Livestock market and auction news
December 1,1976
CATTLE: 4100. Trading
active. Slaughter Steers
opening 50 to 75 higher, in
stances 1.00 higher. Heifers
50 to 1.00 higher. Supply
mostly Choice Steers and
Heifers.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Average Choice to low Prime
3-4 1100-1250 lbs. 41.50-42.00.
Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lb. 40.00-
41.50, mostly 40.50-41.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
900-1200 lb. 38.50-40.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice, Few Prime, 2-4 900-
1100 LBSM 38.50-40.00, 39.00-
40.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 750-1000 lbs. 37.00-
38.50.
CATTLE
"CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s Salable
Receipts 9,487, T Days Last
week 7,242, last year 10,377.
Slaughter Steers and Heifers
50 to mostly 1.00 higher than
last Friday. Supply mostly
Choice Steers and Heifers
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Average Choice to Low
Cattle
Joliet
Prime 34 1075-1250 lb. 40.50-
41.25 Monday, 41.50-42.00
Wednesday, 3-5 1200-1450 lb.
37.0040.00, 3-5 1350-1500 lb.
35.00-37.00 Monday, 4 and 5
1375-1575 LBSM 33.00-35.00
Monday. Choice 24 1050-1250
lb. 39.5040.50 Monday, 40.00-
41.50 Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 900-1200
lb. 38.00-39.50 Monday, 38.50-
40.00 Wednesday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice, Few Prime, 24 850-
1100 lb. 38.00-39.00 Monday
38.50- Wednesday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
750-1000 lb. 36.50-38.00
Monday, 37.00-38.50 Wed
nesday. Good 2-3 700-1000 lbs.
34.50- Monday, 35.00-
37.00 Wednesday.
Carlisle, Pa.
November 30,1976
CATTLE 263. Compared
with last Tuesday’s market,
slaughter cows grading
Utility 50 cents lower,
Canner & Cutter mostly
steady. One High Choice &
Prime yield grade No. 4
slaughter steers at 41.35,
Choice 37.00-40.50, Good
35.25-37.00, Standard 31.25-
34.50, few Utility 24.00-28.75.
Choice slaughter heifers
37.10-40.25, Good 29.10-33.00,
Standard 26.00-28.75, one
Utility at 22.75. Utility &
High Dressing Cutter
slaughter cows 24.10-26.00,
few Utility & Commercial
25.60-27.50, Cutters 22.85-
24.35, Canners 21.00-23.00,
Shells down to 18.10. Few
Good slaughter bullocks
30.75-32.50, few Standard
27.50-30.00, one Utility 23.00.
CALVES 193. Vealers
uneven, extremes $5 higher
to $3 lower. Two Prime
vealers 63.50 and 65.50,
Choice 53.00-59.50, Good
39.00-46.00, Standard & Good
Carlisle Auction
110-135 lbs. 30.00-39.00, 90-110
lbs. 29.00-32.00, Standard 70-
90 lbs. 25.00-29.50. Farm
calves, holstem bulls. 90-120
lbs. 31.0041.50; few beef,
cross bulls & heifers 90-115
lbs. 31.50-34.50.
HOGS 136. Barrows & Gilts
$1 to $2 higher. US No. 1-3
210-240 lbs. barrows & gilts
36.00-36.50, No. 2-3 245-260
lbs. 34.00-35.50, No. 24 290-
380 lbs. 26.50-33.25, No. 2-3
245-260 lbs. 34.00-35.50, No. 2-'
4 290-380 lbs. 26.50-33.25. US
No. 1-3 300400 lbs. sows
29.50-35.50, No. 2-3 295-580
lbs. 22.00-26.50. Two Boars at
17.75.
FEEDER PIGS 176. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
16.50-19.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 21.50-26.00, one lot
No. 1-3 80 lbs. 29.00, one lot
Utility 25 lbs. 12.00 per head.
SHEEP 16. Good & Choice
65-90 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 34.50-36.50. Few
Slaughter ewes 11.75-15.50.
Lancaster Farroing.Saturday, Dec. 4,1976—9
Leesport Auction
December 1,1976
CATTLE 249. Supply in
cluded 53 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers steady to 25 cents,
spots $1 higher. Slaughter
cows $1 to $2 higher. Few
High Choice and Prime 3-4,
slaughter steers 41.85-42.75,
Choice 2-4, 1000-1290 lbs.
39.00- Good 36.00-39.50,
Standard 32.00-35.00, few
Utility and Low Standard
29.25-32.10. Two Choice
slaughter heifers 36.00 and
39.50, few Standard and Good
30.00- few Utility 25.00-
30.50. Utility and High
Dressing Cutter slaughter
cows 26.50-28.00, one at 29.10,
Cutters 24.60-26.75, Canners
22.00- few Shells down
to 18.00. Good slaughter
bullocks 31.00-35.50, few
Standard 28.25-30.25. Few
Yield Grade No. 1, 1485-2290
lbs. slaughter bulls 33.00-
36.75, individual Yield Grade
No. 2, 1335 lbs. at 27.00. Few
Good 500-760 lbs. feeder
steers 31.00-33.00, Medium
450-750 lbs. 22.00-29.50; Good
450-675 lbs. feeder heifers
22.50-30.00.
CALVES 164. Vealers $1 to
$3 higher, spots $6 higher.
Few Prune vealers 69.00-
70.00, Choice 58.00-66.00,
Good 43.00-57.00, Standard
and Good 110-130 lbs. 36.00-
43.00, 90-110 lbs. 25.00-33.00,
Standard 70:90 lbs. 20.00-
26.00, Utility 55-105 lbs. 10.00-
25.00, Farm Calves: Holstein
bulls 90-110 lbs. 34.00-42.50.
HOGS 239. Barrows and
gilts strong to $2 higher. Few
US No. 1-2 205-225 lbs.
barrows and gilts 37.10-37.25,
No. 1-3 195-250 lbs. 35.85-
36.75, No. 2-3 185-260 lbs.
35.25-36.25, few No. 2-4 265-
285 lbs. 30.00-35.25, few No. 1-
3 145-185 lbs. 32.00-34.00. US
No. 1-3 235-575 lbs. sows
26.50-29.75, No. 2-3 290-575
lbs. 24.50-27.00. Boars 18.00-
21.00, few light weights at
26.50.
FEEDER PIGS 111. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
18.00-31.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 25.00-33.00.