Superior Livestock Auction hosted their video auction live on Oct. 19 from the Superior Livestock Auction Studio in Hudson Oaks, TX. Cattle producers offered over 28,000 head of calves, yearlings and bred stock from 23 states for this auction. Cattle were sold on contract to deliver immediately through July 2024.
Superior Livestock Auction offered up a very respectable run of a little over 28,000 feeders, weaned calves, calves on cows and beef-dairy crosses to a cautious but aggressive buyer base. The buyers were very aware of quality, delivery windows and aggressive on higher genetics, home-raised and weight classes.
Regions 3/4/5/6 was a very uneven market with ranges $7-12 lower on both feeder steers and heifers with lesser quality, especially on heavier weights. Higher quality steers along with heifers were steady to $4 lower.
Regions 1/2 also saw a softer market with limited supply in that region. The results were not enough calves in Regions 1/2 for a market test.
Beef-dairy crosses also witnessed a decrease in market share with levels $10-16 lower on weak demand.
Regions 3/4/5/6 weaned calves were surprisingly in strong demand with good moisture on the horizon for next week. Prices were fully steady on lighter weights with very aggressive bidding. Heavier weights over 575 pounds saw weakness at levels $6-8 lower, and if they were on growing rations, as much as $15 lower.
