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St. Louis Auction
Octobers Good 800 lbs. 40.25. Load
WEEKLY CATTLE mostly good Holstcins 1150
REVIEW: lbs, 40.25, Standard and Good
RECEIPTS 8,500; week
ago 8,800; year ago 7,000.
Compared to last Tuesday,
Slaughter steers and heifers
uneven, largely steady.
Cows mostly 1.00 higher,
Bulls steady. Supply mixed
Good and Choice 900*1100 lb.
Steers 6& 2-4 with Choice
1150-1250 lbs. Scarce. Near 22
percent heifers; 15 percent
cows and balance feeder
cattle.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Choice 1000-1200 lbs. YG 2-4
48.00- 900-1000 lbs.
47.00- Mixed Good and
Choice 900-1200 lbs. 46.00-
48.00. Good 1000-1300 lbs.
42.00- Part load mostly
Baltimore USDA Report
High dressing dairy breeds
CATTLE 400. Salughter 26.00, Cutters 18.50-22.50,
steers & hefiers 50 cents to $1 Canner & Low Cutters 15.50-
lower. Cows firm to 50 cents i 8.50. BULLS: Yield Grade
higher. Bulls steady. Supply n O . i 1400.1570 lbs. 26.50-
35 percent slaughter steers & 27.50; 1000-1400 lbs. 25.00-
hefiers, 55 percent cows, 27.60, one at 30.00; one Good
balance few feeders and bullock 1000 lbs. at 32.50, few
„„„ „ , . Standard 780-1075 lbs. 22.00-
STEERS: Couple lots 24.25. FEEDER CATTLE:
Choice yield grade 2-3 970- Few Good & Choice steers
1200 lbs. 50.25-51.25, Good 650-900 lbs. 32.50-36.75.
875-1200 lbs. 40.10-46.50, HOGS 750. Barrows & Gilts
Standard & Low Good yeild $1 to $1.25 higher. US No. 1-3
grade 2-3 1000-1225 lbs. 35.50- 200-240 lbs. 64.50-65.00, 23
40.00. HEIFERS: High Good head 65.25, No. 2-3 230-260
& Choice yeild grade 2-3 759- lbs. 64.00-64.50, No. 2-4 250-
1200 lbs. 40.00-43.00, Good 280 lbs. 63.00-64.00. Sows
697-1005 lbs. 32.00-37.00, few steady. US No. 1-3 300-600
Standard & Low Good 28.00- lbs. 52.00-53.00, few near 300
30.00. COWS: Utility & lbs. 54.0(W4.50.
Commercial 21.50-25.35, few
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SHARON BROWN
A two year employee of Babcock Farms,
Sharon Brown is a member of our very
efficient accounting staff.
Mrs. Brown is responsible for the
bookkeeping portion of the accounting
function. A valuable member of the
Babcock Farms team, Sharon is another
good reason for you to do business with
Babcock Farms.
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1000-1200 lbs. 37.50-39.50.
Standard 900-1100 lbs. 29.50-
30.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Couple loads Choice in
cluding Prime 950 lbs. YG 2-4
48.00. Choice 800-1000 lbs.G
2-4 45.50-47.75, mostly 46.50-
47.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 700-1000 lbs. 43.00-
46.00. Good 38.00-43.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 22.50-24.50, few
25.00- Cutter 19.00-22.50.
Canner and low cutter 15.00-
19.00. Canner 650-800 lbs.
13.00-
BULLS: YG 1-2 1100-1800
lbs. 22.00-26.00.
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Oklahoma Cattle
Oct. 2
Thun. Feeder
Cattle Auction
Estimated Receipts 9,200
Same day last week 8,669
Trade active, Feeder
Steers and Heifers generally
steady, instances SO cents off
on Heifers under 500 lb.
Majority receipts Mixed
Good and Choice and Choice
400-800 lb. Feeder cattle and
calves. Moderate attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300-500 lb. 34.00-36.75,
part load 369 lb. at 39.00,500-
600 lb. 35.50-37.50, load 552 lb.
at 39.00, 600830 lb. 36.00-
38.75, couple lots and part
load 613-906 lb. at 39.25-39.60.
Mixed Good and Choice 350-
500 lb. 29.50-34.00, bulk 30.00-
32.00, 500800 lb. 32.75-35.75,
600850 lb. 33.00-36.25. Good
400600 lb. 25.25-32.00, largely
Lancaster Cattle
Friday, Sept, 26
Feeder Cattle
This Week 1183
Last Week 1697
TREND: Feeder steers
uneven, weights over 700 lb.
slow, steady to 1.00 lower.
Weights under 700 lb. steady
to 1.00 higher, some sales
2.00 higher on early sales.
