—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 30,1978
16
Livestock market an
St. Louis
Cattle
September 28,1978
National Stockyard*
Receipts this week 5,400:
week ago 6,900: year ago
6,600 compared with last
weeks close, slaughters firm
to .50 higher. Slaughter
heifers .50-1.00 higher. Cows
1.50-2.00 higher. Bulls fully
.50-1.00, instances 1.50
higher. Slaughter supply
mainly Choice and mixed
Choice and Prime 24 1000-
1200 lb. steers, around 35 per
ccsit heifers and 15 per cent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1050-1275 lbs. 53.50- 54.50,
several 54.00. Choice 24 975-
1250 lbs. 52.50-54.00, several
52.50- Mixed Good and
Choice 24 900-1200 1b5.*51.50
53.00. Good 23 900-1175 lbs.
48.50- Standard to Good
23 1075-1250 lb. Holsteins
-45.5048.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
875-1050 lbs. 51.00-52.00.
Choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 50.00
51.50; 800-900 lbs. 49.00-50.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 23
700-975 lbs. 47.5049.50. Good
2-3 700-950 lbs. 45.0047.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 24 37.0042.00.
Boning Utility 1-2 41.0043.00,
closing sales 42.5043.00.
Cutter 1-2 36.0040.50. Canner
and low Cutter 32.5036.50.'
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2
1050-1800 lbs. 43.0048.50.
Yield Grade 1 1350-1700 lbs.
49.00, Individual outstanidng
Yield Grade 12100 lbs. 50.00.
FEEDERS; Including
around 1,800 at the regular
Thursday Auction. Feeder
steers and Heifers unevenly
steady to 1.00, instances 2.00
lower. Supply mainly Choice
and Mixed Good and Choice
500-900 lbs. feeder steers and
400-700 lb. Feeder Heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 450-700 lbs. 62.00-
66.50; Fleshy 700-900 lbs.
54.00-59.75. Mixed Good and
Choice 400-600 lbs. 60.00-
64.75; 600-800 lbs. 58.00-62.00.
Good 400-600 lbs. 56.0060.00.
Scattered lots standard to
Good 500-900 lbs. 48.50-51.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 400-700 lbs. 53.00-
59.75. Mixed Good and
Choice 400600 lbs. 51.00-
56.50. Good 400600 lbs. 49.00-
53.50.
Market courtesy of USDA,
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Special
Market
September 22,1978
Special Feeder Yearling
Sale
Winchester, Va.
There were 1000 head sold.
All cattle were graded by
Representatives of the
VDAC’s Division of Markets,
Livestock Section on VDAC’s
standards and sold by the
hundredweight.
Choice & Fancy 400-500
lbs. 66.00; 500-700 lbs. 63.50
69.50; 700800 lbs. 60.5064.00;
8001000 lbs. 55.0061.00. Good
400500 lbs. 68.0070.00; 500
700 lbs. 64.0071.00; 700800
lbs. 60.0063.50; 8001000 lbs.
57.25-61.00. Medium 400500
lbs. 64.0069.00; 500700 lbs.
58.0061.50; 700800 lbs. 57.75-
63.50; 8001000 lbs. 54.00
61.00. Common 600800 lbs.
47.5055.00. Short All weights
57.75-61.00.
HEIFERS:
Choice & Fancy 400-500
lbs. 56.50-57.75; 500600 lbs.
55.50-59.00; 600-700 lbs. 56.00
58.50. Good 400-500 lbs. 55.00
56.50; 500600 lbs. 56.0057.50;
600-700 lbs. 55.50-58.00.
Medium 400-500 lbs. 48.00
49:00; 500600 lbs. 46.0049.00;
600700 lbs. 41.0047.50.
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Oklahoma
Cattle
September 28,1978
Thursday
Feeder Cattle Auction
Estimated Receipts 9,800
Same Day Last Week 10,090
Active, feeder cattle and
calves generally steady;
majority receipts choice
3004500 lb. feeder steers and
300600 lb. feeder heifers;
moderate attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice, few prime 300400 lb.
73.75-79.25, few 80.0087.00;
400500 lb. 72.0077.50; 500600
lb. 65.0070.00, load 520 lb.
73.50; 600700 lb. 63.0065.50;
700800 lb. 61.0065.50; 800900
lb. part load
KENNEDY FOR MILK AND TYPE
Sleepy-Hollow KENNEDY 1599964 81 TPI
PDT +1.14 58%R 7/78 TQ GM 4/78 +3lO
PDM +107871 %R 7/78 PQ PD%-.19 PD$ +7l PDF +lO
Hilltop Apollo Ivanhoe
Emerald Vale Kennedy Terri
42 Daus. av. 17.796 M 3.42% 608 F 33 herds
cont. av. 17.026 M 612
6% incomplete 11% R.I.P. Records
18 Daus. av. 81.1 sc 81.5 AA6I%ABA
18 Daus. av. 81.1 81.5 61%
5 Dams av. 81.6 80.9 60%
OW American Breeders, De Forest, Wi.
What more can we say? KENNEDY'S Vol. 2 HFA sire summary says it all for us. Tail, good ud
dered cattle that so far show no weakness in descriptive type traits codings.
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the Genetic Mating Service Program (GMS). ;
FIBS
fleshy 948 lb. at 55.60; mixed
good and choice 300500 lb.
64.50-71.00; 500-600 lb.
63.25-64.75; 600-800 lb.
58.75-61.50; small lot 887 lb.
at 56.60; few good 475-610 lb.
holstem steers 54.50-56.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice, few prime 300-500 lb.
60.00- part load 349 lb.
67.00; 500600 lb. 58.5060.75;
600-750 lb. 56.50-58.50; mixed
good and choice 300-500 lb.
57.50-62.00; 500-650 lb.
55.00- good 300-500 lb'.
50.25- 500-750 lb.
50.25-
For The Week: Compared
to late last week, feeder cat
tle and calves under 550 lb.
50 cents to 1.00 higher, offer
ings over 550 lb. generally
steady; cows closed mostly
1.00 higher; late samed utih-
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ty and commercial 2-3
36.75-42.25; cutter 1-3
35.00-37.00; bulls closed 50
cents to 1.00 higher late sales
YGIIOOO-1600 lb. 44.0049.00;
Salable receipts near 24,500
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head compared to 27,805
head last week and 24,395 die
comparable week a year
ago. Cows and bulls near 14
per cent cattle receipts.
Market courtesy of USDA.
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