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—Uaortf Fanning, Saturday, October 21,1978
Livestock market an
St. Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards
October 2C, 1978
Receipts this week 5,700
Week ago 6,200
Year ago 7,600
Compared to last weeks
close, slaughter steers
.50-1.00 lower. Slaughter
heifers weak to 1.00 lower,
closing mostly .50-1.00
lower. Cows .50 to mostly
1.00 lower. Bulls steady.
Slaughter supply near .50
per cent slaughter steers,
hilly 25 per cent heifers and
about 20 per cent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed choice and prime 24
1000-1200 lbs. 54.25-55.00, load
2-31185 lbs. 55.50 on Monday.
Choice 24 950-1200 lbs. most
ly 53.50-54.50, few late sales
53.00- Mixed good and
choice 2-3 950-1200 lbs.
52.00- bulk 52.50-53.50.
Good 2-3 900-1200 lbs.
49.50-52.50. Few lots good 2-3
1000-1200 lb. holsteins
49.00- small lot stan
dard and good 2-3 1200 lb.
holsteins 48.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed choice and prime 24
900-1050 lbs. 52.50-53.50,
mostly 52.50-53.00 after Mon
day. Choice 24 800-1000 lbs.
51.00- Mixed good and
choice 2-3 700-950 lbs.
49.5051.50. Good 2-3 700-950
lbs. 46.0049.50.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 24 37.0040.00. Bon
ing utility 1-2 40.0041.00, few
head early 41.5042.00. Cutter
1-2 35.5069.00. Canner and
low cutter 32.0065.50.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1000-1600 lbs. 43.00-48.00.
Few yield grade 1 1300-1600
lbs. 49.0050.00.
FEEDERS: Including
around 2,000 at the regular
feeder auction. Feeder
steers and heifers unevenly
steady to 2.00 lower. De
mand good. Overall quality
continued attractive with
choice 400-600 lb. steers and
choice 400-700 lb. heifers
predominating.
FEEDER STEERS;
Choice 375-500 lbs.
66.50- 500-600 lbs.
65.00- couple lots high
choice thin 500-510 lbs.
71.00- few lots 670600
lbs. §8.25-62.25; 800-950 lbs.
53.50- Mixed good and
choice 375-575 lbs.
62.5065.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 375-500 lbs.
58.00- ; 500600 lbs.
55.0060.25 ; 600-700 lbs.
52.0055.00. Mixed good and
choice 325-500 lbs.
52.0057.00.
Oklahoma
Cattle
October 26,1978
Thursday feeder cattle
auction.
Estimated receipts 7,500
Same day last week 9,905
Moderately active, feeder
cattle and calves steady to
1.00 lower; majority receipts
Choice 300-750 lbs. feeder
steers and 300-600 lbs. feeder 1
heifers; moderate at
tendance of buyers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice, few Prime 300-400
lbs. 70.25-77.25; 400500 lbs.
66.00-74.00, mostly 68.00-
69.50; 500500 lbs. 63.0065.00;
600700 lbs. 59.0063.50; 700
800 lbs. 57.75-60.25; few 800
900 lbs. 56.5058.25; mixed
Good and Choice 300-500 lbs.
63.5056.75; 500500 lbs. 59.50
63.75; 600750 lbs. 57.0058.00;
660910 lbs. 54.7555.25; Good
500700 lbs. 52.7556.75; small
lot 726 lbs. 54.05; package 315
lbs. at 60.50; few Good 500
600 lbs. holstein steers 54.50
57.75; package 758 lbs. at
47.60.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice, few Prime 300500
lbs. 57.50-61.75; 500600 lbs.
56,0057.75; few 600700 lbs.
54.7557.50; mixed Good and
Choice 300500 lbs. 54.00
57.00; 500600 lbs. 54.5055.75;
two part loads 620-630 lbs.
52.5552.75; Good 300500 lbs.
50.0053.75; 500650 lbs. 48.00
51.75.
FOR THE WEEK:
Compared to late last week,
feeder cattle and calves
under pressure, feeder
calyes under 500 lbs. 2.00-3.00
lower, feeder cattle over 500
lbs. 1.002.00 lower, instances
3,00 lower; slaughter cows
closed 50 cents to 1.00 higher,
late sales Utility and
Commercial 2-3 37.00-42.75,
high dressing heiferetts at
43.80; Cutter 1-3 34.0038.75;
bulls closed 1.002.00 higher;
late sales YG 1-2 10001775
lbs. 41.0051.90; salable
receipts near 22,800 head,
d
auction news
compared to 29,183 head last
week and 24,304 head the
same week a year ago. Cows
and bulls near 14 percent of
cattle receipts, feeders near
86 percent of the total.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Special
Market
Special Feeder Calf
And Yearling Sale
October 20,1978
Winchester, Va.
There were 1380 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
300500 lbs. 70.00-78.00; 500-
700 lbs. 68.00-77.50; 700500
lbs. 59.0054.00; 800-1000 lbs.
51.5058.25; Good 300500 lbs.
73.00-78.00; 500-700 lbs. 63.50-
78.50; 700500 lbs. 52.5054.00;
800-1000 lbs. 52.50-58.00;
Medium 300500 lbs. 65.00-
72.00; 500-700 lbs. 51.0055.50;
700500 lbs. 52.5059.00; 800-
1000 lbs. 50.0054.00; Com
mon 500-700 lbs. 61.00; 700-
900 lbs. 45.0048.00; Short All
weights 52.0057.00.
HEIFERS: Choice &
Fancy 300500 lbs. 53.00-
60.00; 500500 lbs. 52.0050.00;'
600-700 lbs. 52.0056.50; Good
300500 lbs. 55.0059.00; 500-
600 lbs. 55.5050.00; 600-700
lbs. 53.0050.50; Medium 300-
500 lbs. 51.0053.00; 500500
lbs. 48.0054.00; 600-700 lbs.
45.0053.00; Short All weights
46.00.
Special
Market
October 19,1978
Special Yearling
Steer Sale
Galax, Va. -
There were 907 head sold.
All steers were graded by
Representatives of the
VDAC’s Division of Markets,
Livestock Section on VDACS
standards and sold by the
hundredweight.
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