Livestock market
St. Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards'
January 4,l979
Receipts- this week 3,600:
fcek ago 3,900; Year ago
,71
fOO. Compared to the
•evious ' weeks close,
aughter steers mostly J. 50,
tstance's . 2.00 higher,
aughterfifcifers mostly 1.50
'her. to mostly
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SERVICE-
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4.00 higher. Bulls 2.00-3.00
higher. Slaughter supply
mainly choice and mixed
choise and prime 24 1000-
1200 lb. steers. Around 35 per
cent heifers and 10 per cent
cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed choice and prime 24
1050-1250 lbs. 56.50-57.50,
closing 57.00-58.00. Scattered
lots 3-4 1125-1200 lbs. 56.50
late. Choice 24 950-1275 lbs.
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55.00- closing 55.50- 54.50. Good 2-3 700-950 lbs.
57.00._ Mixed Good and" 49.0CW2.50.
Choice 2-4 900-1175 lbs. COWS: Utility and com
-54.0- Good 2-3 900-1150 mercial 2-4 44.00-50,00,
lbs. 52.50-54.50. Standard to closing 46.00-50.00. Boning
good 2-3 1050-1325 lb. utility 1-2 48.0CW1.00, closing
holsteins 50.00-54.00. week sales 50.00-51.00. Cutter
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed choice and prime 24
875-1050 lbs. 55.50-56.00,
mostly closing sales 55.75-
56.00. Scattered lots 3-4, few
s’s 1025-1150 lbs. 54.50-55.00.
Choice 2-4 800-1050 lbs. 54.00-
55.75, closing sales mostly
54.50-55.50. Mixed good and
choice 2-3 700-975 lbs. 52.00-
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LOOKING FOR
Higher Milk Production
Better Udder Quality
Less Mastitis
More Profits
1-2 42.00-49.00, closing 44.00-
49.00. Canner and low cutter
1-2 39.00-44.00, closing 41.00-
44.00.
BULL S: Yield grade 1-2
10,50-1900 lbs. 50.00-56.00,
closing 51.00-56.00. Yield
grade 1 1400-1800 lbs. 57.00-
57.50, lot nine head about
1150 lbs. 59.00 on Thursday.
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FEEDERS: (Including
around 900 at the regular
Thursday auction.) Feeder
steers 2.00-4.00 higher.
Feeder heifers 1.00-3.00
higher. Demand continued
good for moderate supply.
Receipts mainly choice and
mixed good and choice 400-
700 lb. steers, and 350-600 lb.
heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:
Choice 350-500 lbs. 84.25-
88.00; 500-600 lbs. 71.75-78.50;
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| OF THE ABOVE FARM
SHOW DISPLAYS.
600-700 lbs. 65.50-71.75;
scattered lots 825-1000 lbs.
59.00-61.25. Mixed Good and
Choice 325450 lbs. 78.50-
84.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Choice 300400 lbs. 67.00-
72.00; 400-500 lbs. 65.00-70.75;
Few lots 600-725 lbs. 58.25-
63.50. Mixed good and choice
and few lots choice compact
475-600 lbs. 58.50-63.00.
Several lots good and
choice stock cows 50.00-55.00.
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