At— lancasttr Farming, Saturday, January 12,1980 Livestock market and auction news Oklahoma City Thursday, January 10 Estimated receipts 8100. Same day last week 3384. Fairly active. Feeder cat tle and calves fully steady. Majority receipts medium frame 1 and 1-2 400-850 lb. feeder steers and 400-700 lbs. feeder heifers. Good buyer attendance. FEEDER STEERS: Medium frame 1 lot 275 114.00; few lots 345-375 lb. 104.00- 400-500 lb. 92.25-100.00, lot 402 lb. 101.00; 500-600 lb. 83.00-92.00, lot 514 lb. 93.50; 600-700 lb. 79.00- lot 640 lb. 83.60; 700-800 lb. 76.25-80.50; 800-850 lb. 75.00-75.60, lot 847 lb. fleshy 73.00. Large frame 1 lot 470 lb. 92.50; lot 630 lb. 82.00; lot 760 lb. 77.80; lot 836 lb. 72.70. Medium frame 1-2 400-500 lb. 84.00-91.50; 500-600 lb. 77.25-83.00, lot 575 lb. fleshy 75.75; lot 667 lb. 79.00. Large frame 1-2 package 378 lb. 86.50; 600-700 lb. 75.75- 700-800 lb. 72.00- lot 830 lb. 69.10; lot 1090 lb. 63.75. Large frame 2 few 650-900 lb. 66.00- Large frame 2 holsteins package 1107 lb. 58.50. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium frame 1 350-400 lb. 79.50- 400-500 lb. 73.00- few lots 420-430 lb. 83.00-83.50; 500-600 lb. 71.75- lot 522 lb. 76.00; 600-700 lb. 69.50-73.75 ; 700-725 lb. 67.0088.00, part load 759 fleshv 65.10. Large frame 1 400-500 lb. 73.75-79.00; few 600-625 lb. 70.75-72.75; package 797 lb. 65.75. Medium frame 1-2 300-400 lb. 75.25-80.75; 400-500 lb. 69.00- 500-650 lb. 66.50- few 750800 lb. 64.50- Medium frame 2 few 390-410 68.00-70.50; package 596 lb. 64.75. For the week: Feeder steers under 600 lb. 1.00-3.00 higher, offerings over 600 lb. weak to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady. Slaughter cows 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Late sales of utility and com mercial 24 slaughter cows 43.25-47.25; lot cutter 1-3 46.00. Yield grade 1-2 1300-1525 lb. slaughter bulls 63.75-68.50; 1100-1200 lb. 61.25-64.25. Salable receipts this week near 24,000 head compared to 5855 head last weeks holiday shortened trading period and 8457 head one year ago. Feeder cows and bulls near 7 percent. Dewart Auction Monday, January 7 CATTLE 194. Few Choice slaughter steers 67.10-72.00, Good 63 50-66.50, few Standard 62 85-64.85. In dividual Good slaughter heifer at 59 00 Utility and Commercial slaughter cows 49 50-54 50, couple to 55.60, Cutters 50.50-54 00, Canner and Low Cutters 45 75-51.00. Couple Good slaughter bullocks 66 75 and 68 25 Few Yield Grade No 1, 1250-1700 lbs slaughter bulls 61.75- 66 10 Lot Large Frame *l, 650-750 lbs feeder steers at 67 50 Lot Medium Frame #2, 500 lbs feeder heifers at 64 00 CALVES 223 Few Choice vealers 96 00-112 00, few Good 85 00-95 00, Standard and Good 90-110 lbs 76 00- 88 00, 70-85 lbs 66 00-78 00, Utility 50-90 lbs 50 00-65 00 Farm Calves: Holstein bulls 90-125 lbs. 78.00-100.00. HOGS 548. US No. 1-2 200- 230 lbs. barrows & gilts 41.00- 41.90, No. 1-3 195-250 lbs. 39.90-41.20, No. 2-3 215-280 lbs. 36.50-38,50, No. 1-3 160- 185 lbs. 38.00-39.00. US No. 1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 25.50-33.00. Boars 24.50-30.00. FEEDER PIGS 153. US No. 1-3 15-20 lbs. feeder pigs 8.50-11.00 per head, No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 10.00-18.00, No. 1-3 40-70 lbs. 22.00-26.50 per head. SHEEP 24. Choice 75-105 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 61.50-68.00. Peoria Cattle Thursday, January 10 51 weekly cattle sum mary: Receipts this week; 5200. Last week: 3800. Year ago: 6100. Compared with last week’s close, slaughter steers and heifers closed steady to weak. Cows 1.50-3.00 lower. Bulls steady. Receipts about 65 per cent slaughter steers 25 per cent slaughter slaughter heifers, balance mamly_cows. With reduced heifer receipts some heifer buyers forced to purchase steers to meet slaughter re quirements. Nearly doubles as prices take sharp drop. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice & prime 3-4 1150-1250 lbs. 67.00-67.50; load 1200 lbs. 68.50; few 4-5 64.0065.00 choice 2-4 1000-1225 lbs. 66.50-68.00, several loads 68.2568.50, load 69.00; mixed good & choice 2-4 900-1300 lbs. 65.5066.50; good 2-3 62.0065.