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Port
City Stockyards
pledges to provide you with a professional, actual, factual, and
correct market report so that you can make informed, intelligent
marketing decisions. We will not embellish our reports and
inflate prices just to have the highest report in the area.
Port City Stockyards' Weekly Markets are competitive and take a back
seat to no one in the area.
Port
City Stockyards
will use the tried and true USDA reporting standards and grades for
all cattle including calves, yearlings, and slaughter cows and
bulls. In order to keep everyone on the same wavelength we do
not use slang terms such as common, choice, #1's, etc..
Our
report begins with a narrative indicating the
Market
Trends
and
Prices
Reported.
The Market Trends indicates the price movements from a
previous period and the level of market activity, while the
Prices Reported includes a "range of prices" to account for
different fill conditions and variations in flesh conditions for
animals within a particular grade and/or range of weights.
Feeder
Yearlings and Calves are evaluated by a combination of
Frame
Size
and
Muscling.
Under ordinary development & feeding conditions, different framed
animals reach slaughter potential at different weights.
FEEDER
CATTLE FRAME SIZE as a FINISHED ANIMAL
|
FRAME SIZE |
STEER |
HEIFER |
|
SMALL |
<1100# |
<1000# |
|
MEDIUM |
1100-1250# |
1000-1150# |
|
LARGE |
1250# |
1150# |
FEEDER
CATTLE MUSCLING
#1
Muscling.
Moderately thick throughout; showing a rounded appearance through
the back & loin with moderate width between the legs.
#2
Muscling.
Slightly thick throughout; showing a rounded appearance through the
back and loin with slight width between the legs.
#3
Muscling.
Thin through the forequarter and the middle part of the rounds; back
and loin have a sunken appearance; legs are set close together.
#4
Muscling.
Less thickness than the minimum requirements for #3.
SLAUGHTER
COWS & BULLS
Shelly Canner Cow
-
A
emaciated cow with not much meat on
her.
Canner Cow
- A thin
cow, expected to dress approx. 38-43% with a boning yield of 63-68%
of 90-95 % lean red meat.
Cutter Cow - A
moderately fleshed cow expected to dress 41-46% with a boning yield
of 67-72% of 85-90% lean red meat.
Utility
Cow -
A fleshy
cow, expected to dress 46-52% with a boning yield of 70-74% of
75-85% lean red meat.
High
Yielding Utility Cow - A well shaped cow with above average weighing condition,
indicating very little internal as well as outside fat. |
