Cattle
Feb. 13
Weekly Cattle Review;
Receipts 7000
Week Ago 6600
Year Ago 7800
Compared with last
Tuesday, Slaughter Steers
and Heifers steady to weak,
instances SO lower on
Heifers; Cows fully 1.00
higher, Bulls fully steady.
Supply about 36 percent
Slaughter Steers, mostly
Good and Choice 950-1200 lbs.
yield grade 2-4; 21 percent
Heifers, moderate volume
carrying various amounts of
mud; 15 percent Cows and 23
percent Feeders.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 950-1250, lbs. yield
grade 2-4 34.00-35.50, mostly
34.50-35.00; load Monday 1380
lbs. field grad£ mostly 5
33.50; Mixecf Good and
fhofee 900-1200 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 and few loads
CHKce muddy 33.00-34.50;
Good 30.00-33.00, few mostly
Good 750-900 lbs. 28.00-30.00,
couple loads mpst Good
Holsteins 1200-1500 lbs. 30.00-
30.50; Standard 23.00-28.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 850-1000 lbs. yield
grade 2-4 32.50-33.75, mostly
33.0Wf3.50, part load Choice
and Prime 850 lbs. yield
grade 4 muddy 32.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 800-1000 lbs.
32.00- Good 29.00-32.00,
few mostly Good 600-800 lbs.
25.00-
COWS: Utility and
Commerical 18.00-20.50, few
EVERY FRIDAY
FEEDER CATTLE
,12 NOON
Lancaster Stockyards, Inc.
FOR BETTER NET RETURNS
\
SHIP TO THE
DANVILLE LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Old Rt. 11 Danville, Pa.
Phone (717) 275-2880
SALE EVERY MONDAY 2 P.M.
OWNERS
Charles C. Myers Melvin M. Lehman
(717) 569-210& (717) 964-3621
Review
21.00- Cutter 15.00-18.00,
Canncr 14.00-15.00.
BULIS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1600 lbs. 21.00-24.00, few
yield grade 1 1400-1800 lbs.
24.50-25.00.
VEAIJERS: Choice 34.00-
39.00.
FEEDERS; Including
around 1200 at Thursday
Auction. Steer and Heifers
weak to 1.00 lower. Heifers
over 500 lbs. 2.00-3.00 lower.
STEERS: Few Choice 400-
500 lbs. 24.00-26.25, Choice
500-800 lbs. 25.00-28.25, small
lot 925 lbs. fleshy 28.50;
mostly Good, few Choice 300-
400 lbs. 21.00-24.00; few 575-
700 lbs. 20.00-23.50; Good 450-
550 lbs. 18.25-22.50, Standatd
and Good Holsteins 375-675
lbs. 16.00-17.00, small lot
mostly Good 708 lbs. 19.25.
HEIFERS: Few Choice
350-500 lbs. 22.00-23.25, 500-
625 lbs. 21.00-23.50. Mostly
Good few Choice 275-400 lbs.
20.00- 400-700 lbs. 18.50-
21.50.
New Holland
Horse
Monday, Feb. 10
Reported receipts of 366
head of horses, mules and
ponies Market steady with
last week.
Ix)ad of Kansas riding
horses 170-300; load of North
Carolina workhorses pairs
925-1150 and singles 330-520;
riding 210-240; load of New
York driving horses 225-320;
local work horses 325-500
Mules 175-650; driving
horses 150-450; riding horses
150-225; better horses 240-
425; lightweight killers 16-18;
heavyweight killers 19-22;
Mare ponies 15-45; geldings
15-35; colts 5-18 and larger
ponies 50-90.
HOG PRICES
Lancaster
Market
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
mostly steady.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 210-235 lb. 42.75-43.00;
US 1-3 200-245 lb. 41.50-42.10;
US 2-3 240-265 lb. 39.50-41.00,
265-280 lb. 36.00-39.00.
Vintage
Auction
Saturday, Feb. 8
HOGS: 814 Compared to
last week, barrows and gilts
steady. US 1-2 195-225 lbs.
41.75-42.10; few to 42.50; 1-3
195-260 lbs. 40.75-41.60 few 2-3
240-270 lbs. 40.00-40.20; 2-4
285-355 lbs. 30.00-35.50; 2-4
170-180 lbs. 36.50-38.50 and
sows US 1-3 280-505 lbs. 32.25-
33.60 and boars 27.25-29.00.
Wednesday, Feb. 12
Due to Holiday no market
was held.
Lancaster
Auction
HOGS: Barrows and gilts
50 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
US 1 210-235 lb. 42.0042.50;
US 1-3 200-240 lb. 41.0041.35;
US 2-3 240*260 lb. 40.5041.00.
Peoria
Auction
HOGS: 3500. Barrows and
gilts opening steady to
strong.
BARROWS AND GILTS;
US 1-2 200-230 lb. 40.5040.75;
US 1-3 200-240 lb. 40.0040.50.
St. Louis
Auction
Feb. 13
HOGS: 6000. Barrows and
gilts moderately active,
opening 25-50 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
Near 100 hd US 1-2 220-230 lb.
40.75, US 1-3 200-240 lb. 40.00-
40.50, liberal volume 40.50.
We would be happy
to have you as a Customer...
