Oklahoma City Thursday, July 29 Estimated Receipts 9,000 Same day last week -11,730 Same day last year 10,275 Active, compared to late last week, feeder steers over 500 lb. and feeder heifers over 450 lb. strong to 50c higher; feeder calves mostly 50c higher, some sales 1.00 higher. Salable re ceipts somewhat curtailed com pared to recent Thursday due to general showers over the mar keting area this past week. Ma jority receipts Average Good to High Choice 400-800 lb. offer ings. Fairly large attendance buyers. Sales As Of 1 P.M. Feeder Steers Choice, few Prime, 350-500 lb. 37.50-42.75; 500-650 lbs. 33.75-38.50, part load 520 lb. at 39.00; 650-750 lb. Perma-Guard New, Sale, Non-Poisonous INSECTICIDE For Garden, Lawn, Trees, Household or Grain Storage, excellent for protecting stored grain KILLS INSECTS non-chemically by DEHYDRATION ROY ERB 118 Kreider Ave., Lancaster DAVID GLICK 128 Geist Rd., Lancaster HOCHSTETLER’S 251 E. Franklin St., N.H. 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Moderate receipts proved suf ficient to offset the effects of a rather sluggish movement of carcass beef at wholesale level. However, there was a general atmosphere of caution on the part of most buying interests as the rail strike created some un- largely 33.00-34.00; 750-870 lb. 32.00-33.00, few 768-790 lb. 33.- 00-33.50; Mixed Good and Choice 400-500 lb. 35.00-37.50; 500-650 lb. 32.25-34.00; 650-750 lb. 31.50-32.50, 750-975 lb. 30.25- 32.00; few Good 325-475 lb. 32.- 50-34.25; 500-625 lb. 30.50-32.25; 650750 lb. 30.00-31.25; Standard and Low Good 500650 lb. 26.00- 28.50; 650-1122 lb. 25.00-26.75. Feeder Heifers Choice, few Prime 300-450 lb. 32.0035.50; 450700 lb. 30.75-33.75; Mixed Good and Choice 450-675 lb. 29.- 0030.50, small lot Good 603 lb. at 27.30. Others: Good and Choice Bull Calves 32.00-39.00. -''i U.S. Inspected Livestock Slaughter Week to date Same period last week *85,000 1,147,000 158,000 Same period last year 440,000 1,080,000 146,000 Estimated daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection. “ADVANCED EVAPORATOR” DESIGN BSHS 24 Hour Milking Equipment Service Installation and Service FRED KERLIN & HAROLD KINSEY For week ending Thursday, July 29 CATTLE HOGS SHEEP 475,000 1,152,000 156,000 THE PRICE IS RICH!! BEE-LINE SUPPLY CENTER 1027 Dfflerville Road, Lancaster 24 Hour Service Dally Pb: 717-397-4761 easiness but apparently did not seriously impede delivery of finished product. Market Steers Steers—Two loads High Choice and Prime U.S. 3-4, 1222-1263 pounds, 34.15; Seven loads, 1035- 1311, 34.00; U.S 2-4, 1028-1262, 33.50-33.75; Choice 975-1275, 32.25-33.50; Mixed Good and Choice 950-1250, 31.75-32.50; Good 27.00-31.75; Holsteins U.S. 2-3, 27.00-27.60; Standard and Low-Good 26.00-27.00. Heifers Five loads High Choice and Prime U.S. 3-4, 937- 1010 pounds, 32.85-33.00; 858- 975, 32.60-32.75; Choice 825-1025, 31.00-32.50; Mixed Good and Choice 775-975, 30.00-31.25; Good 26.50-30.00; Standard and Low- Good 25.00-26.50. Cows—Utility and Commercial 20.00-22.00; Canner and Cutter 18.50- Mixed Cutter and Low-Utility 20.75-21.50; Canner 17.50- Bulls—Utility, Commercial and Good 25.50-28.50; Commercial 29.00-30.00; Cutter and Low- Utility 24.00-26.00. Feeder Steers Small supply feeder cattle and calves fully steady. Outship ments of 1000 head virtually same as previous week. Steers—High Good and Choice 843-1050 pounds 30.00-31.50. Heifers Choice 428-475 pounds, 32.75-33.25; High-Good and Choice 731-906, 28.50-30.00. ' . '- - " August September October November December February ’72 31.45 21.25 March April May June July Trend Cattle are stronger, Hogs are weaker, Potatoes are weaker, and Eggs are stronger. Chicago Cattle Compared last Friday, slaugh ter steers uneven. High Choice and Prime over 1150 lbs. strong to 50c higher, other grades