Livestock market and auction news St. Louis Cattle National Stockyards December 22,1977 Receipts this week: Week ago Yearago As compared with last weeks close, slaughter steers and heifers steady to 50 higher. Cows mostly 1.00- 1,50 higher. Bulls fully 1.00- higher. Supply mainly choice and mixed good and choice 24 975-1200 lb. steers, around 25 per cent heifers and 10 per cent cows. The supply of mixed good and choice 900-11501 b. steers and 700-850 lb. heifers continues above normal levels. SLAUGHTER STEERS: mixed Choice and Prime 2-4 ;1050-1250 lb. 42.5043.00. Two Toads 43.25 and 43.50. Choice 24 975-1275 lbs. 40.2542,50, Mostly 40.5042.00;x Good 2-3 ,900-1175 lbs. 35.50-39.00, Mixed Good and Choice 24 900-1200 lbs. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs. 35.50-39.00. Good sanitation, insect control, treatment of infec tion and disease, worming and rodent control all have to be carried on continuously for healthy birds and healthy profits. Simply stated, good pullets peak high; poor ones do not. The move from the pullet house to the layer house can be in some cases a severe stress and depress that potential. A few chickens saved or lost certainly influences the potential return of the house. Since feed intake is a poor guide for pre-peak layers we must seek a substitute and the best substitute is in house temperature. Feed intake and performance fortification levels - The Purina Laying Chow Bio-Rating gives the relative fortifica tion of amino acid, vitamins and minerals. Bio Layena 100 isthe base product. For example, Bio Layena 114 contains 7%'more CONC kssMius S 3 Standard to Good 2-3 1075- 1275 lb. holsteins 33.00-36.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 24 875-1000 lbs. 40.00. Couple packages 40.2540.50. Choice 24 800-1050 lbs. 38.0040.00, mostley 38.5040.00. Mixed good and Choice 2-3 700-975 lbs. 37.00-38.50. Several loads and lots mostly good, few choice 750-850 lbs. 36.00- 37.00: Good 2-3 700-975 lbs. 33.50-37.00. 6400 9300 5200 COWS: Utility and Commercial 24 23.50-26.50, closing 24.00-26.50. Boning Utility 1-2 25.00-27,00, closing sales 26.50-27.00. Cutter 21.50-25.50, closing 23.00- 25.50. Canner and Low, Cutter 1-2 18.50-23.00 Closing week sales 20.00-23.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050-1700 lbs. 27.00-30.00,,few yield grade 1 1400-1900 lbs. 31.00., FEEDERS: Including around 1500 at Thursdays auction. Feeder steers and heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Buyer attendance normal Supply mainly mixed good Nutritional programs and management practices during housing through 36 weeks of age can have considerable effect on peak and subsequent performance. It is our challenge to start with a quality fJullet and do nothing that harms its “performance potential”. But too we must be concerned about not feeding excesses of nutrients that are costly and hurt income potential. USION: | PURINA CHOWS] WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Dale Hathaway, in a cable from Moscow, said recently that -otal Soviet purchases of U.S. wheat and corn for shipment during the current October- September year will be substantially above eight million metric tons, but are presently not expected to exceed 15 million tons. Soviet officials confirmed that, as of December 14, commitments by their import purchasing agency for the year had reached 6.3 million tons, including 2.3 of and choice 300-600 lb. Feeder Steers and heifers. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 350-700 lbs. 39.50- 43.00; Few lots 700-900 lbs. 36.50-39.50. Mixed Good and choice 350-700 lbs; 37.00- 41.25. Good 400-650 lbs. 35.00- 38.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 350-500. lbs. 31,50- 35.50; 500-700 lbs. 32.0034.50. Mixed Good and Choice 300- 600 lbs. 30.0032.50. Good 300 500 lbs. 27.5030.50. STAYING COMPETITIVE WILL BE THE ANSWER. REPEAT STAY COMPETITIVE. ALL INDICATIONS ARE THAT THINGS WILL BE TIGHT THE NEXT 24 MONTHS. WITH EGG PRICES HOVERING AROUND THE BREAK EVEN POINT FOR PRODUCERS. to purchase more grain USSR wheat and 4.0 of corn. t the USSR side indicated that Assistant Secretary shipments jof U.S. grain Hathaway said this in- under Soviet purchases are formation was made being increased con available during con- siderably to a level ap sultations in Moscow Dec. 14 preaching two million under the current U.S. and metric tons, in December USSR grain agreement. Dr. and will probably continue at Hathaway and Soviet a roughly similar monthly Deputy Minister of Foreign rate through mid-April. Trade Boris Gordeyev participated in the con sultations. During the Moscow talks, Solar grain drying WASHINGTON, D.C. - A solar collector installed to heat the gymnasium at Scattergood School, West Branch, lowa, will be the heat source for drying 5,000 bushels of com by lowa State University, Ames, under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The study is one of 12 in the fourth year of research to determine technical,|_and economic using solar energy as an alter- If you feel that we may be of service, please call 1-442- 4183 or write us, so that we may have a better un derstanding of your needs. K fortification than Bio Layena 107 and 14% more than Bio Layena 100. Each of the above feed intake ranges represent approximately 7% less feed consumption than the previous range. Thus a drop of 7% in feed intake (approximately V/z pounds/100 hens/day) is compensated for by an increase of 7% in ration fortification. In this way daily intake of amino acids, vitamins and minerals remain constant. The correct level of fortification is exactly matched to the hen’s feed intakes. If during stress conditions a - more highly fortified ration is desired, just choose the amount of extra fortification by checking the Bio-Rating of each Purina Laying Chow. Always use local judgement on whether to change the ration, since feed intakes will vary due to wastage, strain, etc. Failure to reach the highest level of production and to maintain high levels many times is due to disease. Therefore it is essential that prior to this time the flocks should have received sufficient vaccination properly administered to provide full and complete resistance. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 24,1977 Semi-annual consultations are required by the U.S. and USSR grain agreement, native to fossil fuel for drying grain. The one-year studies are funded under a $500,000 interagency agreement with the Department of Energy and are coordinated by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service. Eight projects are un derway at land-grant universities: the University of Florida, Gainesville, will evaluate a low-cost plastic solar collector, continue drying tests with com and JOHN J. HESS 11, INC. So. Vintage,Rd. Paradise, Pa. 17562 which was signed in 1975. The agreement provides for annual USSR purchases of between six and eight million tons with any pur chases above eight to be subject of consultation between the two govern ments. At a Washington meeting«in October, the United States raised the consultation trigger for the current October-September period to 15 million tons. studied soybeans and make economic and management evaluations for the humid Southeast; The University of Illinois, Urbana. will test solar cyclic drying-solar heat by day and heat from the grain to assist drying at night-as well as make economic analyses of solar drying systems installed on farms. Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind., will test a (Turn to Page 31) 13
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