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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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Livestock
Auction
Greencastle, PA
March 24,1975
CATTLE 245. 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.
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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
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.i Weekly
March 27
Weekly Cattle Reviews
Receipts 7,100
Last Week 6,900
Year Ago 5,900
Compared with last
Tuesday, Slaughter Steers
and Hiefers 2.50-3.00 higher.
Cows mostly 1.00 higher,
Bulls steady to 1.00 higher.
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,
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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.
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York
Livestock
Thomasville, Pa.
March 26,1975
CATTLE 64. 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. One lot
US No. 1-3 30 lbs. feeder pigs
20.50 per head, one lot No. 1-3
85 lbs. 32.50 per head, few
No. 1-3 105 lbs. 35.50-37.00
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