price of older jerseycross steers?

[collegeboundgal]

okay, you web hounds.
have a neighbor looking at buying my steers. I'd say average wight is 650-700. good condition.(bout what most dairy steers will look like) dehorned. southwest missouri area. close to eather springfield or buffalo, mo.

[myersfarm]

Wish i could help But if they LOOK like Jersey's. as in brown in color or blonde..never seen one of those biger than 200 lbs sell
..or do they look like Holstien /Jersey crosses which would mean they are black WITH SOME WHITE MARKINGS they would sell close to this in WEST PLAINS MO but these prices are full Holstiens so adjust down a little

Holsteins: Large 3 lot 492 lbs 117.00; lot and pkg 613-664 lbs 112.00-
112.50; load 783 lbs 108.25; load and part 825-840 lbs 103.50-104.25.

[collegeboundgal]

sadly, they have the jersey look but some with white splotches and the darker brown/tan color. I was talking to the guy tonight and he said what he has been seeing is in the .80-.90 per lb. was talking to a friend today and he said he saw them going for up to and around 1.10-1.20 a lb! sigh. I have NEVER seen them go that high, but cattle prices are CRAZY right now.
this is what I found on the Springfield stockyard for Feb 9th.


JC_LS771
Jefferson City, MO Thu Feb 9, 2012 MO Dept of Ag/USDA Market News

Springfield-Springfield Livestock Marketing Center
Feeder Cattle Weighted Average Report for 02/08/2012

Receipts: 1347 Last Week: 2332 Year Ago: 125

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs and heifers under 700 lbs
steady, steers 600 to 750 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, steers over 750 lbs and
heifers over 700 lbs steady to 2.00 lower on a light test. Holsteins steady to
5.00 higher. Demand moderate to good, supply moderate to light. The weather
has turned more like winter with the high temperature in the mid-thirties.
The feeder supply included 38 percent steers, 12 percent Holsteins, 41 percent
heifers, 10 percent bulls, with 38 percent over 600 lbs.

Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 347 347 200.00 200.00

18 415-444 426 201.00-204.00 202.20
8 458-470 464 185.50-200.00 191.41

23 505-545 519 174.00-188.00 180.04
32 555-584 572 174.00-182.00 177.29

16 625-627 626 172.50-176.00 175.13
24 603-630 618 170.00-172.00 171.09 Calves
29 677-688 680 155.00-163.00 160.13

33 705-725 711 150.00-155.00 153.67
3 715 715 145.00 145.00 Calves

4 850 850 134.50 134.50

6 970 970 132.00 132.00

Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 290 290 186.00 186.00
21 363-394 385 185.00-191.00 187.81
25 420-448 432 177.00-188.50 183.46
13 455-499 485 175.00-180.00 176.66
9 510-525 520 165.00-174.50 170.03
5 563-590 574 159.00-169.00 164.89
3 580 580 167.50 167.50 Thin Fleshed
3 607 607 161.00 161.00
4 680 680 152.50 152.50
4 734 734 158.00 158.00
6 881 881 131.50 131.50

Feeder Steers Medium and Large 3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
6 587-588 588 110.00-110.50 110.25
7 632 632 110.00 110.00
5 792 792 108.00 108.00

Feeder Steers Large 1
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
8 518-520 519 170.00 170.00
3 663 663 158.00 158.00 Calves
3 702 702 145.00 145.00 Calves

Feeder Steers Medium 3-4
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
3 283 283 100.00 100.00
7 370 370 94.00 94.00
3 440 440 90.00 90.00
4 468 468 98.00 98.00

Feeder Steers Small 4
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 257 257 73.00 73.00
6 398 398 78.00 78.00

Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3
Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price
5 494 494 122.50 122.50
6 523 523 115.00 115.00
15 591-596 593 115.50-116.50 116.16
5 644 644 114.00 114.00
30 660-695 677 108.50-115.00 111.92
43 811-833 827 109.50-112.25 111.56
4 915 915 108.00 108.00
4 956 956 104.00 104.00


the problem is I'm not sure what class my steers would be in...
sigh. guess I'll be sitting in on tomorrow nights sale in a close town (buffalo). just what I wanted to do on my day off...

[myersfarm]

HOW many you sell at one time will also make a difference

[collegeboundgal]

8 steers all together.

[myersfarm]

I have seen them on Superior Livestock Auctions on RFDTV....if I had to guess the blonde ones would be 20 to 30 cents a pound less than the Holstiens but as I said never seen in real life at any sale

[kycrawler]

If you can get 90 cents run with it they would only bring 50-75 around here I just bought 2 500 lber's for 57cents

[collegeboundgal]

but what if they're bringing 1.10 a lb!!!! arrrrrrgh! I'm so torn on what to do! I was thinking that there was a sale tonight I could go sit in on but I was mistaken. guess I could wait and watch the sale this sat to get a price for the guy and if it's to high for him, take them the next week... sigh. I would have liked for them to go this week, but if the difference is going to be (if average wight is 650 x $1.10) $1040... that's a lot of cash that could help pay the bills... even if only a doller a lb, it's a $520 difference! sigh. sometimes farming is so stressful!!!!

-Melissa

[myersfarm]

Good luck

[collegeboundgal]

thanks. I think I'll need it. just called the springfield sale barn and asked if they had any idea what jerseys were going for and after hemming and hawing about how they didn't really have any said if he were to guess maybe .80-1.00/lb. talked to the guy and he said he couldn't go that high. I said not a problem and it didn't seem like any hard feelings... so now I've got it in my mind that even if I take them to the sale and they don't bring that much, I can always "no sale" them and bring them back home. just waste an entire day...

[Wanda]

Take your profit or take a chance! If you get 60 cents minus comision at the sale barn that will be market price for that day.

It is hard to base a price from auction reports. There is a wide range of prices for the same classes and weights of cattle for a reason.

When you sell at home it is a no cost thing to do. If you haul to the sale there are a lot of costs involved. If we are honest about the cost it takes several more dollars a head to overcome this and there is always the chance that yours will be the low price in the sale report.

[collegeboundgal]

yea. I ended up posting them forsale on craigslist for $1.05. I figured that some might get dickered down and I'm okay with thats as this way I wont have to pay commision or any of the other fees and time/gas. I decided not to take them this weekend anyway as monday is a holiday and dont think prices will be all that great on a 3 day weekend. this way, I can go and hopefully see what jerseys are bringing for a ballpark price sat as well...

this is my ad listing. I know I need to get pic's up. my sister helped me post the ad and we weren't going to post it till I got pic's, but she must have hit a wrong button as it posted anyway. lol. oh well...
http://springfield.craigslist.org/grd/2853939593.html
-Melissa