Livestock market an
Des Moines
Carlot
September 27, 1978
Compared to Tuesday’s
close: Beef trade closing
slow; demand moderate to
light. Choice steer beef
steady-1.00 higher; Choice
heifer beef 1.00 higher; Good
1.75 higher. Cow beef steady,
instances 1.00 lower on
Utility breaking, Choice
primal fores steady-1.00
lower. Heifer rounds steady
-1.00 lower than Monday.
Sales reported on 38 loads of -
carcass beef.
STEER BEEF
9 Loads
3 600-900 lbs. 81.00-
*fe.oo, steady-1.00 hgr. in
cluding packer/packer at
82.00.
HEIFER BEEF
24 Loads
Choice 3 500-700 lbs. 78.75-
79.75, 1.00 higher mostly
79.75; Choice 3 400-500 lbs,
77.25; Choice 2 550-700 lbs.
79.75; Good 2-3 500-700 lbs,
73.251.75 higher.
COW BEEF
S Loads
Utility (BRKG) (NRTHN)
3-4 450 & up lbs. 69.50 1.00
lower utility (BNG) 2-3 400 &
up lbs. 76.00 steady.
PRIMAL BEEF CUTS
Choices
15% Loads
Fores 130-210 lbs. 70.50-
72.00 steady-1.00 lower; Arm
chucks 75-120 lbs. 68.50;
Rounds (steer) 65-95 lbs.
93.50; rounds (Heifer) 60-85
BB.OO-89.00 steady-1.00
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lower than Monday.; Arm
backs 100-150 lbs. 80.00.
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BEEF/BEEF TRIMMINGS
23 Loads
85 pet. chem. lean frozen
101.50; 75 pet. chem. lean
frozen 86.00-87.00 steady; 75
pet. chem lean fresh 85.50; 50
pet. chem lean frozen 56.00;
50 pet chem. lean fresh 48.00-
52.001.00-2.00 lower.
Compared to Tuesday’s
close: fresh pork cut trade
slow; demand light. Limited
product offerings reported.
Fresh pork loins steady-1.50
higher. Boston Butts steady
firm. bellies 16-25 lbs.
steady-1.00 higher thaj*
Monday. Other items not
well established. Sales
reported on 57 loads of Pork
items.
FRESH PORK CUTS
LOINS; 14-17 lbs. 104.00-
104.50 steady-50 higher; 17-20
lbs. 100.00 1.50 higher; 20&
up lbs. 81.50 steady; 20 & up
lbs. 83.00 trimmed.
BOSTON BUTTS; 4-8 Ibs.-
79.00-79,25 steady-firm; 8 &
up lbs. 77.00-77.50 pt. loads.
SPARERIBS; 2-3 lbs. 89.75
frozen; 3-5 lbs. 74.00 frozen;
5 & up lbs. 44.25 frozen.
SKINNED HAMS: 17-20
lbs. 94.00 frozen.
BELLIES, SDLS: 10-12
lbs. 54.50, pt. load 55.00; 12-14
lbs. 62.00; 14-16 lbs. 62.00; 16-
18 lbs. 61.00; 18-20 lbs. 56.00-
57.00 50 higher 75-1.00 hgr.
than Monday stdy with
Mon.; 20-25 lbs. 56.50.
PORK TRIM: 50 pet. lean
51.50 fresh; 80- pet. lean
88.00; 72. pet. lean 92.00
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frozen.
OFFAL & VARIETY:
Stomachs 19.50 frozen;
Front feet 25.00 frozen
kidneys; 22.50-23.00 frozen;
tails 18.00-19.50 frozen;
livers 24.00-25.00 frozen (I|.
bx); ears 28.00; neck bones
26.50; snouts 27.00 frozen.
Market courtesy of USDA,
East Coast
Carlot
September 27,1978
Commitments light on
carcass beef, Choice 3 steers
generally steady. Prime
special fed veal generally
steady. Good and Choice
boning veal steady to 1.00
lower. Fresh pork loins
generally steady in limited
test spring lamb mostly
steady with early last week.
