—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 15,1977 12 Livestock market and Oklahoma Cattle Oklahoma City October 13.1977 Estimated receipts 13,000, same day last week 12,202. Moderately active at best, feeder cattle and calves weak to $l.OO lower, majori ty receipts Choice 350-800 lb feeder steers and 350-650 lb feeder heifers; moderate at tendance buyers. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 300400 lb. 41.0044.25, small lot 46.25; 400-500 lb. 39 0042.00, part load 416 lb. at 43.75; 500-600 lb. 38.0041.50, one load and two part loads 502-550 lb. 42.00- 600-700 lb. 37.50-40.00; 700-930 lb. 37.00- part load 729 lb. at 39.50; mixed Good and Choice 400-600 lb. 36.50-38.50; 500-800 lb. 36.50-37.75, small lot 852 lb. at 37.50; few Good 400-800 lb. 33.75-37.00, part load Good 560 lb. Holstein steers at 34.95. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-500 lb. 32.00-35.00; 500-650 lb. 32.00-34.00; mixed Good and Choice 400-600 lb. 30.00- Good 300-720 lb. 26.00- For the week; compared to late last week, feeder cat tle over 500 lb. closed $l.OO-1.50 lower; feeder calves under 500 lb. closed $2.00-3.00 lower; cows $l.OO-1.50 lower, late sales Utility and Commercial 2-3 20.25-24 75; Cutter 1-3 19.00-21.00; bulls not well tested, closed near steady, late sales Yield grade 1-2 1000-1900 lb. 31.00-33.00. Salable receipts near 35,300 head compared to 31,595 head last week and 26,069 head the comparable week a year ago. Cows and bulls near 13 percent of the cattle receipts with cows number ing over 4,000 head, this is the largest weekly total to date this year Over fifty percent of the cows were tested to go back to the coun try. Feeders near 87 percent of the total. East Coast Carlot Meats Compared to Tuesday’s close: commitments on beef light as reported by the USDA. No sales steer or heifer beef reported. Prime special fed veal weak to 1.00 lower. Good and choice bomng veal 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Lamb 55 lbs down 3.00-5.00 higher than last week. Fresh pork loins .75- 2.50 higher. COW BEEF Cutter and Utility hinds 150-175 lbs. part loads 5900- 6000, firm. CHOICES, BEEF CUTS (10 Loads Confirmed) FORES; 130-210 lbs, 5900. ROUNDS, STEER: 60-85 lbs. 8150. FULL PLATES: 3400- 3600. SHORT PLATES; LTD 3550. BRISKETS: 4000. FLANKS, UNTRIMMED: 2800-3200. VEAL CARCASS HIDE ON Prime (special fed) mixed kosher and non kosher, 180-250 lbs. 112.00- 114.00, bulk 114.00; weak to 1.00 lower. Good and choice boning type: northeastern supplies, all 2.00-4.00 lower, 65-75 lbs. 5400-5800; 55-64 lbs. 5200- 5600; 45-54 lbs. 5000-5400; 35- 44 lbs. 4800-5200; 34 lbs. down, 4600-5000. Midwest and west coast suppliers: all 2.00 lower, 70- 80 lbs 5900; 60-70 lbs 5700; 50- 60 lbs 5500; 40-50 lbs 5300; 30- 40 lbs 5100. LAMB, CHOICE AND PRIME 3-4 (25 Loads Confirmed) Compared to last week: 55 lbs down 112.00 4.00-5.00 higher; 75 lbs down 110.00- 112.00 mostly 3.00 higher; bulk 110.00. FRESH PORK CUTS LOINS; 14-17 lbs 8850-8950 .75-2.50 higher, 8650 late October delivery. BUTTS; 4-8 lbs load 6500. SKINNED HAMS: 26-30 lbs load 7500; 26 lbs up load 7400, auction news BELLIES, SDLS: 12-14 lbs 5425,14-16 lbs 5425. BEEF TRIMMINGS (8 Loads Confirmed) 50 pet chem lean, fresh 3100-3400 Omaha Cattle Omaha, Neb. October 13,1977 Weekly 51 - cattle - com pared with the previous weeks close. Closing prices on slaughter steers and heifers were 25-50 cents lower. Cows were 1.00-1.50 lower, in stances 2.00 off and bulls firm. Four day receipts 14,900 as compared 13,900 previous week and 10,500 a year ago. For the first time m four weeks, closing prices on fed cattle were lower than at the end of the previous week. The decline was registered mainly on an increased Monday supply and no recovery was made in the face of the sluggish carcass trade at the wholesale level. Most interests were in need of cattle for current requirements, but buyers were often cautious and selective with best demand for loadlots Choice with a minimal number of yield grade 4. Supplies again were not well distributed over the trading period. Slaughter steers made up ap proximately 27 pet. of the weeks total with a large share good to average choice; heifers comprised 32 pet. with a fairly liberal percentage choice mcluded. Cows contributed 7 pet. and feeders little more than 30 pet. STEERS: Four loads Choice and Prime 3-4 1171- 1236 lbs. 43.35-43.50, several loads Choice with end Prune 3-4 1099-1250 lbs. 43.10-43.25. Choice 2-4 975-1300 lbs. closed 41.75-43.00, load 4-5 1450 lbs. 40.25. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 950-1250 lbs, 41.00-42.00, load 1388 lb. Holsteins 39.00. Good 2-3 37.50-40.50. Standard and Good 2-3 35.00-36.50. Average of LS-214, detailed quotations, for Cho.ice 900-1100 lb. steers this week 42.25; Choice 1100-1300 lbs. 42.50. Average weight steers first three days 1108 lbs as compared 1101 lbs previous week. Average weight heifers first three days 963 lbs. as compared 951 lbs. previous week. HEIFERS: Five loads Choice and Prime 3-4 949-954 lbs. 41.65-41.75, several loads same grade 950-1025 lbs. 41.25-41.50 later, some 3-4 1000-1080 lbs. 41.00. Choice 2- 4 875-1025 lbs. 39.75-41.25. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs. 38.50-39 50. Good, 2-3 34.50-37.50. Small lots standard and Good 2-3 31.50- 33.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 2-4 24.00-25.50 late. Canner and cutter 20.50- 24.50. BULLS: 1-2 1300-1800 lbs. 30.50-33.50, few individual 1 34.00. Lebanon Co. Farmers’ Assn. holds annual fall meeting SCHAEFFERSTOWN Members of the Lebanon County Farmers Association met Tuesday evening to formulate policy recom mendations, elect officers, and hold their annual Fall meeting. Elected to a two-year term of office on the board of directors were Paul Maulfair, Jonestown Rl; Frank Grayfaill, Hershey Rl; Joseph H. Schott, Jr., Lebanon R 4; Troy Moyer, Lebanon R 4; and Charles Doutnch, West Cornwall Five policy recom mendations were discussed on which the members were to vote. Those proposals included recommending that the Federal Government require any imported meat, meat product, or dairy product be subject to the same inspection standards as U.S. commodities. The Lebanon PFA members also recom mended that PFA support the Storm Water Management proposal for Development Law as well as advocate that more research 7,1 be done to develop different' types of energy. Littering was the target of another pi oposal by the group, who voted to put a mandatory deposit on al’ glass bottles. In an informative session before the group, Tom Hostetler, Annville R 2 chairman of Farm Citi Week, spoke on the county's upcoming mall exposition According to Hostetter, during the week of November 21 through 2o livestock and machines displays as well as farm demonstrations will fill the Lebanon Valley Mall as the Farmers Association and the County Extension Service reach out to promote un derstanding between producers and consumers. The next board of direc tors meeting will be held on October 24.