—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 12, 1975
6
July 10
Weekly 51 - Cattle -
compared with the previous
week’s close slaughter steers
closed 2.50-3.00 lower, some
good and low-choice 925-1000
lbs. 3.50 off. Heifers 2.00-2.50
lower. Cows closed weak to
1.00 lower. Bulls steady,
instances 1.00 higher.
Four day receipts 17,200 as
compared 13,200 previous
hpliday week and 22,700 a
year ago. Slaughter steers
little more than 55 pet,
heifers 28 percent, cows 13
pet. The fed cattle trade
came under severe down
ward pressure in reflection
of a sharply declining car
cass trade. Live trading
generally a slow deliberate
process with buyers cautious
and selective and a bearish
atmosphere prevailed.
There was moderate seller
pressure to move cattle
which was further en
couraged by continued hot
humid weather. The overall
finish not attractive most
days with majority steers
and heifers good to average
choice and including many
good and low-choice 925-1050
lb. steers and 750-850 lb.
heifers. In view of unstable
carcass trade, most buyers
competitive only for suf
ficient time.
STEERS: The forepart of
week, a dozen loads choice
and prime 1081-1342 lbs. yield
grade 3-4 53.50-55.00. At
Oklahoma
July 10
Thursday Feeder Cattle
Auction
Estimated receipts 11,000.
Same day last week 5,830.
Trade fairly active, feeder
steers steady to 50c lower,
feeder heifers mostly steady.
Majority receipts mixed
good and choice and choice
500-800 lb. Feeder steers, 400-
700 lb. Feeder Heifers.
Moderate attendance of
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS;
Choice 375-500 lb. 33.00-36.00,
500-600 lb. 33.25-35.00, 600-700
lb. 33.75-37.00, 700-900 lb.
35.50-38.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 450-500 lb. 28.25-29.50,
500-600 lb. 28.50-33.50, largely
30.00-33.00, 600-800 lb. 30.75-
34.50. Good 400-500 lb. 22.00-
27.25. bulk 23.00-25.75,500-700
lb. 23.50-27.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 400-500 lb. 26.00-28.75,
600-700 lb. 29.00-31.50, lot 607
lth-.32.70, Good and Choice
Monday, July 7
Reported receipts of 447
horses, mules and ponies.
Market lower.
Load of Pa. driving horses
350-590; load of Kansas
riding horses 160-390; load of
Tennessee riding horses 185-
525 and a load of Tennessee
riding horses 205-300.
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Omaha
midweek, four loads choice
and prime 1131-1270 lbs. yield
grade 3-4 52.50. Choice 1125-
1308 lbs. yield grade 2-4
closed 50.00-52.00. Choice 975-
1125 lbs. yield grade 24
mainly yield grade 3 47.50-
51.00. Mixed good and choice
925-1225 lbs. 46.50-49.00,
occasionally 49.25-49.50.
Good 40.00-46.00, load 1250
lbs. Holsteins yield grade 2-3
41.50. Standard and low-good
36.0040.00. '
The average of LS-214,
detailed quotations, for
choice 900-1100 lb. steers this
week was 50.05; choice 1100-
1300 lbs. 51.05.
HEIFERS; Two loads
choice with end prime 975
lbs. yield grade 34 53.50
early, few loads and part
loads same grade 993-1063
lbs. yield grade 34 51.50-
52.50. At the close choice 850-
1025 lbs. yield grade 24 47.00-
50.00, some 800-850 lbs. yield
grade 3 46.0046.50. Mixed
good and choice 750-975 lbs.
44.5047.50. Good 37.5044.00.
Small lots standard and good
34.00-37.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 22.00-24.00, a few
24.25-24.50. Canner and
cutter 16.50-22.00, mixed
cutter and low-utility 22.25-
22.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1&2
1400-2000 lbs. 23.00-27.00, few
yield grade 1 28.00-29.00, an
individual 30.00.
