—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 9,197 ft
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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.
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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.
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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.