Livestock market on
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St. Louis
Cattle „
October 19,1978
Receipts this week
Week ago
Year ago
Compared last weeks
dose, slaughter steers .SO
LDO lower. Slaughter heifers
mostly .50 lower. Cbws .50 to
6,500
mostly 1.00 lower. Bulls
•steady. Slaughter supply
near .50 percent slaughter
steers, 25 percent heifers,
about 20 percent cows.
5,800
8,000
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
1100-12501b5, 55.00-55.50, load
2-31110 lbs. 55.75 on Monday.
Choice 24 950-1200 lbs. 54.00
55.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 950-1150 lbs. 53.00
54.00. Good 2-3 900-1150 lbs.
50.0043.00. Few lots Good
and Choice 2-3 1300-1350 lbs.
holsteins 50.00. Few
dard and Good 2-3 1050-1200
lbs. holsteins 48.0049.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 24
850-1025 lbs. 53.00-53.50, part
load about 950 lbs. 54.00 on
Monday. Choice 24 900-1000
lbs. 52.0053.00;- 800900 lbs.
51.00-52.00. Mixed Good and
Choict 2-3 750975 lbs. 49.50
51.50. Good 23 700900 lbs.
46.5049.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 24 38.0042.00,
late sales 38.0041.00. Boning
utility 1-2 late mostly 41.00-
auction news
42.00, some 42.5043.50 early.
Cutter 1-2 36.5040.50, mostly
36.5040.00 late. Canner and
low Cutter 1-2 33.5037,00.
Few thin 600700 lbs. canners
32.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
10001700 lbs. 43.0048.00.
Few yield grade 1 15001600
lbs. 48.5049.00, with couple
outstanding yield grade 1
15001800 lbs. individuals
50.00.
FEEDERS: Including
around 2,400 at Thursday’s
auction. Feeder steers and
heifers uneven, generally
steady, instances 1.00 lower
on feeder steers weighing
over 700 lbs. Demand good.
Overall quality the best of
the season with a portion of
the supply feeder calves
entered in the special show.
Choice 400600 lbs. steers and
300-500 lbs. heifers
predominated the supply.
FEEDER STEERS:
Couple lots Choice and
Prime 375460 lbs. 75.00-
76.00; scatter lots 500-575 lbs.
69.75-72.00. Choice 350-500
Lancaster Farming, Satunuy, October 21,1978
lbs. 67.0072.50; 500600 lbs. nesday 50 lower. Small cow
65.7069.70; 650725 lbs. 62.50 receipts with prices very
66.00; few lots 900975 lbs. uneven, mostly 1.001.50
53.00-55.00. Mixed Good and lower. Bulls steady. Heifer
Choice 375600 lbs. 62.25- supply about 35 and cows
67.00; 600650 lbs. 61.0062.50. only near 5.
Few lots Standard and Good . SLAUGHTER STEERS:
635-770 lbs. holsteins 50.50 Wednesday, Choice 24,1050
52.75. 1175 lbs. 54.5056.00; Mon-
FEEDER HEIFERS: Lot
Choice and Prime 420 lbs.
64.00. Choice 300-500 lbs.
59.5063.00; few lots 650675
lbs. 54.75-58.00. Mixed Good
and Choice 400-600 lbs. 54.00
58.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Peoria
Livestock
October 19,1978'
Estimated cattle receipts
this week 4000; receipts last
week 4675; and 5111 a year
ago.
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter Steers and
Heifers opened the week
lower and regained part of
the decline on Wednesday;
both classes through Wed
day, 54.5055.50. Mixed
Choice & Prime 34,1175-1250
lbs. 54.5055.50. Choice 3,950
1050 lbs. 54.0055.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 24,9501150
lbs. 53.5054.50. Good 2-3,950
1150 lbs. 50.0053.50, some
yield grade 2, 1400 lb.
Holsteins47.So. ,
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 34,
9001025 lbs. 53.5054.50;
Monday, mostly 54.50.
Wednesday, some 4-5, 1000
1100 lbs. 51.5052.50. Choice 2-
4, 9001025 lbs. 53.0054.50; 3,
800900 lbs. 52.5053.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 24,850-1000
lbs. 50.50-53.00. Good 47.50
50.50.
COWS: Utility' and
Commercial 1-3, 38.0040.50,
few high dressing utility on
Monday 42.00-43.00. Cutter 1-
2, 34.00-39.00. Canner 33.00
35.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2,
1100-1800 lbs. 42.0048.00,
some yield grade 1,1500-2200
lbs. 49.0050.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Special
Market
Special Feeder
Calf Sale
October 13,1978
Monterey, Va.
There were 1980 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 & Fancy
405-500 lbs. 76.50-77.50; 505
600 lbs. 76.25-78.75; 605-700
lbs. 66.75-68.00; Good 300400
lbs. 77.50-80.75; 405500 lbs.
77.00-80.25; 505600 lbs. 77.50
78.00; Medium 405500 lbs.
69.2571.25.
HEIFERS: Choice &
Fancy 405500 lbs. 59.50
66.75; 505600 lbs. 62.0052.50;
Good 300400 lbs. 55.0060.50;
405500 lbs. 61.0062.25; 505
600 lbs. 57.5061.25; Medium
405500 lbs. 52.5053.00.
Special
Market
October 11,1978
Special Feeder
Calf Sale
Dublin, Va.
There were 1341 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 400-500
lbs. 75.50-76.25; 505400 lbs.
72.00-72.50; 605-700 lbs. 67.50;
Good 300400 lbs. 73.0074.50;
405-500 lbs. 70.5071.00; 505-
600 lbs. 69.5070.50; 605-700
lbs. 65.0067.00; Medium 300
400 lbs. 70.0071.50; 405-500
lbs. 66.5071.50; 505-600 lbs.
66.5067.00; Short 400500 lbs.
£7.75-58.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 400500
lbs. 59.5063.75; 505-600 lbs.
52.0058.50; Good 300400 lbs.
55.0058.00; 405500 lbs. 57.25-
58.50; 505600 lbs. 57.0057.25;
Medium 300400 lbs. 51.00
56.75; 405500 lbs. 47.7550.00;
505-600 lbs. 49.5050.25; Short
400500 lbs. 45.00.
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