—Lancaster Famine, Saturday, April 28,1979
12
Livestock market an
Belknap
Auction
Dayton, Pa.
April 25,1979
CATTLE 114. Compared
with the market two week’s
ago: Couple Choice
slaughter steers 72.75 and
74.25, few Good 67.75-72.50,
few Standard 64.00-67.50.
Few Choice slaughter
heifers 67.75-73.25, couple
Good 64.50 and 66.00, few
Standard 58.50-64.00. Utility
and Commercial slaughter
cows 56.00-61.25, one at 64.00,
Cutters 53.00-57.00, Canner
and Low Cutters 47.25-53.25,
Shells down to 39.00. Couple
Choice slaughter bullocks
73.50 and 74.75, few Good
67.75-70.25. Yield Grade No.
1, individual’s 1350 and 1680
lbs. slaughter bulls 70.25 and
74.25. Few Good and Choice
600-750 lbs. feeder steers
72.00- Medium and
Good 400585 lbs. feeder
heifers 66.00-83.00, one at
88.00. Good and Choice 400-
675 lbs. feeder bulls 81.00
93.00.
CALVES 93. Few Choice
vealers 110.00-113.b0, Good
90.00- Standard and
Good 85-100 lbs. 80.00-98.00,
few Utility 6050 lbs. 39.00
50.00. Farm Calves:
Holstein bulls 95-130 lbs.
100.00- one Holstein
heifer at 115 lbs. 170.00.
HOGS 384. US No. 1-2 210
235 lbs. barrows and gilts
47.00- No. 1-5 205-260
lbs. 45.00-47.00, No. 2-3 225-
270 lbs. 43.00-45.00. US No. 1-3
270-565'lbs. sows 41.00-43.75.
Boars 30.00-37.50.
FEEDER PIGS 125. US
No. 1-2 25-35 lbs. feeder pigs
38.00-46.00 per head, one lot
1-2,50 lbs. 48.00 per head, No.
1-3 25-35 lbs. 36.0059.00 per
head.
SHEEP 3. Couple Choice
97 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs at 81.00.
St. Louis
Cattle
National Stockyards
April 26,1979
Receipts this week 6,400:
week ago 7,500: year ago
7,900.
Compared to last weeks
close, slaughter steers
unevenly .50-1.50 lower, most
decline on average choice to
prime. Slaughter heifers
11.50-2.00 lower. Cows 1.00
2.00 lower. Bulls mostly 1.00
higher. Slaughter supply
mainly choice 24 1000-1200
lb. steers, around 40 percent
heifers and 15 percent cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed choice and prime 24
1050-1275 lbs. 75.50-76.50,
closing 75.50-76.00. Choice 24
950-1275 lbs. 74.00-76.00,
closing week sales 74.00
75.50. Mixed good and choice
24 900-1200 lbs. 73,00-75.50.
Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs. 70.00
73.50. Standard to good, few
choice 2-3 1050-1325 lb.
holsteins 66.00-71.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed choice and prime 24
875-1050 lbs. 73.00-75.00,
closing sales 73.00-73.50.
Choice 24 800-1050 lbs. 71.50
74.00, closing 71.50-73.00.
Mixed good and choice 2-3
700-975 lbs. 69.00-72.50. Good
2-3 700-950 lbs. 67.00-70.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 2-4 54.00-59.00,
closing 54.00-58.00. Boning
utility 1-2 58.00-61.00, closing
sales 58.00-60.00. Cutter 1-2
52.00- closing 52.00
57.00. Canner and low cutter
1-2 47.00-53.00, closing sales
47.00-
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1050-1800 lbs. 64.00-72.00.
Yield grade 1 1350-2300 lbs.
72.0-73.00.
FEEDERS: (Including
around 2,500 at the regular
Thursday auction.) Feeder
steers very uneven, choice
500-600 lbs. firm to 4.00
higher, other weights and
grades unevenly 2.004.00
lower. Feeder heifers 1.00
5.00 lower. Supply mainly
choice and mixed good and
choice 300-700 lb. steers and
300600 lb. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Lot
high choice and prime 517
lbs. 123.00. Choice 260400
lbs. 105.00126.00, mostly
110.00119.00; 400500 lbs.
104.00119.00; 500600 lbs.
92.50113.50, mostly 98.50
107.75; 600700 lbs. 83.25-
92.50; 700800 lbs. 80.25-85.50.
Mixed good and choice and
some choice compact 350-500
lbs. 90.00102.00; 500-600 lbs.
