Lebanon Valley
Auction
Tuesday, January 4
336 Head of Cattle
Steers: Choice (few) 1050 -1175
pounds, 33.75 - 35.75; Good, 31.00 -
33.25; Standard, 28.60 - 30.00.
Heifers; Good and Choice, 29.00
- 31.10; Standard (few), 27.25 -
28.50.
Cows: Utility and High
Dressing Cutter, 23.50 - 24.75,
couple to 26.25; Cutters, 22.60 -
23.50; Canners, 21.35 - 22.60;
Shells down to 20.00.
Bulls: Good, 30.00 - 32.60;
Utility and Commercial, 28.35 -
32.00, one at 33.85.
260 Head of Veal Calves
Choice (few), 56.00 - 60.00;
Good, 51.00 - 54.00; Standard,
46.00 - 49.00; Utility, 42.00 - 45.50;
Culls 90 -120 pounds (few), 36.50 -
40.00; Culls 70 - 85 pounds, 29.50 -
34.50.
Farm Calves: Bulls 85 - 110
pounds, 39.00 - 53.00; Heifers, 85 -
140 pounds, 55.00 - 72.00.
210 Head of Hogs
Barrows and Gilts: U.S. 2-3 215
- 245 pounds, 23.35 - 23.85, lot to
24.00; 2-4 175 -195 pounds, 21.85 -
22.10;.
Sows: U.S. 1-3 300 - 450 pounds,
17.50 -J9.50; 2-3 400 - 650 pounds,
16.00 - 17.50.
Boars: 12.35 - 14.85.
30 Head of Feeder Pigs
U.S. 1-3 40 pounds, 11.75 and
12.50.
10 Head of Sheep and Lambs
Good 70 -90 pounds (few), 18.00
- 20.00.
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along Route 222
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cattle and pigs
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Thursday, January 6
Estimated Receipts
Same Day Last Week
Same Day Last Year 12,508
Active, feeder cattle and calves
steady to strong compared to the
last two weeks; majority receipts
High-Good and High-Choice 400 -
750 pound offerings including
several shipments cattle arriving
from wheat pastures. Fairly
large attendance buyers.
Sales As Of 12:30 P.M.
Feeder Steers: Choice, few
Prime 300 - 400 pounds, 42.00 -
47.25, smalllot 236 pound at 47.80;
400 - 500 pounds 40.00 - 44.50, lot
447 pounds at 45.70; 500 - GOO
pounds 37.75 - 41.75, lot 533 pounds
43.20; 600 - 700 pounds 36.75 -
39.50; 700 - 800 pounds 35.75 -
38.50; 800 - 950 pounds 35.00 -
37.00.
Good and Choice 395 - 500
pounds 39.25 - 40.00; 500 - 700
pounds 35.00 - 37.25; 790 - 1012
pounds 33.00 - 35.00.
Good 500 - 775 pounds 31.75 -
34.50; mostly Good 646 - 1012
pound Holstein steers 29.00 -
31.75.
Feeder Heifers: Choice, few
Prime 300 - 400 pounds 36.75 -
38.50, small lot 295 pounds at
40.75; 400 - 500 pounds 34.75 -
38.00; 500 - 600 pounds 34.00 -
37.25; 600 - 700 pounds 32.75 -
34.75; few 700 - 752 pounds 32.90 -
33.75, two lots 800 - 818 pounds
29.90 - 30.00.
Good and Choice 300 - 400
pounds 35.00 - 37.25, few 500 - 700
pounds 31.75 - 33.50.
Good 300 - 400 pounds 33.50 -
34.50.
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For the week ending Thursday, January 6
Week to date
Same period last week
Same period last year
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Omaha Cattle
Thursday, January 6
Compared with last weeks
close, closing prices slaughter
steers and heifers 25 -50 c higher.
Cows strong to 25c higher and
bulls strong to 50c higher. Small
feeder supply fully steady.
Four day receipts 16,100 as
compared 14,600 previous week
and 13,300 a year ago. Slaughter
steers approximately 44 per cent,
heifers 34 per cent, fairly liberal
percentage Choice and moderate
volume High-Choice and Prime.
Cows 13 per cent, and feeders less
than five per cent. Monday
supply of normal proportions and
prices on slaughter steers and
heifers forced downward as a
consequence of sharply lower
carcass trade forepart of week.
■ Early declines more than
recovered in later trading,
however as marketings sharply
curtailed and buyers forced to
compete aggressively for
numbers on short supply. By
midweek, trading on carcass beef
again pointed upward and
provided stimulation for live
trade.
Average cost slaughter steers
first, three days 34.19 average
weight 1,131 pounds as compared
34.19 and 1,124 pounds previous
week and 27.95 and 1,152 pounds a
year ago.