Cattle
350-500 lb. 22.00-26.50, mostly
23.00-25.00, 500-600 lb. 24.25-
27.75 Good 4QO-600 lb. 19.00-
22.50.
CATTLE FOR THE
WEEK; Feeder Steers
closed 1.00-3.00 lowfer, with
most decline noted on good
and mixed Good and Choice
steers under 600 lb. Feeder
Heifers 1.00-2.00 lower.
Record number of Slaughter
cows of near 5,000 head sold
uneven from day to day with
closing sales steady with
week ago. Slaughter bulls
finished steady to 1.00
higher, while slaughter
steers and heifers closed
1.00-2.00 lower. Salable
receipts this week numbered
near 27,800, compared to
22,400 last week and 39,999
same period a year ago.
Cows comprised near 17
percent, feeder cattle 79
percent total.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Local work horses 350400;
mules 180-350; better horses
260-500; riding horses 155-
700; riding horses 160-235;
lightweight killers 16-18;
heavyweight killers 22-24;
mares 15-40; colts 5-20;
geldings 15-30 and larger
ponies 50-110.
Leesport
Leesport, PA
July 9,1975
Supply included 81 head
feeder cattle.
CATTLE 346. High Choice
& Prime slaughter steers
49.00- Good & Choice
42.0049.00, Utility & Stan
dard 28.00-42.00. Good &
Choice slaughter heifers
36.00- Utility & High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 23.50-26.50, Cutters
22.00- Canner & Low
Cutters 19.00-22.00, Shells
down to 12.00-18.00. Choice
feeder steers 25.00-35.00,
Medium holsteins 22.00-25.00.
CALVES 176. Good
vealers 42.00-46.00, Stan
dard 30.00-40.00, few Utility
110-130 lbs. 25.00-28.00, 90-110
lbs. 19.50-22.50, 65-85 lbs.
16.00- Farm calves, few
holstein bulls 100-120 lbs.
Belleville
Belleville, Pa,
July 9,1975
CATTLE 155. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter cows 75
cents to $2.50 higher. One
Choice slaughter steer at
40.10, few Standard 32.75-
39.25. Couple Good slaughter
heifers 35.50 and 37.50.
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 24.80-
27.40, Cutters 23.00-24.90,
Canners 18.85-22.90, Shells
down to 15.00. Yield Grade
No. 1 1300-2100 lbs. slaughter
bulls 29.70-36.80.
CALVES 221. Vealers
steady to $1 lower. Few Good
vealers 34.00-45.00, few
Standard 25.00-30.00, Utility
90-110 lbs. 23.00-27.00, 70-85
NEPPCO frowns
on egg limits
In a series of strongly
worded letters to Secretary
Butz, Ambassador Dent and
a number of key
Congressmen, the Nor
theastern Poultry Producers
Council today urged the
United States government to
take retaliating action
against Canada for the
imposition of import quotas
on U.S. eggs.
“If anything, we expected
our Canadian friends might
extend good wishes to us at
the start of our Bicentennial
year,” wrote NEPPCO
President, John W. Dodge.
“What we got, as of mid
night, July 4, 1974, was the
slapping of import quotas on
U.S. eggs.
“If the United States is
really committed to a policy
of multilateral trade among
the nations of the world
Livestock
20.00-25.00; beef cross bulls &
Heifers 100-135 lbs. 22.00-
53.00.
HOGS 371. US No. 1-2 200-
235 lbs. barrows & gilts 56.50-
58.00, No. 1-3 235-300 lbs.
52.50-55.00, No. 2-3 200-250
lbs. 55.00-57.00, No. 24 200-
250 lbs. 54.00-56.00, Lot No. 1-
3 160 lbs. 50.25. US No. 1-3
300-500 lbs. sows 42.0047.00.
Boars, light weights 37.00-
42.00, heavy weights 32.00-
35.00,
FEEDER PIGS 233. US
No. 1-2 35-60 lbs. feeder pigs
41.0049.00 per head, No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. 26.00-33.00, (lot 15
lbs. 21.50), No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
31.00- per head.
