Peoria Cattle ) March 27 51 Weekly Summary Cattle Receipts this week 4100 Last week 4200 Year ago 5700 Compared with last week’s close, slaughter steers 2.50- 3.50 higher. Slaughter heifers 3.50-4.50 higher. Cows 2.50-3.00 higher. Bulls strong to 1.00 higher. Receipts about 80 percent slaughter steers, 15 percent slaughter heifers, balance mainly cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS; Load Choice and Prune 1200 lbs. yield grade 3-4 41.50; early 39.00-39.50; choice 950- 1300 lbs. yield grade 2-4 37.00- 39.00, at mid-week 38.50- 40.50; mixed good and choice 900-1300 lbs. 37.00-39.00; good 34.00-37.00; standard and good holsteins 32.00-32.75, few good 34.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice and prime 900-1050 lbs. yield grade 3-4 early 37.00- At mid week 39.50-40.00; choice 850-1050 lbs. yield grade 2-4 35.00- 37.00, late 37.50-39.50; mixed good and choice 750-1100 lbs. 34.00- good 29.00-34.00. COWS; Utihty and com mercial 22.00-23.50; high dressmg utility 24.00-25.00; cutter 19.00-22.50; canner 15.00- BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1100-1600 lbs. 21.00-26.00; couple yield grade 1 27.50- 28.50. 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Compared with last Monday’s market, slaughter cows steady to weak. Good slaughter steers 30.25-34.75, Standard 26.00- 30.50. One Good slaughter heifer at 26.00. Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 20.60-22.60, few to 23.60, Cutters 19.25-20.60, Canners 16.60-19.25. One Good slaughter bullock at 31.25, few Standard 25.50-27.85. Few Yield Grade No. 1 1320- 2000 lbs. slaughter bulls 25.75-28.85. Good 350-650 lbs. feeder steers 25.50-29.50, one at 30.25; Good 350-600 lbs. feeder heifers 22.75-26.00 CALVES 211. Vealers grading Utility & Standard steady to $5 lower. One Choice vealer at 48.00, Good 37.00- Standard 29.00- 37.00, Utility 90-110 lbs. 17.00- 20.00, 70-85 lbs. 14.50-18.50. Farm calves fairly active, holstem bulls 90-120 lbs. 19.00- HOGS 68. Few US No. 1-3 205-235 lbs. barrows & 40.10, few lots No. 2-3 200-215 lbs 38.75-40.10, few No. 2-4 140-165 lbs. 32.00-34.50. Few US No. 1-3 370-550 lbs sows 35 85-37.25. One Boar at 29.50. FEEDER PIGS 4. Lot US No 1-3 35 lbs. feeder pigs 19 00 per head. SHEEP 9. Few Choice 65- 85 lbs. spring slaughter lambs 42 50-48.50, lot Good 45 lbs. 40.00. PIG and SOW CASTLE m Oklahoma City March 27 Thursday Feeder Cattle Auction Estimated Receipts 8,400 Same Day Last Week 15,572 Moderately active, feeder cattle and calves uneven, averaging about steady with the week’s advance; majority receipts mixed good and choice 400-800 lb. steers and 400-700 lb. heifers with part of these cattle arriving from wheat pastures. Moderate at tendance buyers. w FEEDER STEERS: Choice 375-500 lb. 29.00-33.00; 500-800 lb. 30.00-33.50, package 523 lb. at 34.25; 800- 995 lb. 31.00-33.30, load 928 lb. at 33.85; mixed good and choice 375-500 lb. 26.75-29.75; 500-800 lb. 26.75-29.75; few 800-950 lb. 28.50-29.75; good 500-800 lb. 22.50-26.75. FEEDER HEIFERS- Choice 300-500 lb. 23.25-25.15; 500-750 lb. 24.00-27.75; mixed good and choice 40(1-630 lb. 21.75- good 360-600 lb. 19.75- FOR THE WEEK. Compared to late last week: feeder cattle and calves 1.00- 3.00, mostly 2.00-3.00 higher, slaughter cows 1.50-2.00 higher in good demand; slaughter bulls generally steady. Salable receipts near 22,800 head compared to 33,825 last week and 17,841 the comparable period a year ago. Cows 14 percent cattle receipts; feeders 82 percent of the total. 