S. K. SHOTZBER6ER, INC.
( UVESTOCI^TRANSPORT^riON
Gene Zwally, President
Marvin Johns, Secy-Treasurer
P.O. Box 925, Lancaster, Pa. 17604
Phone: 393-4641 (day or night)
Indianapolis
Auction
Feb. 13
HOGS; 1000. Barrows and
gilts slow, 25-50 lower.
BARROWS AND GILTS:
Few US 1-2 200-240 lb. 40.50-
40.75, US 1-3 200-260 lb. 40.00-
40.50.
Leb. Valley
Auction
Feb. 13
No market report
available at press time.
New Holland
Auction
Hogs 1380. Compared to
last week barrows and gilts
1.00- higher. 1-2 200-240
lbs. 42.2543.00; 1-3 200-250
lbs. 41.7542.25; 2-3 220-270
lbs. 39.5041.75; sows 1-3 300-
600 lbs. 30.00-37.00 and boars
27.00-
New Holland
Dairy Auction
Wednesday. Feb. 12
Reported receipts of 148
cows, 16 heifers and 4 bulls.
Market lowgr than last week.
Two loads of Pa cows,
fresh 425-510 and springers
450-650; 1 load of Franklin
Co. cows fresh 520-680 and
springers 470-685; Herd
dispersal of 30 head from
Fayette Co. in all stages of
production 195450.
Local cows 375-620;
springing heifers 310-500 and
bulls 145-200.
Feeder
Cattle
Friday, February 7
Feeder Cattle
200
418
Today
Last Week
FEEDER CATTLE: In
sufficient volume of any one
class to test trends. Couple
lots Choice 930-1005 lb. feeder
steers 27,85-29.10, few mixed
Good and Choice 600-885 lb.
25.75-27.75.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday. Feb. 15.1975
Futures Trading
I Closing bids as of Thursday, February 131
Chicago Chicago New York
Cattle Hogs Maine
Potatoes
February 34,90 41.27
March
April 36.55 39.85 3.27 46.35
May
June 37.40 42.80
July
August 37.20 42.75
September
October 37.12 42.05
November
December 37.30 41.90
Trend Cattle are Stronger, Hogs are Higher, Potatoes
are Stronger, and Eggs are Lower.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Chicago Grain Futures
(Closing bids as of Thursday, February 13)
March
May
July
September
October
November
December
Trend Corn is Stronger, Wheat is Stronger, Soybeans are
Stronger, and Soybean Meal is Stronger.
Markets Provided by Commodity Department
_ Reynolds Securities, Inc.
Oklahoma City
February 13
Thursday Feeder
Cattle Auction
Estimated Receipts 7,200
Same Day Last Week 3,601
Trade moderately active,
feeder steers and heifers
weak to 50c, instances 1.00
lower with the most decline
on feeder steers. Majority
heifers going to slaughter,
1.00-1.25 lower. Moderate
amount of cattle receipts
coming off of wheat pastures
with bulk of supply mixed
good and choice, and choice
450-800 lb. feeder steers, 400-
700 lb. feeder heifers. Good
attendance buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Lot
Choice 496 lb. 25.00 ; 500-600
lb. 24.50-26.00; lot 609 lb.
27.50, other 600-700 lb. mostly
25.25- ; 700-800 lb. 25.50-
27.00; 800-966 lb. 26.50-27.50.
Few mixed good and choice
400-500 lb. 22.75-23.50 ; 500-600
lb. 23.00-24.25; 600-800 lb.
23.25- few 815-950 lb.
23.30-25 00. Good 500-700 lb.
18.00-22.25; other 520-956 lb.
Holsteins 15.60-19.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Few
U. S. Inspected
Livestock Slaughter
Estimated Daily Li\ estock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
CATTLE HOGS SHEEP
Week to Date 526,000 1,137,000 117.000
Same Period Last Week 515,000 1,099,000 122,000
Same Period Year 468,000 1,206.000 137,000
» I'. 1 '. -'t .
3.16 50.15
3.58 47.15
43.95
4.29
Soybean
Corn Wheat Soybeans Meal
3.11 4.11*2 5.97*2 123.00
3.13V4 4.04 3 /4 6.07 128.00
2 i2»' Z 3.85*4 6.14 132.50
2.97 M: 3.92 ! '2 6.15 137.00
2.80 3 /« 4.00 I 'z
Choice 400-500 lb. 19.50-20.00;
500-600 lb. 20.50-22.25; couple
lots 630-676 lb. 20.40-21.20.
Mixed good and choice 364-
500 lb. 17.00-19.10, lot 590 lb.
at 18.25. Good 300-700 lb.
15 00-17.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS
Mixed standard and good
450-700 lb. 22.00-24.25. Few
mostly standard 400-500 lb.
19.25-22.00.
FOR THE WEEK-
Compared to the close of last
week, feeder steers and
heifers weak to 1.50 lower
with steers over 600 lb. as
much as 2.00 off. Majority
fleshy heifer receipts going
to slaughtering establish
ments. Slaughter cows
finished steady to 25c lower
Slaughter bulls remained
steady thru the week.
Salable receipts this week
totaled near 17,800 head
compared to 7,192 last week
and 17,830 same period last
year. Feeder cattle com
prised near 81 per cent total
cattle receipts, cows near 13
percent of cattle receipts
3
Chicago
Frcuh KggH
49.25
46.00
54.00
140.20
5.98*2
144.50