STEER BEEF
12 Loads
Choice 3 700-900 lbs. 8450-
8475; Choice 3 600-900 lbs.
8450-8-525 It. ystdy generally
steady; Choice 4 600-900 lbs.
few 7625 It. ystdy.; Good 3
600-900 lbs. few 7950 It. ystdy.
HEIFER BEEF '
2 Loads
Choice 3 500-700 lbs. 8225 It.
ystdy.
CHOICE 3 BEEF CUTS
10 Loads
Steer hinds 145-190 lbs.
9700-9800; Fores 130-210 lbs.
7400-7500; Arm chucks 90-130
lbs. 7200; Arm'backs 100-150
lbs. 8300; Rounds, steer 60-85
lbs. 9700.
VEAL CARCASS-
Hide On
Prime (Special Fed)
180-240 lbs. ltd. 16000
generally steady.
GOOD & CHOICE
BONING TYPE
Northeastern Suppliers:
65-75 lbs. ltd. 10800 all
steady; 55-64 lbs. ltd. 10600;
45-54 lbs. ltd. 10400; 35-44 lbs.
ltd. 10200; 34 lbs. down ltd.
10000.
Midwest and West Coast
suppliers: 70-60 lbs. 10800
10900 all steady to 1.00 lower;
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SPRING LAMB
CARCASS,
Choice & Prime 3-4
sLoads
Comp, to last week 55 lbs.
down 12300-12400 pt. Ids.
mostly steady. 60 lbs. down
11850-12100.
FRESH PORK CUTS
3 Loads
Loins 14-17 lbs. 10750
generally steady; Butts 4-8
lbs. 8350 load.
BEEF TRIMMINGS
5 Loads
50 Pet. chem. lean, fresh
5000.
Market Courtesy of USDA.
Martinsburg
Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
September 25,1978
CATTLE 244. Compared
with last Monday’s market;
Choice slaughter steers
55.00-57.00, Good 53.50-55.00,
Standard 50.00-52.00, Utility
46.5049.00, Choice slaughter
heifers 51.00-53.50, Good
48.50-51.00, Standard 47.00-
49.00, Utility 44.00-46.00.
Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 43.5046.50,
one at 48.00, Cutters 39.00-
42.00, Canner & Low Cutter
38.0042.00, Shells down to
34.00, Choice slaughter
bullocks 53.00-54.50, few
Good 49.00, Standard 45.00-
49.00. Yield Grade #1 1400-
j, 1800 lbs. slaughter bulls
49.50-52.50; yield grade #2
900-1400 lbs. 46.00-49.00.
CALVES 308. Choice
vealers 75.00-90.00, Good
73.00-85.00, Standard & Good
90-110 lbs. 69.00-74.00, 70-90
lbs. 64.00-69.00. Farm calves,
holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
70.09-86.00; holstein heifers
80-130 lbs. 68.00-116.00.
HOGS 224. US No. 1200-230
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auction news
lbs. barrows & gilts 52.75-
53.50, No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
50.50-51.00, No. 1-3 195-230
lbs. 48.50-50.00, No. 2-3 240
260 lbs. 47.00-50.00, No. 1-3
140-190 lbs. 40.00-45.00. US
No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows
42.0045.00, No. 2-3 300600
lbs. 38.50-42.00. Boars 30.00
36.00.
FEEDER PIGS 45. US No.
1-3 2035 lbs. feeder pigs
20.00-38.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 32.0050.00 per
head.
SHEEP 6. Choice 80100
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
54.0058.00.
Market coi Ttesy of PDA.
Dewart
Auction
CATTLE 140. Compared
with last Monday’s market,
slaughter steers grading
Good 75 cents to $1.50 higher.
Slaughter cows $1.50 to $2.50
higher. Few Choice 1000-1200
lbs. slaughter steers 53.00-
54.25, Good 50.0053.00, few
Standard 48.5049.00. Few
Choice slaughter heifers
46.60-51.00, few Good 47.50-
48.75. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 39.5044.50,
Cutters 39.0043.00, Canner &
Low Cutter 35.0040.10, shells
down to 32.00. One Choice
slaughter bullock at 54.10,
few Good 49.50-51.00. Few
Yield Grade #ll3OO-1600 lbs.
slaughter bulls 49.00-55.10
Few Good & Choice 600-850
lbs. feeder steers 49.25-58.00.