and weights steady 25c lower, slaughter heifers steady, cows 25c lower, bulls steady. In the final week of trading at Chicago Union Stock Yards, demand for slaughter steers varied, most buyer interest cen tered around High Choice and Prime kinds over 1150 lbs., while kinds Average Choice and Below were less active, with steers Low Choice and Below under 1,000 lbs. slowest to move. , v " •« < ' "C Receipts 80 per cent slaugh ter steers, 17 per cent heifers, balance mainly cows. Overall finish of slaughter steers not as attractive as last week with 15 per cent Prime and 70 per cent Choice, compared with 19 percent Prime and 70 percent Choice last week, and 17 per cent Prime and 72 percent Choice last year. Heifer supply mainly High Good to Low Prime weighing 800-1025 lbs. SLAUGHTER STEERS Prime 1175-1350 lbs. Yield Grade 3 and 4 34.75-35.25, load 1308 lbs. Wednesday at 35.50, highest since mid-May. High Choice and Prime 1075-1350 lbs. 34.00-34.75, Choice 950-1350 lbs. Yield Grade 2 to 4 32.75-34.25, largely 33.00-34.00 at mid-week, Mixed Good and Choice 31.75- 32.75, Good 28.00-31.75, Stand ard and Low Good 26.50-28.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS High Choice and Prime 925- Green Dragon Hay Market Nine loads hay, including; Timothy, few loads 27.00-44.00; Mixed hay, few loads 32.00- 46.00. One load straw, 35.50. Start raising more and better Calves the Easy NURS-ETTE way No more carrying pails of warm water or hand mixing milk replacer. Just fill the hopper of the NURS-ETTE with milk replacer and the NURS-ETTE will mix milk replacer and warm water and keep it warm until calf nurses the mix (approx. 14 oz.) Then it will mix a fresh batch of water and replacer. YOUNG BROS. NURS-ETTE SALES AND SERVICE Ph. 717-548-2462 Peach Bottom, R. D. 1, Pa. 17563 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 31,1971 FUTURES TRADING (Closing bids as Thursday, July 29) Chicago Chicago New York Chicago Cattle Hogs Maine Fresh Eggs Potatoes 33.10 20.52 31.57 19.30 31.22 19.62 31.40 21.15 3.24 a-asked b-bid n-nominal Karketa proriaefl. by Commodity X>apt., Reynold* fc Compaay ' " o i, Monday • Wednesday July 26 - July 28 - Friday, July 23 2.74 40.30 3.04 3.74 23.15 23.25 1025 lbs. Yield Grade 3 and 4 33.00-33.25 on Monday with load around 1050 lbs. Wednes day at 33.50, equalling the high est since early June, Choice 800- 1000 lbs. Yield Grade 2 to 4 31.- 75-33.00, largely 31.75-32.75, Mix ed Good and Choice 30.50-31.75, Good 26.50-30.50. COWS Throughout the week, Utility and Commercial 20.25-22.00, Canner and Cutter 18.5021.00. BULLS Utility and Com mercial 25.50-28.00. Chicago (Continued from Page __ ket section will not be available as a result of .the market clos ing. However, we have been an ticipating the market closing and introduced the Omaha and Oklahoma City markets several months ago. We will continue to evaluate the market needs of our local livestock producers and welcome any suggestions on how to fill the market news vacuum left by the Chicago closing. Steady dwindling of livestock receipts in recent years has been cited as the reason for closing the market. Cattle re ceipts have decreased from 2,- 265.000 head in 1959 to around 860.000 head last year, with the decline continuing. At its peak in 1924, the market handled more than 18,600,000 head of cattle, hogs and sheep. In recent years, trends to ward locating packing houses closer to livestock feeding operations and other trends have tended to decentralize marketing away from the cen tral Chicago location. Some local livestock industry spokesmen have indicated clos ing of the Chicago market could lead to much heavier reliance by the livestock industry on local markets, both for industry price setting and for meeting the needs of Eastern packers. 3 35.95 39.45 38.00 39.50