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
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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:
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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.
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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
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