—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, August 12,1978
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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.
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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.
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, 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.
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