Livestock market and auction news
East Coast Car lot Meats
March 2,1977
Compared to Tuesday’s
close: demand good, com
mitment on 31 loads of steer
and heifer beef late. Steer
beef 1.00 higher no com
parison on heifer beef.
Choice arm chucks in limited
test firm. Cow beef generally
steady in good demand, no
comparison on boneless
beef. Fresh pork loins
steady. Lamb compared to
last week 1.00-3.00 lower.
STEER BEEF
(21 LOADS CONFIRMED)
Choice 3 600-800 lbs. 6050
1.00 higher; 4 600-900 lbs. 5775
no comparison; Good 3 600-
800 lbs. 5750 no comparison
HEIFER BEEF
10 LOADS CONFIRMED
Good 3 500-700 lbs. 5675 no
comparison
COW BEEF
7 LOADS CONFIRMED
Utility Bng 1-2 600 lbs. up
5350 no comparison; 1-3 600
lbs. down 5000-5100 no
comparison; canner-cutter
1-2 350 lbs. up 5450-5650
BULL CALVES
For Sale At Farmers Prices
From All Registered Herd.
We have bulls ou of & cows bred to top sires
including: Astronaut, Elevation, Arlmda Chief,
Glendell, Gay, etc.
Contact
lARMAC FARMS
R 6 Box 107
Dover, Dela.
- Owner - . Mgr. -
A. James McCabe Jr. Daniels. Mast
201-836-1590 302-734-5056
generally steady; BRKG
Utility fores 34 170-200 lbs
4400 no comparison
CHOICE 3,
PRIMAL BEEF CUTS
3 LOADS CONFIRMED
Steer hinds 145-190 lbs. 7350
no comparison; arm chucks
90-130 lbs. 4750 firm; short
plates 1500 no comparison
GOODS
PRIMAL BEEF CUTS
1 LOAD CONFIRMED
Arm Chuck 90-130 lbs. 4500
LAMB CARCASS,
CHOICE AND PRIME
34
14 LOADS CONFIRMED
Compared to last week; 55
lbs down 104.00-106.00, bulk
10400; 1.00-2.00 lower; 55-65
lbs. 9400-9500, bulk 9400; 1.00-
3.00 lower; 65-75 lbs. 8400-
8600, bulk 8400; 1.00-3.00
lower
FRESH PORK CUTS
Loins 14-17 lbs. 7800
steady; skinned hams 17-20
lbs. 8000 no comparison
CURED AND PROCESSED
MEATS
St. Louis Cattle
St. Louis, Mo.
March 3,1977
Receipts this week 8000:
Week ago 7800: Year Ago
6800
As compared to last weeks
close, slaughter steers and
heifers 50-1.00 lower, cows 50
to mostly 1.00 higher. Bulls
firm to 1.00 higher. Supply
mainly mixed good and
Choice 2-4 1000-1200 lb.
slaughter steers, around 40
per cent heifers and 10 per
cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
1050-1200 lbs. 36.75 to mostly
37.00, one load 37.25. All on
Monday, not tested late. 34
1100-1250 lbs. 36.00-36.50, also
on Monday. Choice 24 950-
1300 lbs. 35.00-37.00, Closing
35.00-36.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 24 900-1200 lbs. 34.00-
35.75. Good 2-3 32.00-34.50.
Standard to Good 2-3 1000-
1400 lb. holsteins - 9.50-32.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prune 24
900-1000 lbs. 34.75 to mostly
35.00, Part load 35.25. All on
Monday, not tested late.
Choice 24 800-1025 lbs. 33.00-
35.00, closing 33.00-34.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
700-1000 lbs. 32.00-33.75. Good
2-3 29.00-32.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 25.00-28.00.
Boning Utility 1-2 28.00-28.50.
Canner and Cutter 1-2 23.00-
3 LOADS CONFIRMED
Skinned hams 16-19 lbs.
8350 1.50-2.00 higher
BONELESS BEEF
6 LOADS CONFIRMED
90 pet chem lean, fresh
7550-7700 no comparison; 85
pet chem lean, fresh 6800-
7150 no comparison
26.50. Low dressing canner
18.00-23.00.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2
975-1500 lbs. 26.00-33.00,
closing 27.00-33.00. In
dividual YG 1 1800 lbs. at
34.00.
Feeders (including around
2000 at Thursday Auction.)
Feeder steers and heifers
weak to 1.00 lower. Demand
moderate. Normal buyer
attendance. Supply largely
Choice and Mixed Good and
Choice 400-700 lb. steers and
heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300400 lbs. 38.00-
40.25, 400-500 lbs. 37.00-39.75,
500-600 lbs. 36.0038.50, 600-
700 lbs. 33.75-36.25. Mixed
Good and Choice 500-600 lbs.
