I—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 6. 1976
Livestock market
Omaha Cattle
Murk 1.1971
CATTLE AND CALVES:
Compared with the previous
week’* close: Slaughter
Steen 1.00-100 lower, many
mixed 3-4 1.50-2.00 off.
Heifers 1.00-1.50 lower. Cows
firm to 50 higher. Bulls
weak.
Four Day Receipts 15,400
as compared 11,900 previous
week and 17,800 a year ago.
Slaughter steers and heifers
again under severe down
ward pressure forepart of
week in alow deliberate
trade. Buyers again quite
selective with loadlots
carrying substantial per
centage yield grade 4
animals in generally poor
demand. Day-to-day
distribution of supply poor
with 55 pet arriving on
Monday.
STEERS: Forepart of
week, three loads Choice and
Prime 341150-1223 lbs. 36.50-
37.00. load 34 1267 lbs. 35.00
and load mostly 4 1353 lbs.
34.00. Closing trade Choice 2-
4 975-1225 lbs. 35.25-36.50,
load mostly Choice 2-3 1050
lbs. for Canadian shipment
36.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 950-1150 lbs. 34.50-
35.50. Good 2-3 33.00-34.50.
Standard and Low-Good 2-3
32.0033.00.
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for Choice 900-
1100 lb. steers this week
36.15; Choice 1100-1300 lbs.
35.68. Average weight all
steers this week 1122 lbs.,
last week 1117 lbs. Average
weight all heifers 977 lbs.
Last week 973 lbs.
HEIFERS: At low time
forepart of week, modest
volume Choice and Prime 34
975-1094 lbs. 35.0035.50. At
close, Choice 24 856-1050 lbs.
34.5035.85. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 33.5034.50. Good 2-
3 30.00-33.00. Small lots
standard and good 23 28.50-
30.00.
COWS: Utility . and
Commercial 24 26.00-28.50,
few high dressing / 29.00.
Canner and Cutter 20.00-
26.00. mixed Cutter and
Utility 26.25-26.75. Shelly
Canner 15.00-19.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
29.0035.00. few yield grade 1
36.0037.00.
FEEDERS: Modest
supply mostly Choice 850-
1000' lb. .partly fattened'
steers ji4.50-36.25. Few
Choice 750850 lb. heifers
32.0033.50. MGI.
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March L 1978
Cattle 500. Slaughter
steers It hdf era 50 cent* to |1
lower; Cows mostly |1
lower; Bulls firm to 50 cents
higher; few feeder cattle
steady. Supply included 40
percent slaughter steers &
heifers; 35 percent cows, 20
percent feeder cattle,
balance bulls.
STEERS: Choice yield
grade 24 950-1150 lbs. 37.00-
38.00, lot 1340 lbs. at 36.50,
Good & Choice yield grade 2-
4 1000-1225 lbs. 35.5036.75,
Good 1000-1450 lbs. 30.75-
35.50.
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HEIFERS: Good *Cboka
yield grade 3-4 334036.00,
Good yield grade 3-3 800-1060
Iba. 31.18-53.00. COWS:
Utility It Commercial yield
grade 3-4 3840-30.00, several
30.38-30.50, Cutter 23 JO-27.25,
Ceoner It Low Cutter 18.00-
2340.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1
1400-2000 lbs. 32.75-35.50,
1000-1400 lbs. 30.10-34.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few
Choice steers 850396 lbs.
34.0034.10, several near 550
lbs. 37.5037.75, Good heifers
370-500 lbs. 23.00-27.00.
HOGS 800. Barrows & GUIs
weak to 25 cents lower. US
No. 13 200-240 lbs. 48.00-
48.25,100 bead 48.50, No. 23
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Cattle
March 4
Thursday Feeder
Cattle Aactfoa
Estimated Receipts 8400
Same Day Last Week 9,897
Trade fairly active, feeder
steers and heifers mostly
steady. Majority receipts
mixed Good and Choice and
Choice 400-800 lb. steers and
heifers off wheat pasture.
Moderate attendance
buyers.
STEERS: Choice 400400
lb. 37.75-40.50, 500-800 lb.
230-280 lbs. 47.50-48.00, No. 2-
4 250-280 lbs. 48.50-47.50.
auction news
37.00-30.00, 000-100 lb. 3740-
30.00, few 000475 lb. 3640-
38.50; Mixed Good and
Choice 400-600 lb. mostly
344047.75, 500-700 lb. 35.50-
38.00, scattered sales 700460
lb. 354038.50; Good 500750
lb. including few Holsteins
30.0034.75.
HEIFERS: Lot Choice 348
lb. 30.20, 400600 lb. 30.50
33.00,
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder
steers 1.002.00 lower.
Heifers recovered most of
early week’s decline to close
steady to 1.00 lower, with
downturn noted on heifers
over 600 lb. Slaughter cows
rather uneven, utility and
commercial largely 1.00
lower, conner and cutter
mostly steady. Slaufhter
bolls found narrow outlet
and closed 2.00 lower.
Salable receipts this week
near 25,000 head compared
to 24,881 last week and 28,509
this time last year. Cows
comprised 9 percent, feeders
90 percent of week's
receipts.
Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Friday, Feb. 27
Feeder Cattle
152
103
Today
Last Friday
TREND-- Insufficient
volume of any one class for a
market teat.