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St. Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards
August 25,1977
Receipts this week 9300:
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10,900. As compared with the
previous weeks close,
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slaughter steers and heifers
steady to 50 higher. Cows
1.00-2.50 lower, mostly 1.50-
2.00 lower bulls fully steady.
Supply mainly choice and
mixed good and choice 2-4
1000-1200 lb. steers, around
25 percent heifers and 10
percent cows.
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Note several loads and lots
of holstein steers on offer
again this week.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed choice and prime 2-4
1050-1250 lbs. 40.00-40.50; 3-4
1125-1225 lbs. 39.50. Choice 2-
4 950-1300 lbs. 38.5040.00.
Mixed good and choice 2-4
900-1225 lbs. 37.50-39.00.
Scattered lots mixed good
and choice 2-3 1050-1250 lb.
holsteins 35.0036.00. Good 2-
3 9001200 lbs. 34.0037.50.
Standard to good 2-3 975-1250
lb. holsteins 32.00-34.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed choice and prime 2-4
875-1025 lbs. 37.75-38.25,
several 38.00. Choice 2-4 800
1075 lbs. 36.5038.00. Mixed
good and choice 2-3 700-975
lbs. 34.5036.50. Good 23 700
950 lbs. 32.0034.50.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 2-4 22.50-26.50,
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closing, "sales 22.50-24.50.
Boning utility 1-2 25.00-26.00,
few early 26.50-27.00. Cutter
1-2 22.00-25.50, mostly closing
sales 22.00-24.00. Canner and
low cutter 19.00-23.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1000-1700
lbs. 28.00-31.50. YG 1 1300-
1650 lbs. 31.50-32.00.
FEEDERS: (including
3800 at the Wednesday and
Thursday auctions) com
pared to last Thursday
feeder steers firm to 2.00
higher, with full advance on
choice. Feeder heifers weak
to 1.00 lower. Demand good
for steers, but only moderate
for heifers. Over all quality
much improved over past
several weeks. Supply
mostly choice and mixed
good and choice 400-800 lbs.
steers and 350-700 lb. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Few
loads and lots choice and
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Lancaster Farming. Saturday. August' 27. 1977—7
prime thin 700-750 lbs. at
Wednesday’s special sale
43.50-44.25. On Wednesday
and Thursday, 300-500 lbs.
43.00- 500-600 lbs. 41.50-
45.00; 600-700 lbs. 39.50-44.25,
bulk 40.00-43.00; 700400 lbs.
39.0041.25; Fleshy 700980
lbs. 37.50-39.75. Mixed good
and choice 375-500 lbs. 39.25-
42.50; 500800 lbs. 38.0040.50.
Good 400-700 lbs. 36.0039.00.
Few lots standard and low
good 600-900 lbs. including
holsteins 32.25-35.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 350-650 lbs. 34.50-
36.75, few lots 475-625 lbs.
37.00- on Wednesday.
Mixed good and choice 300-
600 lbs. 32.2535.00. Good 350-
600 lbs. 29.0032.00.
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
August 22,1977
CATTLE 239. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers unevenly
steady. Slaughter heifers
steady to 50 cents lower.
Slaughter cows steady to 75
cents lower. Choice
slaughter steers 38.00-40.25,
Good 36.50-38.50, Standard
33.50- Utility 28.50-
32.00. Choice slaughter
heifers 36.00-38.00, Good
33.50- Standard 30.00-
33.50, Utility 26.00-30.00.
Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 25.75-29.00,
Cutters 23.75-26.75, Canner
and Low Cutter 22.00-25.00,
Shells down to 20.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 36.00-
production buildings for sows, pigs, or finishing hogs
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40.00, Good 34.00-38.00,
Standard 31.50-34.00, Utility
28.00- Yield Grade No.
1, 1000-2000 lbs. slaughter
bulls 34.50-38.00, Yield Grade
No. 2, 900-1600 lbs. 32.00-
34.50. Few Medium and Good
300-700 lbs. feeder steers
28.00- Few Medium and
Good 390-600 lbs. feeder
heifers 24.50-30.00. Few
Medium and Good 300-700
lbs. feeder bulls 24.00-32.00.
_ CALVES 295. Vealers
Tnbstly steady. Choice
vealers 57.00-64.50, Good
45.00-54.00, Standard and
Good 110-130 lbs. 33.5047.00,
90-110 lbs. 29.00-36.00,
Standard 70-90 lbs. 23.00-
35.00. Farm Calves: Holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 32.5047.00.
HOGS 262. Barrows and
gilts mostly $1 higher. US
No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows
and gilts 47.20-48.20, No. 1-3
200-250 lbs. 46.7047.50, No. 2-
3 190-260 lbs. 46.2047.00, No.
1-3 140-185 lbs. 36.0042.00. US
No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows
32.00-35.00, No. 2-3 300-600
lbs. 31.00-33.00. Boars 22.00-
25.00.
FEEDER PIGS 68. US No.
1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
10.00-16.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 22.00-30.00 per
head.
SHEEP 26. Choice 75-100
lbs. slaughter lambs 43.00-
48.00, Good 60-80 lbs. 35.00-
42.00.
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