SHEEP 10. One Choice 60
lbs. spring slaughter lamb at
41.00, few Good 55-70 lbs.
36.00- two Utility 30 lbs.
20.00 and 26.00.
City
lbs. 18.00-22.50. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
24.00-31.50.
HOGS 231. Barrows & Gilts
$2 to $3.50 higher. US No. 1-3
195-235 lbs. barrows & gilts
57.50-58.20, No. 2-3 210-260
lbs. 50.00-56.80. US No. 1-3
300400 lbs. sows 43.0048.50.
Few Boars 28.0040.00.
FEEDER PIGS 437. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
26.0040.00 per head, No. 1-3
40-70 lbs. 38.0049.00, one lot
No. 1-3 150 lbs. 70.00 per
head.
SHEEP 97. Good & Choice
60-95 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 33.0040.00, Utility 40-
70 lbs. 26.00-32.00. Slaughter
ewes 8.50-14.00.
based on economic ef
ficiency and comparative
advantage through a
lowering of tariffs and trade
barriers, we must insist that
it be permitted to work for us
as well as for other nations,”
Dodge emphasized.
“Trade must be a two-way
street,” he added. “We want
the opportunity to compete
with poultry and eggs in
Canada, in the Common
Market and elsewhere under
the same rules and prin
ciples which those countries
are accorded in marketing
their goods in the United
States.
“If Canada insists upon
enforcing import quotas on
U.S. eggs,” he concluded,
“then the United States
should apply similar quotas
on Canadian eggs coming
into the United States.”
Crop outlook
Corn planted for all pur
poses total 77.5 million acres,
virtually unchanged from
1974 but 8 percent above 1973.
Acreage for grain, at 67.0
million, is up 3 percent from
last year and 8 percent from
1973.
Sorghum plantings of 18.2
million acres are up 3 per
cent from 1974 but 5 percent
below 1973. Producers ex
pect to harvest 14.9 million
acres for grain, a 7 percent
increase from 1974.
Feed grain planted
acreage (corn, sorghum,
oats and barley combined)
totals 122.7 million aches,
nearly equal to the acreage
planted last year. Acreage
intended for grain harvest is
104.5 million, almost 4
percent larger than 1974.
All wheat seedings total
74.4 million acres, up 5
percent from last year and 26
percent above 1973. Growers
seeded 55.8 million acres of
winter wheat last fall, the
largest acreage since 1953.
Durum wheat acreage
seeded is 4.6 million, up 13
percent from 1974. Spring
wheat other than Durum
seedings total 14.0 million
acres, down 5 percent from
last year but 9 percent above
1973. Acreage for harvest is
indicated at 50.9 million
acres for winter wheat, 4.5
for Durum and 13.6 for other
spring wheat.
Food grain seeded acreage
(wheat, rice and rye com
bined) at 80.4 million acres,
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is up 4 percent from 1974.
Acreage harvested and to be
harvested for grain is in
dicated at 72.6 million acres,
up 5 percent from 1974.
Soybean planted acreage
of 54.6 million is up 2 percent
from 1974 and the second
largest of record. Growers
intend to harvest 53.6 million
acres for beans.
Cotton planted acreage is
placed at 10.2 million, 26
percent below 1974.
Oilseed planted acreage
(cotton, flaxseed, peanuts
and soybeans combined) is
68.0 million, down nearly 4
percent from 1974 as a result
of the sharply lower cotton
acreage.
This acreage report,
issued in June for the first
time in 1975, includes
estimates of acres planted or
intended to be planted and
acres intended for harvest
based on surveys conducted
about June 1. These
estimates were previously
issued as part of the July
Crop Production Report.
The Crop Production
Report to be issued July 10
will include estimates for
harvest and forecasts of
yield and production for
com, wheat, barley, oats,
rye, summer potatoes and
flue-cured tobacco as well as
production forecasts for
selected fruits and nuts.
Yield and production will be
based on surveys conducted
about July 1.