Jordan Cattle Auction
San Saba
April 8, 2010

 

Receipts totaled 1501 head for Thursday.  The market continues to move higher with demand very strong with stocker steers selling $2 to $3 higher and stocker heifers bringing $3 to $7 higher.  Feeder steers were $3 higher and heifers were $3 to $5 higher.  Several drafts of six weight steers brought from $1.20 to $127.50, some seven weights brought $113.00 to $118.00 and some 550 to 650 pound heifers brought from $1.15 up to $1.24 along with several groups of heifers weighing 650 to 700 pounds bringing from $105 to $112.50.  Packer cows and bulls sold on a steady market.  There was no sale in Mason this week in observance of Easter.

 

Steers: choice lightweight calves 125-157.50, choice medium weight calves 118-141, choice heavyweight calves 115-127

Heifers: choice lightweight calves 115-131, choice medium weight calves 105-127, choice heavyweight calves 100-117

Yearlings: choice lightweight steer yearlings 108-118, choice heavyweight steer yearlings – 100-115, choice lightweight heifer yearlings 95-105, choice heavyweight heifer yearlings – 85-92, #2 steer calves and yearlings 95-125, #2 heifer calves and yearlings 85-115, shorties & plainer calves and yearlings 75-85

Bred Cows: choice bred cows – no test, medium to good bred cows – 800-850, plainer & older bred cows – 570-790

Slaughter Cows: high yield 57-63.50, medium yield 49-56, low yield 41-58, heiferetts and young stock 60-80

Bulls: high yield – 75-78, medium yield – 71-74, low yield – 66-70, feeder 66-72

Pairs: choice – 950-1070, medium to good – 830-940, plainer & older – 700-825

 

Representative sales:

SRK Ranch, Richland Springs, 14 steers, 410 lbs 141.00

Jerry Moore, Balmorhea, 12 steers, 405 lbs 140.00

Willie Myers, Brady, 1 steer, 420 lbs 135.00

Bart Wilkinson, Menard, 21 steers, 478 lbs 132.00

Jerry Moore, Balmorhea, 17 steers, 516 lbs 132.00

Rocking D Ranch, Goldthwaite, 8 steers, 425 lbs 131.00

Holik Ranch, Wall, 6 steers, 619 lbs 127.50

Wayland Perry, Cherokee, 6 steers, 514 lbs 127.00

Bart Wilkinson, Menard, 15 steers, 530 lbs 126.50

Rocking D Ranch, Goldthwaite, 6 steers, 511 lbs 126.00

Robert Long, Goldthwaite, 9 steers, 611 lbs 125.00

Holik Ranch, Wall, 3 steers, 592 lbs 124.00

Momentum Livestock, Mason, 3 steers, 630 lbs 124.00

Alice Reece, San Saba, 1 steer, 615 lbs 123.00

Dean Lord, Richland Springs, 12 steers, 545 lbs 120.00

John Wells, San Saba, 7 steers, 686 lbs 118.00

Winston Millican, San Saba, 1 steer, 645 lbs 118.00

R & P Livestock, Cherokee, 2 steers, 718 lbs 118.00

Jerry Moore, Balmorhea, 5 steers, 632 lbs 117.00

R & P Livestock, Cherokee, 2 steers, 725 lbs 116.00

Bob Millican, San Saba, 8 steers, 726 lbs 115.50

Roddy Maddox, Cherokee, 6 steers, 698 lbs 113.50

John Wells, San Saba, 11 steers, 739 lbs 112.50

MacGuire Ranch, Ft. Hancock, 2 steers, 715 lbs 112.00

Bob Millican, San Saba, 3 steers, 772 lbs 109.50

John Wells, San Saba, 5 steers, 810 lbs 108.00

Momentum Livestock, Mason, 7 steers, 791 lbs 108.00

John Wells, San Saba, 3 steers, 882 lbs 105.00

3 H Cattle Co, Early, 1 heifer, 435 lbs 136.00

Ziegler Cattle, Mason, 3 heifers, 405 lbs 132.00

3 H Cattle Co, Early, 1 heifer, 440 lbs 129.00

Grant Ranch, Brownwood, 1 heifer, 445 lbs 126.00

Ziegler Cattle, Mason, 4 heifers, 445 lbs 126.00

Paul Schuessler, Llano, 1 heifer, 525 lbs 125.00

Bart Wilkinson, Menard, 5 heifers, 445 lbs 124.00

Bowen & Bowen, Marble Falls, 1 heifer, 465 lbs 124.00

Brown Ranches, Beeville, 1 heifer, 555 lbs 124.00

Durst & Durst, Brady, 2 heifers, 508 lbs 124.00

SRK Ranch, Richland Springs, 21 heifers, 451 lbs, 123.50

MacGuire Ranch, Ft. Hancock, 2 heifers, 535 lbs 122.50

Star Cattle Co, Goldthwaite, 13 heifers, 515 lbs 119.50

Bart Wilkinson, Menard, 10 heifers, 558 lbs 118.00

Bart Wilkinson, Menard, 6 heifers, 610 lbs 116.00

R & P Livestock, Cherokee, 3 heifers, 607 lbs 115.00

Momentum Livestock, Mason, 8 heifers, 581 lbs 114.00

Holik Ranch, Wall, 8 heifers, 623 lbs 112.50

Durst & Durst, Brady, 2 heifers, 653 lbs 111.00

Momentum Livestock, Mason, 3 heifers, 640 lbs 111.00

Robert Keith, Johnson City, 26 heifers, 685 lbs 109.00

Robert Keith, Johnson City, 20 heifers, 683 lbs 108.50

Harlan Jernigan, Goldthwaite, 2 heifers, 638 lbs 108.00

R & P Livestock, Cherokee, 1 heifer, 675 lbs 107.00

Norris Ranch, Rochelle, 8 heifers, 698 lbs 105.00

Robert Keith, Johnson City, 5 heifers, 726 lbs 104.00

Norris Ranch, Rochelle, 17 heifers, 793 lbs 103.00

Momentum Livestock, Mason, 7 heifers, 799 lbs 99.50

Donald Parrish, Evant, 1 cow, 1175 lbs 63.50

Raymond Goldman, Temple, 1 bull, 1645 lbs 78.00

Roger Edmondson, San Saba, 7 pair, 1070.00