80.5089.50. Several lots good
and choice 450-525 lb.
holsteins 85.00-92.00; 600875
lbs. 72.25-78.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
d
auction news
Choice 275-400 lbs. 94.50-
98.50; 400-500 1b5.'84.50-94.50;
500-600 lbs. 79.00-89.75; 600-
750 lbs. 73.00-83.00. Mixed
good and choice and some,
choice compact 300-500 lbs.
81.00-92.00.
Pew lot good stock cows
62.00-66.25. Lot good stock
calf pairs 662.50 per pair.
Omaha
Cattle
April 26,1979
Through midweek, prices
on slaughter steers were
1.25-2.00 lower. Heifers’were
2.00- lower. Late supplies
were insufficient to reflect
the effects of an improved
carcass trade. Cows closed
2.00- lower, bulls firm to'
1.00 higher. Fleshy two-way
feeder steers were 1.00-1.50
lower.
Pour day receipts 13,400
last week, 11,300, a year ago
16,400.
The fed cattle trade
followed an erratic pattern
as prices declined for the
first time in four weeks. The
steer trade was a two-way
affair throughout the week
as the large share of choice
2-4 1050-1200 lbs. suitable to
meet contract futures
specifications were taken by
commodity buyers.
Slaughter buyers were
generally bearish in
reflection of the unfavorable
cut-out ratio, and several
chose to further reduce the
rate of slaughter rather than
compete aggressively -for
numbers during such an
unsettled period. Feeder
buyers were still com
petitive for two-way steers
suitable for a short term in
the feedlot. Slaughter steers
made up approximately 44
pet and heifers 28 pet cows
comprised 11 pet and feeders
13 pet.
STEERS: Early, choice 2-
4 1050-1200 lbs. suitable for
futures contracts 77.00-78.00,
couple loads 78.50. At
midweek, these kinds 76.25-
77.00, load 1091 lbs. 77.25. On
slaughter account load
choice and prime 3-41394 lbs.
78.00 early. At midweek,
choice 2-4 1000-1275 lbs.
mainly 75.00-76.00, two loads
and part load choice and
prime 1196-1229 lbs. 77.00.
Mixed good and choice 2-3
1000-1250 lbs. 74.00-75.00.
Good 2-3 69.00-73.00.
Average of LS-214,
detailed quotations for
choice 900-1100 lb. steers this
week 75.95; choice 1100-1300
lbs, 76.05. Average weight
steers tills week 1142 lbs. as
compared 1158 lbs. the
previous week. Average
weight heifers this week 983
lbs. as compared 983 lbs. the
previous week.
HEIFERS: Early, several
loads choice and prime 3-4
1007-1146 lbs. 74.75-75.00. At
midweek two loads and part
load same grade 994-1037 lbs.
73.75-74.00, few head 74,50.
Choice 2-4 900-1075 lbs. 72.00-
73.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 26 875-1025 lbs. 71.00-
72.50. Good 2-3 66.00-71.00.
COWS: Utility and com
mercial 2-4 57.00-60.00.
Cutter 54.00-57.00. Canner
and low-cutter 51.00-55.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1400-2200 lbs.
64.00-70.00, few individual 1
high-dressing 71.00-75.00.
FEEDERS: Choice -925-
1035 lbs. 74.50-75.50, load 894
lbs. 76.00. Load good and
choice 971 lbs. 73.50.
Thomasville
Market
Thomasville, Pa.'
Wednesday, April 25
Cattle, 155 head. Steers,'
prime 74.85-76.00; choice
72.00- good 68.00-71.00;
Holstein steers, good 67.00-
70.00; standard 63.00-65.00;
Heifers: prime 74.85-75.35;
choice 70.00-72.00; good
64.00- Cows: utility and
high cutter slaughter 60.10-
62.50; cutters 56.00-58.00;
canners 52.00-55.00;
bullocks, 72.75-74.00; Bulls:
yield grade 1 76.75-77.50;
standard 65.25-68.75; Calves,
46 head, choice 116.00-123.00;
good 113.00-115.00; standard
and good; 80 to 90 lbs. 85.00-
95.00;- Holstein bull calves,
100 to 120 lbs. 111.00-117.00;
Holstein heifer calves 100 to
135 pounds 135.00-142.00;
Hogs: 251 head; US 1 to 3,
- private treaty, 200-230 lbs.
44.50; sows U. S. 1-8 200-230
lbs. 39.0041.00; boars, 300
lbs. 38.0089.10. -