14—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 29,1978
Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards
July 27,1978
Receipts this week 6100
Week ago 6300
Year ago 5700
Compared to last weeks
close, slaughter steers
generally steady. Choice and
mixed choice and prime
heifers fully .50-1.00, in
stances 1.50 higher: Low
choice and below steady to
firm. Cows mostly 4.00-5.00
higher. Bulls fully 2.00
higher. Slaughter supply
mainly choice and mixed
choice and prime 2-4
1000-1200 lb. steers, around
35 per cent heifers and 10 per
cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed choice and prime 2-4
1050-1225 lbs. 53.50-54.75, part
load 1175 lbs. 55.00. Choice
2-4 975-1300 lbs. 52.00-54.00,
mostly 52.00-53.50. Mixed
good and choice 24 900-1225
lbs. 51.00-52.50. Mixed good
and choice -3 1125-1350 lbs
holstems 47.5048.00. Good
2-3 900-1175 lbs. 48.00-51.00
Standard to good 2-3 1350 lbs
holstems 46.0047.50.
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Mixed choice and prune 24
875-1050 lbs 51.00-52.50, clos
ing sales 51.50-52.50. Choice
24 800-1050 lbs. 49 00-51 50.
Mixed good and choice 2-3
700-1000 lbs. 47.0049 00 Good
2-3 700-975 lbs. 45.0047.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 24 34.5040 00, clos
ing 37.0040.00. Boning utility
1-2 37.0041.50, closing
40.5041.50, few 42.00. Cutter
1-2 33.00-39.00, closing sales
35.00-39.00. Canner and low
cutter 1-2 30.00-35.00, closing
31 00-35.00. Rest unchanged.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1050-1900 lbs. 41.0046.00,
closing week sales
42.0046.00. Individual yield
grade 12100 lbs. at 47.00.
Feeders including around
1,300 at Thursday’s Auction.
Feeder steers and heifers
3.004.00 higher. Demand
good for moderate supply.
Receipts mainly choice and
mixed good and choice
400-800 lb. steers and 400-600
lb heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 350-500 lbs
68.50-74.75; 500-600 lbs.
62.00- ; 600-700 lbs. 61.25-
65.001700-800 lbs. 55.75-61.75.
Few lots fleshy 800-1025 lbs.
52.00- Mixed good and
FOR
choice 425-500 lbs.
60 75-65 00. Few lots good
and choice 475-525 lb bulls
57.25-63 00 Couple lots stan
dard and good 570-590 lbs
holstems 55.00
FEEDER HEIFERS
Choice 350-500 lbs.
57.00-63.00; 500-600 lbs.
56 2561.25, Few lots fleshy
725-850 lbs. 46 7549.50. Mixed
good and choice 375-500 lbs
53.75-58.75; 500-650 lbs.
51 75-55.00. Few Good 350-525
lbs. 51.00-55.00.
Market courtesy of USDA
Oklahoma
Cattle
July 27,1978
Thursday Feeder cattle
auction and weekly sum
mary estimated receipts
9000, same day last week
11,822.
Active; Feeder cattle and
calves steady to 1.00 higher;
majority receipts Choice 400-
850 lb. feeder steers and 400-
650 lb feeder heifers;
moderate attendance of
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS
Choice and Prune 300490 lb.
74.00-77.50; 500-530 lb. 72.00-
72.50; Choice 300-500 lb
ciba-geigv
69.00- 50 ; 500-600 lb. 64 50-
69.50, part load 522 lb. 71.20;
600-700 lb. 62 50-64 25, part
load and small lot 602-623
lb 65.40-65.90 ; 700-800 lb
58.50- 50 ; 800-900 lb 57 50-
61.00; Mixed Good and
Choice 300-500 lb. 62 50-65.75;
500-600 lb. 60.75-62.25; 600-800
lb. 55.00-59 50; few part loads
948-979 lb. 55.00-55.50; few
Good 500-760 lb. Holstein
Steers 51.00-53 75.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice and Prime 385-480 lb.
63.25-65.10; Choice 300-503 lb
57.00- mostly 58.25-
60.50 ; 500-600 lb. 56.50-60.50,
two parts loads 528-538 lb.
61.50- 600-700 lb. 55.50-
58.75, part load 611 lb. at
59.90; part load 787 lb. 56.60;
mixed Good and Choice 400-
600 lb. 56.00-57.75 ; 600-700 lb.
53.00- few Good 400-625
lb. 50.00-53.00. KTG
FOR THE WEEK:
Compared to late last week
Feeder cattle and calves
2.00
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insance 2.50-3.00 higher;
slaughter cows closed 4.00-
5.00 higher, late sales Utility
and Commercial 2-3 36.00-
41.00, Cutter 1-3 33.00-37.00;
Bulls closed 2 00-3.00 higher,
late sales - Yield Grade 1-2
1000-1700 lb. 43.50-46 00;
salable receipts near 23,400
head; compared to 33,250
head last week and 25,519
head the same week a year
ago Cows and bulls near 10
per cent Of cattle receipts,
Feeders near 90 per cent of
the total.
Market courtesy of USDA,
Indiana
Auction
Indiana, Pa.
July 27,1978
CATTLE 94. Compared
with last Thursday’s
market, few Good 48.00-
51.50,2 Standard 45.00,45.75;
1 Utility at 41.75.1 Choice si.
heifers 48.50; few Good 43.00-
Standard 39.00, few
Utility & Commercial si.
cows 38.75-41.75, several
42.75; few Cutters 36.25-
39.25; Few Canner & L.
Cutter 32.00-36.75. si.
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bullocks 1 Good at 48.00. Few
Yield Grade #1 1200-1900 lbs.
48.00-48.75, couple
Grade #2 900-1620 lbs. 43.00
43.75.
FEEDER CATTLE-
Steers, medium & Good 350-
850 lbs. 47.00-50.00. Medium
& Good 350-650 lbs. heifers
39.50-46.00, Bulls Med &
good 400-650 lbs. 40.5049.00
CALVES 132. Vealers, few
Choice 64.50-68.50, few Good
54.00-64.50; Standard & Good
90-120 lbs. 52.00-57.00, 70-99
lbs. 47.00-54.50, few Utility
55-125 lbs 38.00-48.00
, FARM CALVES: Hoi
Bulls 90-120 lbs. 51.00-70.00,
Hoi. Heifers 80-120 lbs. 55.00-
65.00. Slaughter calves
grading standard and Good
190-300 lbs. 51.00-55.00.
HOGS 70. No. 1-3 200-240
lbs. 46.25-48.00, 2 lots No 2-3
190-250 lbs. 42.00-44.25, Few
No. 1-3 70 lbs. 41.50. Sows US
No. 1-3 350-505 lbs. sows
39.50-41.00, few No 2-3 325-
350 lbs. 34.00-38.75. Boars
30.00
SHEEP 64. Spring/or
Wooled si. lambs Choice 75-
85 lbs. 51.50-53.00,2 lots Good
55 & 65 lbs. 44.00 & 51.00
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