date:Jul 19, 2012
h week's sale features around 400 head. But with many area producers looking to liquidate entire herds because there is nothing to feed them, those auctions have changed a lot.
During the summer months our auction would normally market 400 head per week, Goodman says. The last 2 weeks, it's been 1,400 and 1,100 head per week, mostly small calves and cows going to slaughter.
That trend's underway in the hog sector as well, Hurt says. Market weights have declined int he last few weeks, and that's