Local Livestock Mar
Pa. Auction Summary
Week Ending
Oct. 10,1975
CATTLE 7719. Compared
with 8055 head last week, and
5092 head a year ago.
Compared with last week’s
market, slaughter steers and
bullocks unevenly steady.
Slaughter heifers steady to
$2 higher. Slaughter cows
unevenly steady, spots 75
cents higher, to 50 cents
lower. Slaughter bulls steady
to $1 lower.
STEERS: Few High
Choice & Prime 53.00-55.25,
Choice 46.00-53.00; Good
40.50- Standard 33.00-
41.00, Utility 24.00-31.75.
HEIFERS; Few Choice
39.00- Good 34.00-39.00,
Standard 27.00-35.00, Utility
20.50- COWS: Utility St
High Dressing Cutter 23.00-
26.00, few to 27.35, Cutters
20.50- Canners 17.75-
21.25, Shells down to 12.00.
BULLOCKS: Choice 35.00
41.00, Good 29.00-37.75, few
Standard 24.00-31.00, few
Utility 21.00-27.00. BULLS:
Yield Grade No. 1 1000-200 C
lbs. 25.00-32.50; yield grade
No. 2 900-1600 lbs. 21.00-29.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Good &
Choice 300-800 lbs. feeder
steers 25.00-34.00, Medium
300-800 lbs. 17.00-25.00; Good
300-800 lbs. feeder heifers
19.00- Medium 300-600
lbs. 15.00-22.00; Good &
Choice 250-750 lbs. feeder
bulls 25.00-29.00, Medium &
Good 350-850 lbs. 18.00-25.00.
CALVES. 5520. Compared
with 5803 head last week, and
4107 head a year ago.
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Choice f 1 to $2 lower, Utility
steady to |3 lower.
VEALERS: Few Prime
58.00- Choice 48.00-
60.00, Good 39.00-50.00,
Standard 27.00-39.00, Utility
110-130 lbs. 22.00-30.00, 90-115
lbs. 18.00-28.00, 70-85 lbs.
15.00- Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-110 lbs.
21.00-
HOGS 7448. Compared
with 7527 head last week, and
6514 head a year ago.
Barrows St Gilts mostly 75
cents to $1 higher, although
end week sales mostly
steady on lower market.
BARROWS St GILTS: US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. 65.75-
66.50, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
64.75-65.75, No. 2-3 190-260
lbs. 64.0065.00, few No. 2-4
250-325 lbs. 57.0065.00, few
No. 1-3 140-190 lbs. 50.00-
58.00. SOWS; US No. 1-3 300-
600 lbs. 52.0069.00, No. 2-3
300-700 lbs. 48.0065.00. Boars
38.00-49.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1717.
Compared with 1929 head
last week, and 1148 head a
year ago. US No. 1-3 20-35
lbs. feeder pigs 22.00-46.00
per head. No. 1-3 35-50 lbs.
34.00- few No. 1-3 50-100
lbs. 52.00-65.00, Utility 15-35
lbs. 17.00-40.00 per head.
SHEEP 1014. Compared
with 950 head last week, and
955 head a year ago. Wooled
slaughter lambs mostly
steady. Choice 70-105 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs
41.00- Good 55-110 lbs.
31.00- few Utility 30-85
lbs. 21.00-32.00. Slaughter
,ewes 9.00-18.75.
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Compared with last weeks
close, slaughter steers 1.00-
2.00, instances 2.50 lower.
Slaughter heifers 1.006.00
lower. Cows steady to 50
higher. Bulls weak to 1.00
lower. Receipts about 70
percent slaughter steers 25
percent slaughter heifers,
balance mostly cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Couple loads early Choice
and Prime 1175-1300 lbs.
Yield Grade 3-4 52.0062.50;
Choice 950-1150 lbs. Yield
Grade 2-4 47.0060.00, load
late 47.00-48.00, few 49.00;
1150-1250 lbs. 48.00-51.00
Monday; 900-975 lbs, 45.50-
46.00; mixed Good and
Choice 900-1300 lbs. 44.00-
47.00; Good 37.00-44.00, load
Good Holsteins 41.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 900-1000
lbs. Yield Grade 3-4 47.50-
48.00 early; Choice 850-1050
lbs. Yield Grade 2-4 44.00-
47.50, closing 44.00-46.50, load
47.00; 750850 lbs. 42.00-44.00;
mixed Good and Choice 750-
1000 lbs. 35.5044.00; Good
30.00-35.50; Standard and
Good 27.00-30.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 19.00-22.50;
high-dressing Utility 23.00;
Cutter 15.50-21.50; Canner
13.00-15.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1100-1800 lbs. 23.00-27.00; few
Yield Grade 1^27.50-28.50.
