—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9,197 ft 12 Livestock mar St. Louis Cattle September 7,1978 Receipts this week 5700; week ago 7000; year ago 6100. Compared last week’s dose, slaughter steers 1.00- 1.50 higher. Slaughter heifers 50-1.00 higher, cows fully 1.50 higher, instances 2.00 higher. Bulls fully steady. Slaughter supply mainly Choice and Mixed Choice and Prime 1025-1200 lbs. steers, around 30 per cent heifers and 15 per cent cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 24 1050-1250 lbs. 52.50-53.25, Part load 53.50. Several loads and lots 34 1125-1250 lbs. 52.00-52.25. Choice 24 975-1275 lbs. 51.50-53.00, mostly 51.50-52.50, Mixed Good and Choice 24 900-1200 lbs. 50.5052.00. Good 2-3 900 1175 lbs. 48.0050.50. Stan dard to Good 2-3 1125-1275 lbs. Holstein 45.5047.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 24 875-1050 lbs. 49.5050.00. Choice 24 8001050 lbs. 48.00 49.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 700975 lbs. 47.00 48.50. Good 2-3 700950 lbs. 44.5047.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 24 35.50-39.00, boning Utility 1-2 38.5040.00, closing 39.0040.00, Cutter 1-2 34.5038.00. Canner and low Cutter 1-2 31.0035.00. BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050-1800 lbs. 41.0046.00. Yield Grade 1 1500-1950 lbs. 47.00. Feeder cattle including around 1500 at Thursday’s Auction. Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher. Demand good. Supply mainly Choice and mixed Good and Choice 400-700 lbs. steers and 850-600 lbs. heifers. FEEDER STEERS: Choice 300-500 lbs. 68.00 73.00, 500600 lbs. 65.00-68.00, 600-700 lbs. 62.25-65.25, few lots fleshv 750-875 lbs. 52.50 53.25. Mixed Good and Choice 450-500 lbs. 62.75-67.00, 500 600 lbs. 59.25-64.75. Few lots Good 400525 lbs. 57.5059.00. Load Standard and Good 600 lbs. Holsteins 54.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Choice 450500 lbs. 59.25- 62.25, 500600 lbs. 55.0060.00, 6007001b5. 53.5055.00. Mixed Good and Choice 350500 lbs. 55.2059.75, 500600 lbs. 53.75- 56.00. Market courtesy of USDA. Pa. Livestock Summary Of 9 Livestock Auction Market Reports. Septembers, 1978 CATTLE 4374. Compared to 7319 last week and 6679 a year ago. Compared with last week’s market, slaughter steers were steady to 75 cents higher. Slaughter heifers and si. cows unevenly steady. SI. bullocks (few) steady to strong. SI. ket and bulls steady to |l.OO higher. High Choice & Prime si. steers 54.00-56.50, Choice YG' 52.00- Good 48.00-52.00, Standard 44.00-48.50. Choice si. heifers 48.50-53.00; Good 44.00- few Standard 40.00- Utility & Com mercial si. cows 37.50-42.00, Cutters 36.0040.50, Canners 33.00- down to 25.00. Choice si. bullocks 50.50-53.00, Good 46.00-51.00. Yield Grade No. 1 1100-1900 lbs. f,l. bulls 47.00-52.00. Few Yield Grade No. 2 900-1700 lbs. 43.2547.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Good and Choice 300-750 lbs. steers 60.00- Medium and Good 300-650 lbs. heifers 40.0049.00. CALVES 2820. Compared to 4451 last week and 4049 last year. Vealers grading good & Choice $l.OO-5.00 higher, standard & low good unevenly steady. Few Prime vealers 80.00-90.00, Choice 72.00- Good 65.00-75.00, Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 57.00- Standard 70-90 lbs. 48.00450.00, few Utility 55-100 lbs. 35.00-51.00. FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs. 60.00-86.00. Holstein heifers 90-140 lbs. 60.00- HOGS 3428. Compared to 6470 last week and 3144 last year. Barrows and gilts steady. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs. barrows and gilts 50.50-52.00, No. 1-3 195-250 lbs. 49.00- auction news 51.25, No. 2-3 199-260 lbs. 46.5049.40, few No. 1-3 150 190 lbs. 45.6049.50. Sows: US .No. 1-3 300-550 lbs. sows 38.0045.00. Boars 32.0040.00. FEEDER PIGS 557. Compared to 1244 last week and 1476 a year ago. Steady to strong. US No. 1-3 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs 23.50-35.00 per head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 30.00- GRADED FEEDER PIGS 1248 Compared to 5586 last week and 1216 a year ago. Steady to $lO.OO higher. 1-2 2540 lbs. 110.00-123.00, 4050 lbs. 100.00-119.00, 50-70 lbs. 80.00- 2-3 30-55 lbs. 100.00- 45-70 lbs. 81.00 100.00. SHEEP 320. Compared to 718 last week and 347 a year ago. Spring si. lambs $l.OO - higher. Choice 70-110 lbs. 55.00- Good 60-105 lbs. 49.00- Slaughter ewes 15.00- Special Market August 31,1978 Special Feeder Steer and Heifer Sale Abindgon, Va. There were 316 head sold. All cattle were graded by Representatives of the VDACS’s Division of Markets, Livestock Section on VDACS standards and sold by the hundredweight. STEERS: Choice & Good 500-700 lbs. 60.00-65.50; 700800 lbs. 57.50 58.10; 800-1000 lbs. 53.50 58.25. Medium 400-500 lbs. 62.00 65.50; 500-700 lbs. 50.0084.50; 700800 lbs. 53.25-57.50; 800 1000 lbs. 50.0051.50. Common 500-700 lbs. 52.50 63,00; 700800 lbs. 52.0052.25; 8001000 lbs. 47.75-52.75. HEIFERS: Choice & Good 350500 lbs. 50.0054.09; 500600 lbs. 49.00 53.75; 600700 lbs. 51.0054.10. Medium 400500 lbs. 50.25- 52.00; 500600 lbs. 45.0048.00; 600700 lbs. 45.00. Common 400500 lbs. 45.50; 500600 lbs. 46.0051.00. Joliet Cattle September?, 1978 Friday through Wed nesday’s salable receipts 5,800, 5 days last week 6,156, same period last year 7,661. -► NOW -O- Seeds- Alfalfa -WL 311, ARC Barley - Maury Wheat - Redcoat Fall Fertilizers Apply nit. on small grains this Fall. Fall application of N-P-K. Limestone - Available for application after small grain harvest. jjBSSSSSgSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBi I CALL US NOW FOR } FALL SOIL TESTING | osssssssssssssssssssssssssassssaß) ORGANIC hfßMm PLANT * t ANHYOROOS AMMOHIA J PQQP JJQ 2313 Norman Rd., Lancaster, Pa. PH: 717-397-5152 Trading slow Tuesday, fair to moderately active Wednesday. Slaughter steers closed the week 25 to 50 higher than Wednesday of last week. Heifers steady to 25 higher. Cows 1.00 higher. SLAUGHTER STEERS: High Choice and Prime 34 1150-1400 lbs. 53.50-54.25, Choice 24 1000-1250 lbs. 52.25-53.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 50.00- 52.25. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 34 950-1050 lbs. 50.50-51.00, Tuesday, 51.00-51.50 Wed nesday. Choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 49.50-50.50 Tuesday, 50.00-51.00 Wednesday. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 47.0049.50, 47.50-50.00 Wednesday. COWS: Utility and Commercial 1-3 36.00-38.00 Tuesday, 37.0040.00 Wed nesday. Market courtesy of USDA.
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