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Agriculture July 20, 2010  RSS feed
TDA Market Recap July 12, 2010
     AUSTIN – (July 12, 2010) For the week ending July 10, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were mostly steady to $4 higher per hundredweight with a few locations as much as $9 higher. Fed cattle prices were $1 to $1.50 higher per hundredweight in spite of lower wholesale beef prices.
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FFA students told jobs abound in agriculture
      Between 2010 and 2015, there will be more jobs in the agriculture industry than qualified people to fill them, according to a recent study by Purdue University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. That was a message that Stan Ray, chief administrative officer of the Farm Credit Bank of Texas, shared today with more than 12,000 people attending the 2010 Texas FFA Convention.
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Buffalo Livestock Report
     Sale Date: 7-17-10 Head Count: 1421 Last Week: 1516 Sellers: 194 Buyers: 55 Cutter Cows...................55-61.5 Fat Cows...........................56-62 Canner Cows.....................43-59
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Brazos Valley Live Stock Report
     Date of Sale: 7-13-10 Total Receipts: 1021 Previous Week: 833 Total Sellers: 139 Total Buyers: 57 Feeder Steers- Med/Large #1 200-300....................... 141-182.5 300-400.......................... 127-156 400-500.......................... 114-139 500-600..........................
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ANDERSON CO. LIVESTOCK REPORT
     Date of Sale: 7-14-10 Head Count: 557 Buyers: 49 Sellers: 82 Steers/Bull Calves & Yearlings 200-300.......................
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Groesbeck Livestock Report
     Date of Sale: 7-15-10 Head Count: 982 Cut/Boner.........................65-69 Canner Cow......................55-60 Breaker Utility Com Cow.............64-67 Thin Cows.........................42-46 Bulls Yield Grade 1&2...............75-79 Bulls Yield Grade 3&4.....70-76
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East Texas Livestock Report
     Date: 7-13-10 Volume: 1367 Tested: 245 Sellers: 200 Total Buyers: 60 Packer Buyers: 5 Order Buyers: 15 Cattle Companies: 30 Feeder Orders: 248
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