CALVES 139. Vealers
grading Standard & Good 70-
110 lbs. $4 to $9 higher.
Choice vealers 75.00-87.00,
few Good 70.00-75.00,
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs.
67.00- 70-85 lbs. 65.00-
68.00. Farm calves, holstein
bulls 90-120 lbs. 71.00-91.00;
holstein heifers 85-150 lbs.
78.00-
HOGS 295. Barrows & gilts
$1.50 to $2 higher. US No. 1-2
200-215 lbs. barrows & gilts
-52.90-53.60, No. 1-3 210-250
lbs. 52.30-53.30, few lots No.
2-3 260-275 lbs. 52.30-52.50. US
No. 1-3 300-500 lbs. sows
42.75-45.50, No. 2-3 400-725
lbs. 40.0042.25.
FEEDER PIGS 207. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
25.00-38.50 per head, No. 1-3
45-60 lbs. 41.0052.00, Utility
3050 lbs. 24.0033.00 per
head.
SHEEP 52. Choice 75-110
lbs. spring slaughter lambs
54.0060.00.
Market courtesy of PDA.
Baltimore
USDA
September 25
CATTLE 350: Limited
sales steers and heifers,
$l.OO higher, cows 50-1.00
higher, bulls firm to 50 cents
higher, feeders steady.
Supply 20% slaughter steers
and heifers, 30% feeders,
balance bulls.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
few Choie 34 1000-1090 lbs.
54.00-55.75.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
several Choice 2-3 950-1095
lbs. 52.75-53.00.
COWS: Utility 2-3 39.10-
44.10; few 44.3545.00; Cutter
37.00- Canner & low
Cutter33.2s-37.00.
BULLS: Y G 1-2 1020-1330
lbs. 44.50-50.00; few I’s 1405-
1595 lbs. 48.85-51.75.
FEEDER CATTLE:
Choice steers 375445 lbs.
63.75-67.50; package 595 lbs.
62.50; couple 800-900 lbs.
55.00- few Choice bulls
310-530 lbs. 57,00-64.50.
HOGS 600: Compared with
Wednesday Barrows & Gilts
75-1.00 higher.
US 1-2 200-240 lbs. 51.00-
51.25; 30 head 51.50. US 2-3
230-260 lbs. 50.00-51.00.
SOWS: 25-50 cents higher.
US 1-3 3004100 lbs. 41.0042.50.
VEAL & CALF AUCTION
100: Choice 130-245 lb.
vealers ’73.00-80.00; In
dividual 85.50; few Good &
low Choice 150-210 lbs. 61.00-
70.00; Good & Choice 70-110
lbs. 60.50-69.50; Choice
calves 265400 lbs. 61.50-
67.50; Good 53.50-59.50.
SHEEP AUCTION 65:
Choice spring lamb 78-114
lbs. 59.00-63.00.
Special
Market
Septembers!, 1978
Special Yearling
Steer Sale
Tazewell, Va
There were 367 head sold.
All steers were graded by
Representatives of the
VDACS’s DTvision of
Markets, Livestock Section
on VDACS standards and
sold by the hundredweight.
STEERS:
Choice 600-700 lbs. 66.00
66.25; 700-600 lbs. 61.0061.25;
800-1000 lbs. 50.00-56.75; 1000
& up 46.5048.25; Good 400
500 lbs. 60.7064,75; 500-700
lbs. 61.7065.50; 700800 lbs.
54.00- 800-1000 lbs.
50.00- ; Medium 400500
lbs. 62.0063.75; 500700 lbs.
54.25-60.25; 700800 lbs. 54.50;
8001000 lbs. 50.00-52.00;
Common 400500 lbs. 52.75-
55.50; 500700 lbs. 51.5055.75;
700800 lbs. 50.0053.00; 800
900 lbs. 50.00.
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