OKC West – El Reno, OK
Wed Aug 17, 2022
AUCTION
This Week 8,419
Last Reported 9,686
Last Year 6,685
Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00-8.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00-5.00 higher. Demand extremely good for feeder cattle. Quality average, few attractive. Several thin fleshed cattle available. Cattle futures moved higher both Tuesday and Wednesday, helping to boost demand. Steer calves over 450 lbs steady to 5.00 higher; under 450 lbs and where tested, 10.00-20.00 higher. Heifer calves over 500 lbs steady; under 500 lbs 8.00-15.00 higher. Demand very good for steer calves and all light weigh calves; moderate to good for heifers. Weather hot and dry on Tuesday, but a cool front moved in over night and several chances of rain are in the forecast for late weekend and early next week. Supply included: 100% Feeder Cattle (51% Steers, 45% Heifers, 4% Bulls). Feeder cattle supply over 600 lbs was 74%.
FEEDER CATTLE
STEERS – Medium and Large 1 (Per Cwt / Actual Wt)
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
2 250 250 225.00 225.00
38 340-349 347 230.00-238.00 236.12
18 373-398 384 215.00-255.00 237.40
60 403-447 426 212.00-244.00 228.53
9 403-406 405 200.00-202.50 201.67 Unweaned
28 450-496 484 200.00-220.00 203.34
88 509-549 522 192.00-205.00 196.24
10 537 537 190.00 190.00 Unweaned
153 552-593 565 187.00-206.00 199.20
19 560-593 569 182.00 182.00 Unweaned
190 604-637 624 184.00-201.00 194.97
4 605-648 627 177.50-178.50 178.02 Unweaned
959 656-698 690 185.00-198.50 191.69
34 698 698 202.00 202.00 Thin Fleshed
17 659 659 175.00 175.00 Unweaned
128 706-746 721 180.00-190.00 185.74
353 751-797 779 178.00-187.00 184.74
544 800-823 813 176.50-184.75 181.60
133 865-880 873 167.00-185.00 176.13
30 936 936 172.50 172.50
98 959-999 970 165.00-169.00 166.35
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