Livestock market
St. Louis
Cattle
August 11,1977
Receipts this week 6900;
week ago 6400: year ago 7000
As compared to last week
close, slaughter steers 50-
1.00 higher, slaughter heifers
firm to 50 higher. Cows 1.50-
2.50 higher, bulls fully
steady. Supply mainly
Choice and mixed Good and
Choice 2-4 1025-1200 lb.
steers, 25 per cent heifers
and 10 per cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS;
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1050-1225 lbs. 39.5040.00; 34
1100-1275 lbs. 39.25-39.75.
Choice 24 950-1275 lbs. 38.50-
40.00, closing mostly 38.50-
39.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 24 900-1200 lbs. 37.00-
39.00. Good 2-3 900-1200 lbs.
34.00- Standard to Good
2-3 1050-1250 lb. Holsteins
32.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
875-1025 lbs. 37.50-38.50,
closing 37.50-38.00. Choice
800-1050 lbs. 36.50-38.00.
Closing 36.50-37.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 700-950
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117 W Summit St., Mohnton, Pa
215-777-2465
Hours. Mon - Fri. 9-8-30, Sal. 9-5
Tool up here for a great future in the hog business
Producers planning to stay in the hog business are
tooling up to squeeze more pork from their feed and
their labor
If you’re one of them, chances are you II appreciate
the built-in feed and labor efficiency of AGSTAR
equipment
Sensible feed-saving design features like preci
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lbs. 34.50-37.00. Good 2-3 700-
950 lbs. 32.00-34.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 24 23.00-26.00,
closing 24.50-26.50.
Commercial 5’S 22.00-32.50.
Boning Utility 1-2 24.50-27.00
closing 26.50-27,00. Canner
and Cutter 1-2 21.50-25.50,
Clsing 23.00-25.50. Low
Dressing Canner 18.50-23.00,
closing 20.00-23.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1050-1600
lbs. 29.00-31.00, Few YG 1
1350-1700 lbs. 31.50-32.00. YG
1-2 900-1050 lbs. 26.00-29.00.
FEEDERS: (Including
around 1400 at Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers firm
to 1.00 higher, feeder heifers
uneven, generally steady.
Overall quality not much
different than most recent
weeks, with Choice kinds
rather scarce. Supply
mainly Good and mixed
Good and Choice 400-800 lb.
steers and 300-625 lb. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Scattered lots Choice 350-575
lbs. 42.0043.50, lot 610 lbs.
41.25; 700-775 lbs. 39.5042.50,
fleshy 700-900 lbs. 37.00-38.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 400-
625 lbs. 38.0041.25; 700-800
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E. M. Herr Equipment, Inc.
R.D. 3 Sprecher Road Willow Street, PA
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SITUATION CHARTS
Fruit pies should be
refrigerated. They can be
reheated in a microwave
oven or reheated in a
moderate oven to warm or
freshen them.
lbs. 36.00-37.00. Good 350-600
lbs. 36.50-39.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 400-625 lbs. 34.00-
35.25. Mixed Good and
Choice 375-625 lbs. 32.00-
34.25. Good 300-600 lbs. 29.00-
32.25.
Great labor saving ideas like self cleaning watering
cups with smooth Porcelamized Steel surface and fully
automatic feeding and ventilation equipment
We think you II also appreciate the ruggedness and
durability of every piece of AGSTAR equipment
You can buy AGSTAR equipment and install it in your
own buildings Or, you can get it already installed and
ready to use in one of our new factory built modular hog
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production buildings for sows, pigs or finishing hogs
The equipment samples in the photo are arranged to
demonstrate as many of our 40 types of hog equip
ment as possible For full details on this and our other
equipment for confinement open lot, or pasture as
well as cattle sheep or horse equipment contact
your AGSTAR dealer Or if you prefer just use
the coupon
FULL LINE PARTS DEPARTMENT
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 13. 1977-
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