Weekly Hereford Sales Digest

for the week of June 2nd, 2008

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Welcome to this week's edition of the Weekly Hereford Sales Digest, your source of current information for locating the right Hereford cattle to help you become more profitable in your enterprise and featuring updates about upcoming sales, shows and events.  


Upcoming Sales:

06/07/2008 Pennsylvania Junior Preview Show, Huntington
06/07/2008 Thompson Polled Herefords Production Sale, Hot Springs, Ark.
06/07/2008 Wisconsin Junior Preview Show, Jefferson
06/08/2008 Wisconsin Juniors Open Jackpot Show, Jefferson
06/13/2008 Kentucky Jr. Preview Show, Russell Springs
06/14/2008 Illinois Junior Preview Show, Sandwich
06/16/2008 Team DeShazer Show Camp, Hearne, Texas
06/17/2008 Red River Valley Fair Hereford Show West Fargo, N.D.
06/19/2008 Texas Jr. Hereford Assn./Texas Jr. Polled Hereford Assn. State Show, Kerrville
06/21/2008 Buckeye Jr. Preview Show, Lima, Ohio
06/21/2008 Indiana Junior Preview Show, Lebanon
06/25/2008 Advertising Deadline for August Hereford World
07/12/2008 Jr. National Hereford Expo, Kansas City, Mo.

View Complete Sale Calendar


Online Sale Offerings:

Sale Name Sale Date Lots PDF Catalog
Private Treaty Sales
Double R Cattle Company    Click Here 
dL Cattle Comany Priv. Treaty Bull Sale    Click Here 
Oak Creek Farms    Click Here 
Asmus Herefords    Click Here 
Dixie Pride Herefords    Click Here 
Simpson Polled Herefords    Click Here 

View Completed Sale Catalogs


Recent Sale Results:

Sale Date Name State Region Lots Sold Gross Average Bull Avg. Fem Avg.  
5/26/2008 The Mead Program Sale Volume VIII GA SE 74.00 $358,750 $4,847 $7,286 $4,593 Details
5/26/2008 Texas All Star Sale TX SW 57.50 $145,760 $2,535 $2,218 $2,563 Details
5/24/2008 Tennessee River Music "DiXXVieland Delight" AL SE 60.25 $389,050 $6,186 $25,000 $5,796 Details
5/18/2008 Red Hills Herefords Cowherd Dispersion Sale OK SW 273.00 $634,430 $2,324 $3,238 $2,296 Details
5/17/2008 Star Lake Seedstock Source XVI OK SW 126.75 $1,168,725 $8,464 $15,067 $7,914 Details
5/10/2008 Pennsylvania Hereford Sale PA NE 42.00 $53,225 $1,267 $1,267 Details

View Complete List of Sale Results or More Details on Sales above


National Market Summary:

St. Joseph, MO Fri May 30, 2008 USDA-MO Dept of Ag Market News 

Compared to last week, calves and yearlings sold steady to 2.00 higher. Auction receipts are lighter this week in observance of Memorial Day Holiday as Oklahoma City and Joplin were both closed on Monday. Early this week spring storms and high winds persisted over much of the plains states. Demand for lightweight calves and yearlings are about as good as they have been all spring. Feeder numbers are growing tighter each week and demand continues to increase with virtually no bargains being found at the auction rings as many individuals, small lots and new crop calves are selling at large and load lot levels. Feeder cattle futures have been on the rise and are within 2.00-3.00 of all-time highs set last year in September. With the premium for deferred live cattle and corn futures lower this week we are seeing feeder cattle buyers in intense bidding to own numbers of feeder cattle and ignoring high input cost of corn and transportation. There is also a good beef demand as beef imports are light due to our low dollar and it is supportive for slaughter cow prices. Beef cow slaughter in April was an average of 10.4 percent higher than year ago levels. The decline in US beef cow numbers will have a significant overtone in beef supplies in the near future. With global demand for beef, pork and poultry increasing as populations grow and global incomes improve, US beef exports are also increasing supporting beef prices. Boxed beef trade has been good with the heavy numbers of slaughter cattle movement over the last several weeks which suggest that Memorial Holiday clearance was respectable. USDA announced this week that 24 million acres of CRP will be eligible for hay and forage production after the primary nesting season for grass nesting birds. USDA estimates that this will allow 18 million tons of forage available to beef and dairy producers with the value of forage to be over $1.2 billion. In many areas of this country this will be a benefit for ranchers and backgrounders needing summer pasture and lowering winter hay cost for feeding cattle. This should also be beneficial for the feeder cattle market increasing the demand for calves. Corn planting progress report on Tuesday was at 88 percent complete, 6 percent behind the five year average, with more rain in the forecast over the next week. This could hinder any rise in acreage from the March estimates. This week’s reported auction volume included 43 percent over 600 lbs and 45 percent heifers.

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Regional Market Summaries
Feeder Cattle (Cash-Wt Avg) Feeder Cattle Futures Live Cattle Futures


Online Semen Offerings:

Search Semen Catalogs Using EPD Criteria

Semen List Name Sires
Fern Ridge Ranch 
BBC Farms 
Open Country Herefords 
Fullerton Hereford Farms 
Stone Ridge Manor 
Alexander Farms 
Lorenzen Farms  12 
2008 Hereford AI Book  145 
Phil & Chris Rottman 
Rausch Herefords 
ABS Hereford Lineup 
Indian Cave Ranch 
Feddes & Carmichael F 157K Ribstone 765 
Hetle & Friedt Herefords 

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