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Cattle
National Stockyards
Novembers, 1978
Receipts this week 4,300;
week ago 3,400: year ago
6,100.
Compared to the previous
weeks close, slaughter
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steers and heifers .50 to
mostly 1.00 lower. Cows and
bulls firm to .50 higher.
Slaughter supply mainly
choice 2-4 1000-1200 lbs.
steers, around 30 percent
heifers, and 15 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS-
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1050-1250 lbs. 53.00-53.50, load
Monday 53.75. Choice 24 975-
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1275 lbs. 52.00-53.50, mostly
52.00- Mixed Good and
Choice 2-4 900-1200 lbs. 51.00=
52.50. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs.
49.00- Standard to Good
2-3 1050-1250 lbs. holsteins
47.5049.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prune 2-4
875-1050 lbs. 51.50-52.00,
couple loads 3-51030-1145 lbs.
50.25 and 51.00. Choice 2-4
800-1050 lbs. 50.00-51.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
700-975 lbs. 48.50-50.00. Good
2-3 700-950 lbs. 45.00-48.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 37.5041.00.
Boning Utility 1-2 41.00-42.00,
few 42.50. Cutter 1-2 36.50-
40.00. Canner and low Cutter
1-233.00-36.50.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2
1000-1750 lbs. 43.0048.50.
Yield Grade 1 1450-1800 lbs.
49.00-50.00, part load 1300 lbs.
at 50.50
FEEDERS: (Including
around 2,100 at regular
Thursday auction. Feeder
Steers steady to 2.00 higher,
advance mainly on Choice
thin weighing under 500 lbs.
Feeder Heifers steady to 1.00
higher. Demand continues
good. Supply mainly Choice
and mixed Good and Choice
400-650 lbs. steers and 300-600
lbs. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 300-500 lbs. 68.25-
75.00; 500-600 lbs. 65.00-70.25;
600650 lbs. 63.50-66.25; 700-
800 lbs. 59.5065.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 63.00-67.00;
500-600 lbs. 62.00-63.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300-500 lbs. 58.00
60.75; 500-660 lbs. 55.0059.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 375-
600 lbs. 52.00-56.25.
STOCK COWS; Couple lots
Good and Choice 41.0044.25.
PAIRS: Load and Choice
stock cows and calf pairs
457.50 per pair.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Omaha
Cattle
November 9,1978
Compared with previous
week’s close - closing prices
on slaughter steers were 25-
50 cents lower, many Choice
34 at full decline. Heifers
closed 25-50 cents lower than
late previous midweek or 50-
75 cents off early Wednesday
trade. Cows were mostly
steady and bulls fully
steady.
Four day receipts 13,700 as
compared 13,900 previous
week and 15,400 a year ago.
For the third successive
week, pnces on slaughter
steers and heifers were
forced downward as
stagnated conditions con
tinued to dominate carcass
trading. Most interests were
m need of cattle for im
mediate slaughter
requirements and while the
day-to-day declines were not
severe, the downward
pressure was persistent until
midweek; on Wednesday,
steers regamed a small
portion of the early down
turn in a forced trade on
small supplies. Yield grade
was often a major price
determining factor as the
overall finish of the steer and
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SO. VINTAGE RD.
PARADISE, PA 17562
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 11,1978
auction news
heifer supply was attractive,
but many consignments
were mixed 34 yield grade
over the past few weeks, the
average weight of steers and
heifers has increased some
20-25 lbs. per head. There
was some mild interest for
two-way feeder steers, but
most of the supply carried
too much finish for
profitable further feeding.
Steers made up ap
proximately 37 pet and
heifers 36 pet. Cows com
prised 9 pet and feeders 16
pet.
STEERS: Early load
Choice with few Prime 31071
lbs. 54.25. At mid-week, load
Choice and Prune 34 1166
lbs. and load Choice 3 1220
lbs. 53.50, load 1057 lbs. 53.25.
Choice 24 975-1350 lbs.
closed 52.25-53.25. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 975-1250
lbs. 51.25-52.00. Good 2-3
47.00-51.00. Standard and
Good 2-3 46.0046.50.
Average of LS-214, detailed
quotations, for Choice 900-
1100 lbs. steers this week
52.65; Choice 1100-1300 lbs.
52.75. Average weight steers
first three days 1162 lbs. as
compared 1167 lbs. previous
week. Average weight
heifers first three days 1018
lbs. as compared 1006 lbs.
previous week.
HEIFERS: Two loads
high-Choice and Prime 3-4
985 lbs. 52.50 early. At
midweek, two loads Choice 3
1122 lbs. 52.25, three loads
Choice and Prime 34 998-
1036 lbs. 51.75-52.00. Choice 2-
4 875-1050 lbs. 50.25-51.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
850-1050 lbs. 49.00-50.50. Good
2-346.50-48.50.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 24 38.50-40.50,
few individuals 41.00. Cutter
37.00- Canner and low-
Cutter 35.00-37.50.
BULLS: 1-2 1400-2000 lbs.
45.00- individual 151.00-
52.00.
Market courtesy of USDA.
Carlisle
Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
November 7,1978
CATTLE; Steers Choice
52.00-53.75; Good 48.75-51.50;
Standard 44.5047.00. Cows:
Utility & Commercial 42.35-
43.60, Ind. 47.10; Cutter 38.60-
42.00; Canner & Low Cutter
30.25-37.00; Bulls Yield
Grade No. 147.5049.75.
CALVES: Prime 80.50-
93.00 Choice 72.50-81.00;
G00d65.00-74.00; Standard &
Good 110-130 lbs. 60.00-71.00;
90-110 lbs. 55.00-64.00;
Holstein Heifers 103.00-
130.00.
HOGS: US No. 1-2 49.50-
52.10; US No. 1-3 47.75-49.75;
Sows US No. 1-3 43.50-47.50.
FEEDER PIGS US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. 24.00-32.50 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 34.00-
44.50.
SHEEP: Good 56.50-57.00,
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