32.75-35.75, Couple lots good
835-875 lb. Holsteins 28.00-
29.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300-500 lbs. 30.50-
33.50, 500-600 lbs. 31.00-33.25,
600-700 lbs. 30.25-33.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 350-600 lbs.
26.50-30.50, few lots good 450-
600 lbs. 24.00-26.75.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 5,1977 —
Oklahoma City
March 3,1977
Thursday Feeder cattle
auction
Estimated Receipts 6,300
Same day last day last
week 5,990
Fairly active, feeder cattle
and calves steady to firm;
majority receipts Choice 400-
775 lb. feeder steers and 300-
650 lb. feeder heifers, feeder
steers over 800 lb. scarce,
small percentage receipts
from wheat pasture. Very
large attendance buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
Choice 300-400 lb. 43.00-45.75;
400-500 lb. 40.50-43.00,58 head
403 lb. at 45.00; 500-600 lb.
38.25-41.75; package 536 lb.
at 42.20; 600-700 lb. 37.50-
38.50, two part loads 605-611
lb. 40.00-40.75; 700-800 lb.
36.50-39.00; Mixed good and
choice 300-500 lb. 37.00-39.75;
500-600 lb. 38.00-39.50, few
Sale reports
Green Dragon
Market & Auction
Friday, Feb. 25,1977
Market high compared
with last week’s.
STEERS: Good to Choice
34.00- Standard to Good
31.00- Other 28.00-31.00.
HEIFERS: Good to Choice
28.00-32.00, Other 25.00-28.00.
FEEDER STEERS: Good
to Choice 32.00-36.00, Stan
dard to Good 30.00-32.00,
Other - Holstein steers 25.00-
28.00.
BULLS: 33.50-36.00, 28.50-
33.00
COWS; High Choice to
Prime 28.56-29.25, Good to
Standard 26.00-28.50, Utility
26.50-28.50, Cutters 22.00-
24.00
CALVES: High to Choice
55.00- Good to Choice
45.00- Standard to Good
30.00-
117 Dairy cows and
heifers.
One load Butler springing
cows 525-605, heifers 350-500;
one load Pennsylvania cows
fresh, two top fresh cows
$l,OOO, balance at 540-600;
one load Pennsylvania fresh
S4O-725, one purebred cow
$1600; one load Western
Pennsylvania cows and
heifers fresh 600-640,
springers 450-560;
Locally consigned cows
450-550, few to 600; locally
consigned heifers 450-550.
Danville Livestock Auction
February 28,1977
STEERS: Good to Choice
31.25 to 34.00; Standard to
Good 29.25 to 31.00.
HEIFERS: Good to Choice
30.00 to 33.00.
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
10 mi. East of Lancaster
on Rt. 30
Box 100, Paradise, PA
717-442-4181
or 768-8204
EVERY THURSDAY AT 12 NOON
Hay, Straw t Grain Sale
Wc have plenty of good buyers each week.
We need consigners.
Contact -
L Robert Frame, manager
Oklahoma
650-790 lb. 35.75-37.00; Good
400-500 lb. 35.25-37.25 ; 600-315
lb. 33.50-36.00; few good 580-
740 lb. Holstein steers 28.50-
30.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS: 300-
500 lb. 32.50-35.25, part load
314 lb. 35.90; 500-700 lb. 32.00-
34.00, part load 708 lb. at
32.50; mixed good and choice
450-740 lb. 31.00-31.75; few
good 390-615 lb. 30.00-31.25.
FOR THE WEEK:
Compared to late last week,
feed cattle and c-400 lb. poor
lb. closed near steady; cows
closed steady to firm; bulls
closed mostly 1.00 lower;
salable receipts near 16,300
head compared to 15,693
head last week and 25,209
head this same week a year
ago. Cows and bulls near 9
per cent of cattle receipts,
feeders near 88 per cent of
the total.
BULLS: 28.25 to 34.35
COWS: High Choice to
Prime 30.00 to 31.10; Good to
Standard 28.40 to 30.10;
Utility 25.60 to 28.00; Cutters
23.00 to 26.00.
CALVES: High to Choice
55.00 to 66.00; Good to Choice
40.00 to 55.00; Standard to
Good 20.00 to 30.00.
HOGS: 39.10 to 42.00;
SOWS: 28.00 to 34.00;
BOARS; 18.00 to 26.00.
Approximately 65 people
attended the hog sale at Paul
R. Martin, R. D. 3, Ephrata,
Pa. on Feb. 28, 1977. Some
buyers came from New
Jersey and Maryland. Bred
sows, $2BO-$305 each; Feeder
pigs $49-$57 each; open gilts,
average $110; York boar,
$2lO.
Nevin Z. Martin and Lewis
B. Groff, Auctioneers.
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