5,700
828
• Market Steers
Steers Three loads High
Choice and Prime U.S. 3-4, 1145 -
1233 pounds, 36.00 - 36.25; 1032 -
1218,35.50 - 35.85; Choice 2-4, 975 -
1300, 34.25 - 35.50; Mixed Good
and Choice, 950 - 1250, 33.75 -
34.50; Good, 30.50 - 33.75; Stan
dard and Low-Good, 29.00 - 30.50.
Heifers Three loads High-
Choice and Prime U.S. 34, 924 -
1014 pounds, 34.85 - 35.00; 937 -
1140,34.65 - 34.75; Choice 2-4, 825 -
1050, 33.50 - 34.50; Mixed Good
and Choice, 800 - 1000, 33.00 -
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
423.000 1,122,000 154,000
439.000 1,191,000 151,000
430.000 1,332,000 167,000
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 8,1972
FUTURES TRADING
(Closing bids as of Thursday, January 6)
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
January ’72
February 35.10 25.85
March
April
May
June
July
August
October
November
December
Trend Cattle are higher, Hogs are higher, Potatoes are lower
and Eggs are stronger.
a-asked b-bid n-normal
Markets provided by Commodity Dept., Reynolds & Company
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, January 6
As compared to previous weeks
close, slaughter steer prices
declined on Monday,
strengthened on Tuesday, and
advanced sharply on Wednesday.
Trading was rather slow on
Mixed Choice to Prime grade
steers weighing 1,150 and up, and
fairly active on Choice and below
grades. Even though the market
improved at mid week, it failed to
compensate for downturns en
countered late last week and
early this week. Slaughter steers
ended weak to mostly 25, in
stances 50 lower with Mixed
Choice and Prime lots en
countering the most significant
buying pressure. Trading on
slaughter heifers followed much
the same price trend as did
slaughter steers, with bulk sales
33.75, Gobd, 27.50 - 32.75; Stan
dard and Low-Good, 26.00 - 27.50.
Cows Utility and Com
mercial, 22.00 - 23.50; Canner and
Cutter, 19.00 - 22.00, Mixed Cutter
and Low-Utility, 22 25 - 22 50.
Bulls Utility, Commercial
and Good, 25.50 - 28.00; Com
mercial, 28.50 - 29.50; Cutter and
Low-Utility, 23.50 - 25.50.
Feeder Steers
Outshipments of around 700
head little changed from previous
week with supplies largely High-
Good and Choice fleshy two-way
steers.
Steers Load Choice, 536
pounds, 40.00 , 706 - 866, 34.00 -
35.00; High-Good and Choice, 904
- 1035, 33.00 - 33.75; Load Stan
dard and Good, 1043, 28.00.
Heifers Part load Choice, 490
pounds, 34 00; several loads, 744 -
853, 31.50 - 32.00
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33.55 24.80 3.22
33.15 27.25
27.30
32.75 27.10
32.25 25.50
32.02 25.25
ending mostly 25, instances 50
lower than last weeks best time
Choice grade heifers suffered the
greatest decline. Cows ended
strong to 50 higher, while bull
prices closed mostly 50 higher
Supply consisted mainly of High-
Good and Choice slaughter steers
and heifers with several loads of
Mixed Good and Choice slaughter
steers and heifers with several
loads of Mixed Choice and Prime
grade steers available especially
on Wednesday. The balance of
receipts was comprised mainly of
slaughter cows.
Receipts this week 4,400;
receipts last week 5,200; receipts
for the four-day week last year
1,600.
SLAUGHTER STEERS' High-
Choice to mostly Prime 1175 -1225
pounds yield grade 3-4, 35 75 -
36.25, Mixed Choice and Prime
1175 - 1300, 3-4, 35.25 - 35 75 on
Monday and 35 50 - 36 00 on
Wednesday Choice 925 - 1300
pounds 2-4, 34 00 - 35 25 in early
week, and 34 50 - 35 50 on Wed
nesday Mixed Good and Choice
825 - 1150 pounds 32.75 - 34 50
Good 30 00 - 33 25 Holsteins 30 50
Standard and Low-Good 28 50 -
30.50. Holsteins 28 75 - 29.50 Load
Standard and Utility 27.50
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Choice 800 - 1050 pounds yield
grade 2-4 , 33 00 - 34 75, mostly
33.25 - 34.50 Mixed Good and
Choice 750 - 950 pounds 31 50 -
33.25. Good 28.75 - 31.75.
COWS: Commencal 20 00 -
23.00. Utility 22 50 - 23.50. Few
High yielding Utility 23.50 - 24.00.
Cutter 20 00 - 23.00. Canner 18.00 -
20.00. Shelly Canner 17.00 - 18.00.
BULLS: Utility and Com
mencal 26.00 - 28 00. Several 26.50
- 28 00, some 28.50 - 30.00.
Chicago
Fresh Eggs
28.85
31.00
2.99 33.80
3.73 32.95
34.70
2.66 35.60
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