—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 26, 1975
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Local Livestock Market, Auction News
Leesport Livestock
Leesport, PA
July 23,1975
CATTLE 327. Supply in
cluded 93 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers mostly steady.
Slaughter cows 50c to $2
higher. Few Good and
Choice slaughter steers
47.00- Good 38.25-45.35,
Standard 28.00-38.35, Utility
21.00- Few Choice
slaughter heifers 37.00-38.00,
Good 30.00-35.00, Standard
23.00- Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 21.85-25.00, Cutters
19.85-22.10, Canners 17.75-
19.75, Shells down to 12.00.
Couple Choice slaughter
bullocks 33.75 and 34.25,
Good 27.85-31.00, Standard
25.00- Few Yield Grade
No. 1,1015-1815 lbs. slaughter
bulls 25.85-30.10, couple Yield
Grade No. 2, 1120 and 1230
lbs. 23.00 and 25.00. Choice
550-700 lbs. feeder steers
35.00- Good 350-650 lbs.
25.25-30.50, Medium 380-840
lbs. 17.75-23.00. Medium 370-
595 lbs. feeder heifers 17.00-
21.25. Few Good 400-585 lbs.
feeder bulls 21.75-25.75.
CALVES 119. Vealers
steady to $2 higher. One
Prime vealer at 59.00, few
Choice 48.00-55.00, Good
27.50-45.00, Standard 28.00-
37.00, Utility 110-130 lbs.
22.00- 90-110 lbs. 18.00-
22.00, 70-85 lbs. 16.00-18.00,
few 5060 lbs. 14.00-15.00.
Farm Calves: Holstein bulls
90-115 lbs. 21.00-32.00.
HOGS 213. Barrows and
gilts strong to 75c higher.
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Few US No. 1-2 220-230 lbs.
barrows and gilts 60.25-60.35,
No. 1-3 200-240 lbs. 59.75-
60.00, No. 2-3 180-245 lbs.
56.75- few No. 2-4 260-
265 lbs. 59.35-59.75, No. 1-3
100-170 lbs. 45.50-51.50. US
No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows
42.75- Boars 33.00-47.00.
FEEDER PIGS 150. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
20.00- per head, lot No.
1-315 lbs. at 18.00, No. 1-3 35-
50 lbs. 33.00-40.50 per head.
SHEEP 44. Choice 80-110
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
45.00- Good and Choice
6065 lbs. 35.00-41.00, Utility
40-70 lbs. 30.00-33.00.
Slaughter ewes 12.00-19.00.
UNCASTER
FEEDER CATTLE
Friday, July 18
Feeder Cattle
Today
Last Friday
TREND: Few sales Choice
feeder steers 630-955 lb. 50-
1.00 lower, standard and
Good mostly steady.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 840-955 lb. 35.00-37.50,
650-785 lb. 34.75-35.25; mixed
Good and Choice 400-700 lb.
29.00-32.50; one lot Good 1010
lb. 32.00, Good 600-900 lb.
26.50-29.50, 350-600 lb. 23.75-
27.00; few lots Standard 720-
920 lb. Holsteins 20.50-23.25.
FEEDER BULLS: Good
400-700 lb. 18.75-21.50; few
head Choice 360-650 lb. 23.00-
23.00.
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July 24
Weekly 51 - cattle - com
pared with previous week’s
close.
Slaughter steers 50-1.00
lower, some good and low
choice 950-1000 lbs. 1.25-1.50
off. Heifers mostly 1.00
lower, 750-850 lbs. 1.25-1.75
lower. Cows 1.00-1.50 higher
and bulls firm.
Four day receipts 14,700 as
compared 15,300 previous
week and 18,900 a year ago.
Steers approximately 44
pet., heifers 33 pet and cows
20 pet.
STEERS: Early load
choice with end prime 1182
lbs. yield grade 3-4 54.00, two
loads high-choice 1114 lbs.
yield grade 3 53.00. At
midweek, load choice with
few prime 1141 lbs. yield
grade 3 53.75, load choice and
prime 1208 lbs. yield grade 3-
4 53.00. Choice 112W200 lbs.
yield grade 2-4 closed 51.00-
52.00, these mainly low to
average-choice; choice 950-
1125 lbs. yield grade 3 48.00-
52.00, occasionally 51.25-51.50
on 1100-1125 lbs. mixed good
and choice 950-1200 lbs. 47.00-
50.50. Good 39.50-46.50.
Standard and low-good 36.00-
39.00,
514
The average of Is 214
detailed quotations for
choice 900-1100 lb. steers this
week was 49.92; choice 1100-
1300 lbs. 51.18.
HEIFERS: A few loads
and part loads choice and
prime 916-1034 lbs. yield
grade 3-4 49.50-50.50. Choice
900-1025 lbs. yield grade 2-4
48.00-49.50; Choice 800-900
Omaha
Auction
lbs. yield grade 2-3 46.00-
48.00. Mixed good and choice
750-975 lbs, 43.00-47.00, Good
36.50-43.50. Small lots
standard and good 34.00-
35.50.
