.00-237.00; 353 243.00 Value Added; 404-438 200.00-223.00; 402-437 232.00-234.00 Thin Fleshed; 456-499 203.00-221.50; 451-473 223.00-232.00 Thin Fleshed; 488 225.00 Value Added; 503-540 192.00-210.00; 501-548 215.00-223.00 Thin Fleshed; 530 214.00 Value Added; 554-598 186.00-200.00; 556 213.00 Thin Fleshed; 559 180.00 Unweaned; 601-630 181.00-195.00; 646 171.00 Unweaned; 601 207.50 Value Added; 658-698 174.00-189.50; 703-732 173.50-183.00; 751-779 173.00-188.00; 813-847 174.50-179.00; 850-868 163.00-169.50.

Heifers - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt). Wt Range; Price Range: 287 199.00; 312-338 179.00-195.00; 350-399 170.00-187.00; 409-441 173.00-183.00; 411 172.00 Unweaned; 400 186.00 Value Added; 452-498 173.50-184.00; 487 195.00 Thin Fleshed; 459-481 160.00-177.00 Unweaned; 500-544 171.00-180.00; 521 189.00 Thin Fleshed; 551-599 163.00-175.00; 571 202.00 Thin Fleshed; 560-564 157.00-161.00 Unweaned; 600-649 164.00-177.00; 650-675 166.00-175.00; 692 150.00 Unweaned; 704-741 168.50-172.25; 758 164.00; 808 162.00.

Bulls - Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt). Wt Range; Price Range: 626 183.00.

Decatur Monday

Decatur, TX — November 28 (Special) Receipts at Decatur Livestock Market were 760 head including: 27 bulls, 197 cows, 10 calves, 109 Longhorns, 155 stocker heifers, 142 stocker bulls/steers, 49 feeder heifers, 71 feeder steers. With the very welcome widespread rainfall, numbers were lighter than normal; however, the market on all classes were steady compared to Nov. 21. Not many bred cows or pairs – the ones we did have were $25/hd higher. Packer cows were higher with bulls remaining steady. Decatur’s last sale of 2022 will be December 19 – first sale of 2023 will be January 9 and will feature the weaned segment.

Steers: 200-299 lbs. $175-225; #2-Plain $120-175; 300-399 lbs. $162-235; #2-Plain $75-162; 400-499 lbs. $151-204, #2-Plain $70-151; 500-599 lbs. $153-202; #2-Plain $68-153; 600-699 lbs. $150-186, #2-Plain $73-150; 700-799 lbs. $140-159, #2-Plain $69-140; 800-899 lbs. NT; #2-Plain NT; 900-999 lbs. NT, #2-Plain NT.

Heifers: 200-299 lbs. $120-197, #2-Plain $55-120; 300-399 lbs. $151-200 #2-Plain $61-151; 400-499 lbs. $159-186, #2-Plain $85-159; 500-599 lbs. $138-161; #2-Plain $80-138; 600-699 lbs. $129-148; #2-Plain $80-129; 700-799 lbs. $115-135; #2-Plain $60-115; 800-899 lbs. NT, #2-Plain NT; 900-999 lbs. NT, #2-Plain NT.

Pairs: young NT; mid-age NT. Pregnancy tested cows: young NT; mid-age $850-1050.

High Yield Cows: $70-89; Low Yield Cows: $26-69. Feeder bulls NT.

Bulls, high yield (over 1300 lbs.) $82-102. Low yield bulls (over 1300 lbs.) $65-81.

Baby Calves: up to 200 lbs. $75-275/hd.

Some representative sales: John Rushing, Hudson Oaks, 285 lb. steer at $2.25; Jesus Romo, Collinsville, 355 lb. steer at $2.32; David Magarin, Haslet, 2 head, 482 lb. steer at $2.04; Darryl Balas, Perrin, 295 lb. heifer at $1.97; Janet Merck, Weatherford, 385 lb. heifer at $2.00; John Travis, Montague, 410 lb. heifer at $1.85.