FEEDER STEERS: Lot
Choice 900 lb. 39.00;. mixed
Good and Choice 800-950 lb.
35.5087.75, 500-750 lb. 32.00-
37.25; Good 500-700 lb. 29.25-
35.00; Good 400-550 lb. 26.50-
31.00, one lot 410 lb. 34.25;
Standard and Good 350-600
lb. 21.00-25.00.
Babcock Farms completed its fiscal year on September 30,1975. We thank you, our good
friends, for your help in making our fiscal year a success.
In future ads, we will share with you plans we have to make Babcock Farms a more valuable
asset for you, our customers. We are dedicated to the poultry industry and to better serving
our customers.
The Babcock B-300 layer we are hatching today is the best layer Babcock has produced.
May we have your next order for Babcock Chicks or Started Pullets?
27.00-31.00, few scattered
sales 600892 lb. Holstclns
21.5026.80.
FEEDER HEIFERS;
Choice 350500 lb. 25.0027.00,
500750 lb. 27.5031.00. mixed
Good and Choice 300500 lb.
22.0026.00. 500700 lb. 24.50
27.50. Good 300675 lb. 19.00
24.50, bulk 20.0023.00.
CATTLE FOE THE
WEEK: Feeder steers and
heifers remained mostly
steady, with some sales
weak to 50 cents lower on
weights under 500 lb.
Slaughter cows finished the
week averaging about
steady, while slaughter bulls
closed fully steady. Light
supply of slaughter heifers
closed generally steady to
weak. Salable supply this
week numbered near 29,400
compared to 27,200 head last
week, and 23,107 last year.
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday, Sept. 28
Reported reciepts of 522
head of horses, mules and
ponies. Market lower than
last week. Load of New York
driving horses 125-220; load
of Illinois driving horses 175-
900 and load of Tennessee
riding horses 235-670.
Local work horses 280-390;
mules 175-230; better horses
255-490; riding horses 150-
225; lightweight killers 17-19;
heavyweight killers 22-24;
mares 15-40; colts 10-30;
geldings 15-35 and larger
ponies 50-130.
"The Sign of Quality”
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Hyisiow of Bkstm
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Oct 4.1975
Greencastle, Pa.
Sept. 29,1975
CATTLE 218. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter cows steady to 81
higher. Individual Good
slaughter steer at 40.50, few
Standard 30.25-37.00, few
Utility 20.00-26.75. Individual
Standard slaughter heifer at
30.50. Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 22.10-24.75, Cutters
19.85-21.35, Canner* 18.00-
19.85, Shells down to 14.75.
Individual Standard
slaughter bullock at 27.60,
one Utility at 25.50. Few
Yield Grade No. 1, 1200-1900
lbs. slaughter bulls 26.25-
28.85.
CALVES 258. Vealera $1 to
$7 lower. Few Choice vetlers
LANCASTER FEEDER
Tnesday, Sept. 30 US 2 44-59 lb. 134.00-144.00,
Feeder Pigs 59-66 lb. 120.00-134.00, 71-74
2372 lb. 114.00-122.00, 73-93 lb.
2029 90.00-100.00.
Today
Two Weeks Ago
TREND: Compared to two us 2-3 3246 1b.136..00-
weeks ago feeder pigs rw^ 138 ' 00 ’
uneven, mostly steady to 7.00 lb. 117.50-124.00.
higher, instances 20.00 US 3 26-50 lb. 133.00-145.00,
higher on US 3. All prices on Few 12 7.00-i31.00; 50-57 lb.
a per hundred weight basis, i 22.00-128.00, One lot 62 lb.
US 1-2 lb. 132.00- 1190 °-
142.00, Couple lots 69 lb.
115.00-129.00
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Greencastle
4t.0044.00, Good 37.00-40.00,
Standard 27.00-37.00. Utility
90-115 lbs. 24.00-27.00, 7045
lbs. 21.00-24.00.
HOGS 45. Barrows and
gilts steady. US No. 1-3 205-
230 lbs. barrows and gilts
63.85-64.00, few No. 2-3 195-
265 lbs. 61.25-62.50, lot No. 1-3
155 lbs. at 48.75. US No. 1-3
300-460 lbs. sows 51.5045.00.
Few Boars 43.25-44.00.
FEEDER PIGS 16. Lot US
No. 1-3 30 lbs. feeder pigs at
28.00 per head, few No. 1-3 65-
75 lbs. 53.0044.00 per head,
lot Utility 100 lbs. at 55.00 per
hundred weight.
SHEEP 26. Utility and
Good 55-105 lbs. spring
slaughter lambs 28.0044.00,
individual at 36.00, few
Utility 4045 lbs. 20.00-28.00.
Utility 29-44 lb. 100.00-
121.00.
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