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Weekly Summary
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Oklahoma
Cattle
Oct. 18
Thun. Feeder
Cattle Auction
Estimated Receipts 7,500
Same Day last week 11,298
Trade active, feeder cattle
uneven, feeder cattle under
500 lb. 50 cents to 1.00 higher,
feeder cattle over 500 lb.
Steady to 50 cents lower.
Majority receipts mixed
Good and Choice and Choice
300-800 lb. Feeder steers and
heifers. Moderate at
tendance of buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300400 lb. 34.50-37.50,
400500 lb. 33.50-36.50, 500500
lb. 33.75-36.75, 600575 lb.
34.75-37.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lb. 29.75-34.50;
largely 30.2553.00,500-700 lb.
30.50-33.50, 700550 lb. 32.50
34.00; Good 300500 lb. 24.00
29.75, bulk 27.00-29.50,500550
lb. 26.0051.00, mostly 26.00
30.00. Good 874 lb. Holsteins
26.30.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300500 lb. 24.00-27.75,
500-775 lb. 26.5050.00; mixed
Good and Choice 300500 lb.
21.75-24.75, 500-700 lb. 24.00-
26.50. Good 300400 lb. 19.00
21,75, 500775 lb. 20.0024.00.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder
Cattle under 500 lb. 1.002.00
higher with some sales 3.00
higher on Good and Mixed
Good and Choice con
signments. Feeder cattle
over 500 lb. 50 cents to 1.00
off, with most downturn
noted on feeder steers.
Slaughter cows steady, in
stances 50 cents higher;
Slaughter Bulls under
pressure 50 cents to 1.00
lower; a light supply
Slaughter Heifers 1.00-2.00
higher. Salable receipts this'
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Oct. 14,1975
CATTLE 339. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Standard & Good steady to 50
cents higher. Slaughter cows
uneven, 25 cents higher to 50
cents lower. Few Low Choice
slaughter steers 47.00-47.25,
Good 42.10-46.75, Standard
33.00- Good Si Low
Choice slaughter heifers
40.00- Standard 30,00-
34.00, Utility 24.10-27.10.
Utility & High Dressing
Cutter slaughter cows 23.60-
26.50, couple to 27.10, Cutters
21.85-23.35, Canners 18.75-
22.00, Shells down to 17.00.
One Choice slaughter bullock
at 40.00, few Good 30.00-33.10,
few Utility 23.75-26.50. Few
Yield Grade No. 1 1200-1600
lbs. slaughter bulls 28.00-
32.00,
CALVES 246. Vealers
grading Good $2 to $4 lower,
Utility & Standard steady $1
to $2 lower. Few Choice
vealers 48.00-57.00, Good
35.0047.00, Standard 28,00-
36.00, Utility 90-115 lbs. 20.00-
26.50, 7055 lbs. 15.50-18,50.
Farm calves, holstein bulls
70-110 lbs. 16.50-31.50.
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week totaled near 23,400
head compared to 32,652 last
week and 22,852 last year.
Cows comprised near 22
percent, Feeders near 75
percent of total.
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Reported reciepts of 487
head of horses, mules and
ponies. Market stronger than
last week.
Load of Tennessee riding
horses 150-550; load of
Tennessee riding horses 210-
400.
Local work horses 410-560-
better horses 250-515;
driving horses 150-425;
riding horses 140-235;
lightweight killers 18-20;
heavyweight killers 20-25;
mares 15-40; colts 5-20;
geldings 15-35 and larger
ponies 50-115.
Special Horse Sale
New Holland
Sales Stables
Oct. 10,1975
1 load of driving horses
from New York 350-420; load
of NY driving horses 170-675;
load of Pa. driving horses
150-678; load of NY driving
horses 190-800 and a load of
Pa. driving horses 3404195.
Local driving horses sold for
170-575.
This week
Last week
TREND: Feeder steers
steady to 50 lower; feeder
bulls steady.
FEEDER STEERS:
Mixed Good and Choice 800-
985 lb. 33.50-37.35; Good 700-
965 lb. 26.75-32.50; mixed
Good and Choice 400-600 lb.
30.00-32.75; Good 400-600 lb.
23.25-28.50.
FEEDER BULLS: Choice
500-700 lb. 22.50-26.75; Good
350-650 lb. 19.00-22.50.
Capacities
20 market hogs, 12 400-lb sows
8 yearlings
35 market lambs, 25 ewes
Swine
Cattle
Sheep
New Holland
Horse Auction
Monday
Oct. 13,1975
Lancaster Cattle
Friday, Oct. 10
Feeder Cattle
1138
1183
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