BRG said:
A good customer of ours sold a big group of replacement heifers yesterday at Philip Livestock, they were lighter than last year, but still had a huge demand. Here is how they sold.
97 head of 547 lbs heifers brought $119.50/cwt
45 head of the same weight brought $112.00/cwt
218 head of 480 lbs heifers brought $115.50/cwt
110 head of 471 lbs heifers brought $113.50/cwt
Right after these sold a very nice set of Black replacement heifers weighing the same brought $98/cwt.
Those red heifers at Philip brought some pretty impressive prices.
Valentine on October 22nd had a real good sale, also, with Red Angus heifers being the stars of the show. Here were a few results of red replacement heifers:
26 head 606 pounds @ $740 per head ($122.00 per cwt)
22 head 567 pounds @ $640 per head ($112.90 per cwt)
45 head 547 pounds @ $595 per head ($115.75 per cwt)
61 head 548 pounds @ $650 per head ($118.60 per cwt)
18 head 543 pounds @ $630 per head ($116.00 per cwt)
Some of the black Angus heifers didn't sell too badly, either:
97 head 527 pounds @ $600 per head ($113.85 per cwt)
61 head 539 pounds @ $555 per head ($103.00 per cwt)
18 head 546 pounds @ $610 per head ($105.90 per cwt)
34 head 547 pounds @ $545 per head ($ 99.65 per cwt)
I am quite happy with the 61 head of black heifers that I purchased on October 15th, which averaged 581 pounds @$94.34 per cwt, or $548.50 per head.
They appeared to be a bargain looking back a week later. :wink: