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New Fngland: Most of week waim and paith eloueh , coastal
lam at midweek dm to otfshoie Inline me.
Greater New 'Nork-New Jersc>: Clear and \en w.uni to stait,
then he.u-s lam, ram and cooler lattei part
Middle Mluntic Coastal: Eatlv week paith clouds aud watm
with Mime showei-. end of week iam\ and slightly cooler.
Southeast t'oastal-Picdinonl. Coastal lain to start, then clear
and hot, ram and coolei h\ weekend
Florida: Mosth lain all week in centia! and south, clear most
of week in noi th hut iam In w ee ke ml
Upstate & Western N.\ .-Toronto & Montreal; Most of week
sunin and eei\ w mu shown* at he ginning: and enel of week.
Greater Ohio Nallej: Most of wee-k clear anil very waim;
showll- mil cooler h\ weekend
Deep South: Cleai anil hot to stait, then ram continuing to
enel of w e'e k
Cine ago and Southern Great Lakes: Fust part of week partly
eh'u ami hot. end of wei-k eloiuh anil cooler with showers.
Northern Great Plams-Great I akes: Earls woek \ cry warm w ith
show i I- ind of we e'k eli’ai and pleasant
Central Great Plains: ( hai anil hot to stait, then cooler with
light l un to • nd of we ek
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cloud-. nr i am all week
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continued \er\ hot to end of week.
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California: Clouds at first, then ram, lam to end of week in
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Weekly Summary
19 Livestock Markets
Week Ending Augusts
CATTLE 7159. Compared
with 7208 head last week, and
5434 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers 25
cents to $2 higher. Slaughter
cows mostly $1.25 to $2.25
lower. Slaughter bullocks
mostly steady to $2 higher.
Slaughter bulls 25 cents to $1
lower.
STEERS: High Choice &
Leesport
Livestock
Auction
Leesport, Penna.
August 14,1974
CATTLE 279. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter steers
uneven, mostly steady to $1
higher. Slaughter cows $1 to
$2 higher. Slaughter bullocks
$2 to $3 higher. Choice 1000-
1200 lbs. slaughter steers
46.00- Good & Choice
795-990 lbs. 41.8543.85, Good
38.7542.00, Standard 34.50-
38.00, few Utility 29.60-32.75.
Few Choice slaughter
heifers 38.00-38.35, few Good
34.00- few Standard
29.25-31.10. Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 27.10-29.50, Cutters
26.00- Canners 23.50-
26.50, Shells down to 21.00.
Choice slaughter bullocks
37.8540.85, Good 35.00-37.85,
few Standard 31.00-34.10, few
Utility 28.00-31.50. Yield
Grade 1-2 1095-1885 lbs.
slaughter bulls 32.60-39.75.
Few Choice 450-550 lbs.
feeder steers 40.50-43.00,
Good 300-500 lbs. 35.00-39.00,
Medium 370-500 lbs. 32.00-
35.00; Good 300-600 lbs.
feeder bulls 34.00-36.75.
CALVES 160. Vealers $2 to
$6 lower. Couple Choice
vealers 49.00 and 54.00, few
Good 45.00-50.00, Standard
36.00- Utility 90-120Jbs.
30.00- 70-85 lbs. 26.00-
32.00. Farm Calves slow.
Holstein Bulls 90-120 lbs.
33.00- holstem heifers
Prime 48.75-50.75, Choice
44.25-49.10, Good 39.00-45.00,
Standard 34.25-39.00, few
Utility 30.00-34.25.
HEIFERS: Choice 39.35-
45.25, Good 36.25-42.75,
Standard 31.40-34.35, Utility
25.50- COWS: Utility &
High Dressing Cutter 25.00-
30.00, Cutters 23.75-26.75
Canners 21.50-25.00, Shells
down to 18.00. BULLOCKS:
Choice 36.00-41.60, Good
33.50- Standard 32.00-
37.00, Utility 28.50-33.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1000-2000 pounds 31.00-36.75,
few to 39.00. FEEDER
CATTLE: Good & Choice
300-450 pounds feeder steers
37.00-41.25, Medium & Good
300-700 pounds 30.00-35.00;
Good Sc Choice 400-800
pounds feeder bulls 30.00-
35.00, Medium 300-800 pounds
25.50-
CALVES 4273. Compared
with 3797 head last week, and
3557 head a year ago.
Vealers grading Standard to
90-120 lbs. 32.0040.00; beef
cross bulls & heifers 70-120
lbs. 35.5041.50.
HOGS 256. Barrows & Gilts
$1.50 to $2 higher. US No. 1-3
200-235 lbs. barrows & gilts
40.5041.00, No. 2-3 185-250
lbs. 39.2540.60, No. 24 250-
300 lbs. 29.85-37.00, No. 24
160-180 lbs. 36.25-39.35. US
No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows
27.00- No. 2-3 300-600
lbs. 24.00-27.00. Boars 22.25-
25.50.
FEEDER PIGS 179. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
10.00- per head. No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 22.00-27.00 per
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Choice mostly $1 to $2
higher, Utility $1 to |2 lower.
VEAUERS: Few Prime
66.50-80.00, Choice 54.00-
65.00, Good 48.00-59.00,
Standard 39.00-52.00, Utility
90-120 pounds 31.00-42.00, 70-
85 25.00-33.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 35.00-
54.00; Holstein heifers 90-130
35.00- beef cross bulls &
heifers 70-120 39.00-69.00.
HOGS 7446. Compared
with 7100 head last week, and
5944 head a year ago.
Barrows & Gilts uneven,
mostly steady to $1.50
higher.
BARROWS & GILTS: 1-2
205-230 pounds 39.35-40.60,1-3
195-240 36.50-39.80, 2-3 185-260
34.00- 2-4 240-300 32.00-
35.75, 2-4 120-185 25.00-35.00.
No. 1-3 300-550 sows 22.00-
26.50, 2-3 300-700 20.00-23.50.
Boars 18.40-23.50.
FEEDER PIGS 1441.
Compared with 1359 head
last week, and 945 head a
year ago. 1-3 20-35 feeder
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West Chester 696 2990
pigs 8.00-18.00 per head, 1.3
35-50 12.00-22.00, 1-3 50-90
17.00-25.00 per head.
SHEEP 1065. Compared
with 1171 head last week, and
818 head a year ago. Spring
slaughter lambs uneven
mostly $1 to $3 lower. Choice
70-100 pounds spring
slaughter lambs 32.00-40.50
Good 50-100 pounds 25.0 k
35.00, Utility 50-90 pounds
20.00- Slaughter ewes
6.00-
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