COWS; Utility and com
mercial 20.00-23.00, few
23.25-23.50. Heiferette types
26.00-30.00. Canner and
cutter 16.50-20.00, mixed
cutter and utility 20.25-21.00.
BULLS; Yield grade 1-2
1400-1900 lbs. 22.00-25.00,
yield grade 1 26.00.
York
Livestock
CATTLE 55. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market: Few Choice
slaughter 1020-1350 lbs.
slaughter steers 44.85-48.00,
few Good 36.00-44.50, couple
Standard 35.00 and 35.50,
couple Utility 21.50 and 23.60.
Few Standard and Good
slaughter heifers 25.0063.50.
Few Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 18.85-20.50, few Cutters
17.00-18.60, few Canners
14.85-17.35. One Standard
slaughter bullock at 25.25.
One Yield Grade No. 1, 1470
lbs. slaughter bull at 24.00.
CALVES 74. One Choice
vealer at 45.00, few Good
32.00- few Standard
25.00- Utility 90-120 lbs.
18.00- 70-85 lbs. 15.00-
19.00. Farm Calves: Few
Holstein bulls 95-110 lbs.
21.00-
HOGS 22. US No. 1-3 200-
220 lbs. barrows and gilts
58.10-58.50. Few US No. 1-3
340-460 lbs. sows 44.00-45.00.
FEEDER PIGS 67. Few
US No. 1-3 40-45 lbs. feeder
pigs 25.50-32.50 per head, No.
1-3 50-60 lbs. 33.00-34.50,
Utihty 10-20 lbs. 12.00-20.00
per head.
SHEEP 11. Few Good 55-80
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
28.00-31.00, few Utility 45-50
lbs. 19.00-27.00.
Baltimore
USDA Report
July 21,1975
Cattle 400 with slaughter
steers and heifers steady.
Early sales cows were 50
lower but by dosing were
steady to 50 higher.
Bulls firm. Supply in
cluded 30 percent slaughter
steer and heifers, 50 percent
cows and balance few
feeders and bulls.
Steers: few choice 2-41005-
1280 lbs. 48.00-51.60; good to
choice 45.5047.50; good 875-
1150 lbs. 39.5043.00; stan
dard to low good 29.00-35.00.
Heifers: good 24 910-1075
lbs. 34.00-38.00; cows 20.50-
24; cutters 17-20.50; canners
14-17. Few canners at 11.75-
14. Bulls yield grade 1 24.75-
29.10.
Feeder cattle 40.00.
Hogs: 700 Barrows and
gilts 50-75 cents higher. 1-3 2-
240 lbs. 58.50-59.00; 2-3 230-
260 lbs. 58.00-58.50; 24 57-58;
sows 50 cents lower 1-3 43.50-
45.50.
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Thomasville, PA
July 23,1975
New York
Dressed
Meats
July 24,1975
DAILY DISTRIBUTIVE -
LESS THAN CARLOT
MEAT TRADE.
Compared with Wed
nesday: general price
structure weak throughout
for fresh meats. Wholesale
houses struggling to hold
dollars together and avoid
severe dollar losses as bulk
carcass sales along with
primal cuts of rail stocks and
pork going at low quote for
week so far. Pork loins, lamb
legs continue extremely
slow.
Steer Beef
Prime 600-900 lb. 85.50
only; Choice 600-700 lb. 84.50
only, 700-800 lb. 85.00 only,
800-900 lb. 86.00 only, 500600
lb. 73.00 only.
Heifer Beef
Choice 500-700 84.00 only.
Calf (Skin off)
Choice 150650 lb. 63.00-
67.00; Good 150650 55.00-
62.00; Standard 150650 50.00-
57.00.
Veal (Skin off)
Choice 90-150 lb. 85.00-
94.00; Good 60-90 76.0065.00;
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Standard 60-120 72.00-75.00.
Choice & Prime Spring 30-
55 lb. 103.00-105.00, 55-65
103.00-105.00.
Choice Beef Cuts
Hinds (Steer) 145-190 lb.
97.00-100.00; Arm Chucks 90-
105 66.00-69.00; Ribs (7-rib)
34-40 110,00-115.00; Loins
(Trmd) 50-70 135.00-140.00;
Rounds (Steer) 70-95 90.00-
96.00; Full Plates 50.00-52.00;
Hinds (Heifer) 120-170 97.00-
99.00.
Pork Cuts (Fresh)
Loins (Regular) 8-14 lb.
107.00- 14-17 107.00-
109.00; Picnics (Regular) 4-8
73.00- Boston Butts 4-8
99.00- Spareribs 3 lb.
down 145.00-148.00; Hams
(Skinned) 17-20 85.00-88.00.
Kosher Steer Beef
Choice and Prime
forequarters 76.00-79.00.
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