—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 12,1978 16 Livestock market on St. Louis Cattle National Stockyards August 10,1978 Receipts this week 6,000 Weed ago 6,000 Year ago 7,100 As compared to the previous weeks close, slaughter steers generally steady, except holstein steers .50-1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers steady to .50 higher. Cows .50-1.00 higher. Bulls firm to .50 higher. Slaughter supply mainly choice 2-4 1030-1200 lb. steers, around 30 per cent heifers and 15 per cent cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS; Mixed choice and prime 24 1050-1250 lbs. 53.00-54.00, cou ple part loads early 54.25 and 54.50. Choice 24 950-1275 lb. 51.50-54.00, dosing 51.50- 53.00. Mixed Good and Choice 24 900-1225 lbs. 51.00- 52.50. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs. 48.00-51.00. Standard to good 2-3 1050-1300 lbs. holsteins 45.0048.00. dosing 45.00- 47.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed choice and prime 24 875-1050 lbs. 51.00-52.00. Clos ing sales 51.00-51.50. Choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 49.50-51.50, dosing mostly 49.50-50.50; 800-900 lbs. 48.0049.50. Mixed Good and choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs. 47.5049.00. Good 2-3 700-950 lbs. 45.0047.50. COWS: Utility and com- mercial 2-4 35.00-40.00, clos ing 35.00-38.00. Boning utility 1-2 38.00-40.00, few head ear ly -at 41.00. Cutter 1-2 34.00- closing 34.00- Canner and Low Cutter 1-2 30.00-35.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050-1800 lbs. 42.0046.00. Yield Grade 1 1500-1950 lbs. 46.50-47.00. FEEDERS: (Including around 1,500 at Thursday’s Auction. Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower. De mand moderate. Overall quality improved slightly over a week ago. Supply mainly choice and mixed good and choice 400800 lb. steers and 400700 lb. heifers. FEEDER STEERS; Choice 325-500 lbs. 66.50-71.00. 600-700 lbs. 58.00- 700-750 lbs. 55.75-58.25, fleshy 840-975 lbs. 48.00- Mixed Good and choice 375-550 lbs. 59.5044.00. Mixed good and choice 475-700 lb. bulls 50.5056.00. Lot standard and good 380 lb. holsteins 55.50. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 300-450 lbs. 56.00- 500-550 lbs. 53.50- 600-675 lbs. 50.50- fleshy 750-775 lbs. 47.7549.00. Mixed good and choice 300-500 lbs. 51.50- 500-600 lbs. 48.00- Few good 500-550 lbs. 45.0049.50. Lot good and choice cow and calf pairs 460.00 per pair. Small lot good 365.00 per pair. Market courtesy of USDA. Joliet Cattle August 10,1978 Friday through Wed nesday salable receipts 6800, 5 days last week 5449, same period last year 7761. Trading slow for the week. Slaughter steers ended the week 1.00 to instances 1.50 lower except Choice 241150- 1250 lbs. .50 to 1.00 lower. Slaughter heifers .75 to 1.25 lower. Cows 1.00-2.00, in stances 2.50 higher. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed high Choice and Prune 341100-1300 lbs. 54.25- 54.75.1 load of Choice 2-31150 lbs. 55.00 Monday. Choice 24 1000-1250 lbs. 52.75-54.50, mostly 53.00-54.00.1 load 2-3 1395 lbs. 53.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-1200 lbs. 49.00-53.00. Choice Holsteins 2-31280-1520 lbs. 48.0048.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Mixed Choice and Prime 34 950-1100 lbs. 51.25-52.00, with 1 load at 52.25 Monday. Choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 50.50- 51.50. Some 50.00-50.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 49.25-50.50. COWS: Utility and Commercial 1-3 37.0040.00. Market courtesy of USDA. 4 auction news Carroll’s Market Felton, Delaware August 4, 1978 COWS: Few 40.00-44.25; Good 50.00-60.00; Standard Utility 36.0040.00; Cutter ”42.50-50.00; Top Monkeys 31.00-36.00. 58.00-75.00. jng. Fickes Silo Company Inc. --- 1 Please send me information on' Fickes Silos , Please send me color catalog on the Cherokee horse stock trailers and GN flatbeds Name Address City Phone STEERS: Choice 50.00- 54.00; Good 46.00-50.00; Standard 40.00-46.00. BULLS: 45.00-52.50. _ VEAL CALVES: Prune No test, Choice 60.00-71.00; P.O. Box 7 Newvilie, PA 17241 Phone-717-776-3129 Trailers well worth their cost State LAMBS: 53.00-70.00; Ewes 13.00-27.50. HOGS: No test. SOWS: 300-600 lbs. 37.50- 39.00. BOARS: 300 lbs. & up 32.00-32.50. Pigs sold 20 - 63.00. r A/, ULrd»l m rtmOM3tr* FEEDING SYSTEMS .Zip
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