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Leesport
Auction
Leesport, Pa.
November 15,1978
CATTLE 266. Supply in
cluded 33 head feeder cattle.
Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market, slaughter
steers steady. Slaughter
cows 50 cents to $1.50 higher
Couple High Choice & Prime
1350 and 1450 lbs. slaughter
steers 56.00 and 56.10, Choice
950-1225 lbs. 53.75-55.50, good
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52.00-54.00, standard 46.50-
52.35. Choice 900-1000 lbs.
slaughter heifers 50.75-53.10,
few good 49.35-52.00, few
standard 43.0046.00. Utility
& commercial slaughter
cows 42.0045.35, one at 46.60,
cutters 40.0043.25, canner &
low cutter 38.0040.00. Few
good & choice slaughter
bullucks 52.75-55.85, few
standard 47.7549.75 Few
yield grade HI 1100-1730 lbs.
slaughter bulls 48.75-50.00:
few yield grade u 2 940-1100
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k market and
lbs. 44.5047.75. Few good
750-875 lbs. feeder steers
48.50-59.00; few good &
choice 335-650 lbs. feeder
heifers 50.00-53.25; few good
& choice 700-750 lbs. feeder
bulls 47.50-50.50, few
medium 480-980 lbs. 44.50-
47.50.
CALVES 100. Vealers $3 to
$7 lower. One Prime vealer
at 91.50, few choice 82.00-
89.00, few good 78.00-82.00,
standard & good 110-130 lbs.
72.00-80.00, 90-110 lbs. 70.00-
72.00, 7085 lbs. 65.00-70.50.
Farm calves, holstem bulls
100-115 lbs. 77.00-86.00; few
holstem heifers 90-135 lbs.
70.00-140.00.
HOGS 282. Barrows & gilts
25 cents to 75 cents lower. US
No. 1-2 218-230 lbs. barrows &
gilts 50.00-50.70, No. 1-3 200-
260 lbs. 49.00-50.25, few No. 2-
3 260-290 lbs. 47.10-48.75, one
lot No. 1-3175 lbs. 44.50. Sows
$1 to $1.50 lower. US No. 1-3
300-520 lbs. sows 44.0046.75,
No. 2-3 400-600 lbs. 39.00-
43.00. Boars 34.00-36.00, bght
weights 36.0041.50.
FEEDER PIGS 189. US
No. 1-3 15-30 lbs. feeder pigs
106.00- cwt., 2 lots
138.00- few No. 1-3 35-
45 lbs. 97.00-107.00, few
Utility 2545 lbs. 80.00f18.00
cwt.
SHEEP 42. Choice 90-120
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
55.00- one small lot
69.00, few good 65-80 lbs.
50.00- few utility 75-85
lbs. 40.00-45.00. Few
slaughter ewes 20.00-23.00.
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Oklahoma
Cattle
November 16,1978
Thursday feeder cattle
auction and weekly sum
mary.
Estimated receipts 4500
Same day last week 7056
Fairly active, feeder cattle
and calves generally steady
with the weeks advance of
1.00-2.00; majority receipts
choice and mixed good and
choice 300-750 lb. feeder
steers and 300-650 lb. feeder
heifers; demand very good
for all weights and grades;
moderate attendance
buyers; salable supplies
curtailed compared to
recent weeks due to in
clement weather and
general rams and snow in
the marketing area.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice, few prime, 300400
lb. 76.00-84.00; 400-500 lb
70.00-80.50, largely 71.00-
79.00; 500-600 lb. 67.50-75.25;
600-700 lb. 63.25-67.00; 700-800
lb. 61.50-63.75; few 800-908 lb.
moderate to very fleshy
steers 57.50-62.00; mixed
good and choice 300-500 lb.
60.25- mostly 65.00-
72.00; 500-600 lb. 64.5066.00;
600-750 lb. 60.0064.00; few
good 380460 lb. 58.5062.75;
small lot good 436 lb. holstein
steers at 57.90 and few good
675-825 lb. holstein steers
51.50-54.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice, few prime, 300400
lb. 62.75-67.00; 400-500 lb.
61.25- part load 430 lb.
at 69.10; 500600 lb. 57.00-
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63.00; 600-700 lb. 55.50-59.00;
few 700-735 lb. 54.0056.50;
mixed good and choice 300-
500 lb. 55.25-61.50; 500-705 lb.
51.00-
FOR THE WEEK:
Compared to late last week.
Feeder cattle and calves
1.00- higher, full advance
on thin offerings suitable to
go on wheat pasture;
slaughter cows closed steady
to weak with some sales .25-
.50 cents lower on canner
and cutter offerings; late
sales utility and commercial
2-3 38.2543.90; cutter 1-3
37 5040.00 and few canner
and low cutter 31.25-35.75;
bulls generally steady, YGI
- 1000-1700 lb. 44.00-50.50, one
at 52.00; salable receipts
near 15,600 head compared!
to 18,078 last week and 34,040)
the comparable week a year
ago. Cows and bulls near 20
per cent of the supplies and
50 per cent of the cows were
tested to go back to the
country; feeders 80 per cent
of the total.
Novemberl6,l97B
Friday through Wed
nesday salable receipts 6400;
5 days last week 7808; same
period last year 7314.
Trading moderately active
for the week. Slaughter
steers closed the week 50 to
1.00 higher than Wednesday
of last week. Slaughter
heifers 25 to 75 higher. Cows
were steady to 50 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Joliet
Cattle
Mixed High Choice and,
Prime 3-41150-1350 lbs. 54.00-
54.75 Monday, 54.25-55.00
Wednesday. Choice 241050-
1250 lbs. 53.00-54.25. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1000-
1200 lbs. 51.50-53.00 Monday,
52.00-53.00 Wednesday. Load
of Choice holstems 1350 lbs.
50.25. Few mixed Standard
and Good Holsteins 1200-1300
lbs. 47.5048.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 34
900-1100 lbs. 52.00-52.50
Monday, 52.25-52.75 Wed
nesday. Choice 24 900-1050
lbs. 51.00-52.00 Monday,
51.25-52.25 Wednesday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
800-1000 lbs. 49.50-51.00
Monday, 50.00-51.25 Wed
nesday. COWS: Utility and
Commercial 1-3 40.0042.50.
Market courtesy of USDA.
New Holland
Horse
New Holland Sales Stables
Monday, November 13,1978
Reported receipts of 440
head of horses, mules, and
ponies. Market steady with
last week’s market.
Load of driving out of lowa
460-770; load of driving out of
Illinois 430-710; local driving
horses 200-725; riding horses
225-350; better horses 375-
750; lightweight killers 225-
325; heavyweight killers 350-
550; mare ponies 15-55; colts
10-20; geldings 15-50; larger
pomes 75-200.
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