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Supply near 38 percent Steers, mostly Choice 1000- 1300 lbs. yield grade 2-4 with near 18 percent Heifers, 20 percent Cows and 25 percent .Feeders. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Three loads Choice including Prime 1050-1150 lbs. yield grade 2-4 39.50-40.25, one load Choice 1050 lbs. yield grade 2-4 41.00 on Wednesday. Choice 950-1300 lbs. yield grade 2-4 37.50-39.50, mostly 38.00- Mixed Good and Choice 900-1300 lbs. 35.50- 37.50. Good 33.00-36.00. Standard and Good holsteins 1000-1350 lbs. 30.50-33.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Load and few small con signments Choice including Prime 975-1050 lbs. yield grade 3-4 37.00-37.50. Choice 850-1050 lbs. yield grade 2-4 36.00- Mixed Good and Choice 800-1050 lbs. 34.00=“ 36.00. Good 32.00-34.00. Few Standard and Good 650-850 lbs. 30.00-32.00. COWS - Utility and Commencal 19.00-22.00, few 23.00. Cutter 17.00-19.00, Canner 15.00-17.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1000-1600 lbs. 20.00-25.00, 717-464-3321 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 29,1975 — mostly 23.00-25.00. Several yield grade 1 1100-1800 lbs. 25.00-26.00 VEALERS- Choice 34.00- 39.00. FEEDERS. Supply in cludes near 1200 at Thur sdays auction. Feeder Steers grading Choice or better Steady to 1.00 higher, other steers very uneven generally steady. Feeder Heifers very uneven, steady to weak. Supply primarily Good and Choice 400-700 lb. steers but including moderate showing bulls. Heifers mostly Good and Choice 350-600 lbs. STEERS: Choice 350-450 lbs. 27.75-31.25. Choice 500- 600 lbs. 28.00-31.75. Small lot Choice fleshy 962 lbs. 33.00. Mixed Good and Choice 450- 650 lbs. 25.50-28.25. Few mostly good 385-473 lbs. 20.25-21.50. Small lot Stan dard and Good Holstems Bulls 677 lbs. 18.50. HEIFERS: Choice 350-500 lbs. 22.75-26.25. Few Choice 538-564 lbs. 23.00-24.25. Couple consignments Choice fleshy 538-712 lbs. 29.25-29.50. Mixed Good and Choice 300- 600 lbs. 20.00-24.00. Small lot Standard and Good 549 lbs. 18.75. TRY A CLASSIFIED AD! The nimble 9i 318-bu. 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Compared with last Wednesday’s market, slaughter steers grading Standard $2 to $4 higher. Few Choice 1100-1300 lbs. slaughter steers 35.75- 37.00, few Good 31.00-35.60, Standard 29.10-31.25. Couple Good slaughter heifers 27.75 and 29.75, one Standard 25.00, Few Utility & High Dressing Cutter slaughter cows 21.85-24.25, few Cutters 19.85-20.85, few Canners 17.35-19.75. Few Standard slaughter bullocks 26.10- 28.75. CALVES 50. Vealers grading Utility steady to strong. One Choice vealer at 47.00, few Good 41.00-45.00, few Standard 25.00-34.00, Utility 90-120 lbs. 18.00-26.00, few 70-85 lbs. 16.00-19.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90-105 lbs. 19.00-25.00. HOGS 50. US No. 1-3 215- 230 lbs. barrows & gilts 39.00- 40.00, few No. 2-3 195-265 lbs'. 35.00-38.00. Few US No. 1-3 280-540 lbs. sows 33.00-35.00. One Boar at 25.00. FEEDER PIGS 31. 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