Trader’s Dispatch, December 2013 — Page A48
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EQUIPMENT FOR SALE
Lighter-weight calves as much as $5 higher
Compared to November 11-15, feeder cattle and calves weighing over 600 lbs sold steady to $3 lower. Lighterweight calves traded unevenly steady to $5 higher with the full advance noted on 4 weight steers, especially across the Southeast. CME cattle futures opened the week of November 18-22 1991 Kenworth T600 dump truck, L10, 13 significantly lower which pressured cash feeder cattle, perspeed, lift axle. Nice truck.................$26,000 haps hinting that prices are now descending the back-side of the mountain top. However, lower price levels on feedlot replacement cattle are inevitable this time of year as a larger percentage of these cattle are merely big calves while true 1985 Liddell 60-ton 4-axle trailer with flip, yearling supplies have been exhausted. 108” wide with 19-ft. 6” well, rebuilt in 5/2011, Calf demand remains very good as tight inventories of all new air bags (10), good tires, digital air 2000 Kenworth T800 flat top, N14, 10 classes of beef cattle are now blatant and many areas have scales................................................$55,000 speed, Jake, new bearings in engine, lots sizeable stockpiles of hay and winter pasture to hold calves. Phone (406) 229-1400, Cut Bank, MT more done.........................................$28,500 Backgrounders are also already worried about their ability to purchase grazing cattle next spring. There was some weakenHYDRAULIC BREAKER Rental units ing of calf markets late in Available POST DRIVERS FOR SALE the week of November 18• Skid loader mount • Low profile • Quick and easy on and off 22 as Southern order buyers didn’t want to get stuck with • 8” diameter domed cup • Full control of post while driving partial loads with Thanksgiv• Very low maintanence ing week coming up, plus • 3 sizes available ~ 500-, 750-, 1000-ft. lb. • Also available for excavators another winter front moved across the Plains with freezMontana Post Driver (406) 239-4824 ing rains and snow flurries. Gold Creek, MT Cattle can withstand frigid temperatures very well, but cold and wet is another story especially on new purchases. Friday November 22nd cattle-on-feed report appeared slightly bearish with October placements comingin higher than most expectations at 110 percent of the same time a year ago. NoOVER 60 UNITS vember 1st on-feed inventoON THE ries were down 6 percent and AUCTION! exactly as expected, while October fed marketings were within forecasts at 101 percent of 2012. The heavier placement figure could dampen wild desires about feeding cattle for the great beef shortage, but the data is very reasonable as most producers were able to hold their feeder cattle to term this fall as opposed to last year’s summer drought sales. Nationwide auction receipts have indeed ran about 9 percent heavier than a year ago for the last several WWW.BORDERPLAINS.COM OR weeks since the government WWW.WESTPLAINS.COM shutdown. But, the recent increase in heifer retention with help from ample feed Simply go to either www.westplains.com or supplies and brisk calf marwww.borderplains.com, click on the “Timed kets should more than offset Auctions” tab and register to bid. Just click on any additional placement Farm Equipment & Construction Equipment to miscalculation. A percentage see our listings. of October’s new feedlot arrivals are likely replacement quality heifers to be grown through the winter months only to be turned out with a bull next summer. Nonetheless, the new (old school) corn price is quickly pouring equity back into catWest Plains Inc Border Plains Equipment tle feeder’s pockets and bol Beach, ND 701-872-4154 stering interest in all classes Williston, ND 701-774-0957 of feeder and stocker cattle Bowman, ND 701-523-3296 with cost-of-gains well be Dickinson, ND 701-483-8742 Stanley, ND 701-628-2950 low the expected fed market. This past week November Hettinger, ND 701-567-4505 18-22, fat cattle sold mostly Glasgow, MT 406-228-9341 $1 lower at $131 live and www.westplains.com $207 in the beef. Novemwww.borderplains.com ber 18-22 reported auction volume included 40 percent over 600 lbs and 39 percent heifers.
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