Market Report for January 2, 2012
Cascade Livestock Auction LLC
Market Report for January 2, 2012

840 head sold
Trend: (no sale last week, Christmas holiday) $3.00 to $4.00 higher than last
test 2 weeks ago.

Choice and Prime Steers & Heifers:  $128.00 to $134.25.
174 hd over $130.00
56 over $131.75
17 from $133.50 to $134.25 top on 9 hd.

Holsteins Steers (152):  $115.00 to $119.50.

55 over $115.00
20 over $116.50
12 hd 1686# @ $118.25

Slaughter Cows (213):  Bulk of the cows in the upper $60's through $82.00
with young cows in the $70 to $76.00 range, hfretts in the $79 to $99.00 range,
and good thick cows in the $75.00 to $82.00 range.  Cow market $5.00 higher
than last tested.
21 cows $75.00 to $82.00
35 cows $70.00 to $74.75
37 cows $65.00 to $69.50
35 cows $55 to $64.50

Slaughter Bulls (4): lightly tested with a fed bull top of $109.00  and slaughter
bulls at $80.50