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice & prime 3-4 900-1125 lbs. 66.0066.50; four loads 67.00; choice 2-4 850-1075 lbs. 65.00-66.00; mixed good & choice 800-1100 lbs. 64.00- good 2-3 61.00- COWS: Utility and com mercial 1-3 44.00-47.00; cut ter 1-2 40.00-44.00; canner 37.0040.00. BULLS: Yield grade 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 53.00-58.50; few yield grade 1 60.00, high yielding individual 2000 lbs. 63.00. Belleville Auction Wednesday, January 9 Market reported hogs steady - cows lower. DAIRY COWS: 510.00- 1620.00 per head. STEERS: Standard to Good 57.50-63.85. HEIFERS; Good to Choice 57.50-66.75 FEEDERSTEERS: Sta ndard to Good 65.00-76.00 BULLS: 53.50-64 00. COWS: Commercial, a few 52 50-55.50; Good to Standard 49.00-52.50; Utility 47.50- 49 00; Cutters 45 0048.00; Canners down to 37.75. CALVES High to Choice 96 00-112 50; Good to Choice 88 00-96.00, Standard to Good 72 50-87 00. BULL CALVES 85 00- 105 00 HEIFER CALVES 142 50- 206 90 HOGS 35 2541 00 FEEDER PIGS 15-25 lbs 5.00-12.00 per head; 20-45 lbs 12 50-25 00 p Q r head SOWS. 26 00-33.00 BOARS 21 00-27.00 LAMBS 55.00-69-00. SHEEP: Ewes 31 00-32 00 Lancaster Weekly (Continued from Page A 2) Choice Grade 2 900-1050 lbs, 70.50- few head 73.00- 73.75; Choice 2-3 850-1050 lbs. 65.00-68.50, few head 3-^ 58.50- Good 2-3 57.25- 64.00. COWS: Utility and Commercial 1-2 49.25-51.50 with sales early part of week reaching 54.00-55.50, Com mercial 3-4 45.00-49.50, Cutter 1-2 45.00-49.00 with some early sales 52.50-54,00, Canner and low Cutter 42.00- 46.76. BULLOCKS: Choice 1000- 1350 lbs. 67.00-70.00 around 15 head 1200-1450 lbs. 71.00- 73.85; Good 1000-1350 lbs. 62.00- BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1300-1800 lbs. 65.00-69.75, few 70.00- Yield Grade 2 1000-1350 lbs. 60.00-64.50, few 57.60. VEAL CALVES: Choice and Prime vealers steady to weak; high Good and low Choice 60-110 lbs. 4.00-8.00 lower. Demand good for holstein heifers returned to farm, only fair for holstein bulls. VEALERS: Prime 240-320 lbs. 115.00-120.00, couple 122.00- choice 130-300 lbs. 98.00-110.00, few 110.00- 115.00; high Good and low Choice 140-250 lbs. 78.00- 96.00, 120-150 lbs. 72.00-85.00, 90-115 lbs. 60.00-75.00, 60-90 lbs. 51.00-65.00. RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk 90-125 lbs. holstein bulls 80.00- few 95-115 lbs. holstein heifers 130.00-175.00 with around 50 head 175.00- 198 00. Western Maryland Stockyards, Inc. Jaunary 8 BUTCHER CATTLE; Fat steers No choice offered, Good $65.00-67.75, Standard 60.00- Heifers Good to 59 50, Cows large run mostly steady to 50 cents higher' Good Cows 15 hd. 52.00-54.50, Standard & Utility 49.50-52.00, Canners 47.00- Shelly 47.00 down, Bulls Good run prices higher several 1500-1800 lb. 63.75-65.10, bulk 900-1600 lb. 58.00- BUTCHER HOGS: Large run $l.OO higher! Top hogs 39.35, Bulk 200-230 lb. 38.50-39.10, 230-260 lb. 38.00- 39,000, 270-300 lb. 35.00-36.00, Heavy weights to 32.00, Sows 400-600 lb. $26.00-32.00, Boars 350-600 lb. 24.50-25.75. VEAL CALVES: Very ac tive! Prices Higher! Tops, To $123.00, Good Choice 110.00- Standard 100.00- Light calves 72.00- Weak & Rough 72.00 down. CALVES RETURNED TO FARM: Holstein heifers 85-115 lb. $95.00-155.00, Hols tein bulls 95-120 lb. 100.00- few 90-105 lb. 85.00- LAMBS: Few offered, Good & Choice to 69.50. STOCK CATTLE: Light run mostly holstems offered. Stock steers few 350-550 lb. 71.00- Holstems 350-950 lb. 60.00-70.00, Stock Heifers few 300-500 lb. 60.00-70.00, Holstems 700-800 lb. 60.00- Stock Bulls Ip 4IMAHA c lAN. 14-20, 1980 Cold backs down, sun's in town. Stick to those New Year s resolutions Prohibition began Jan 16 1920 New moon'jan 17 Average length ot days for the week 9 hours, 29 minutes Scott at South Pole Jan 18 1912 Sixtv below in Idaho this week in 1943 Pentagon building completed Jan 15 '943 A shade business ne\er yields a sunny life Ask the Old Farmer- Have \ou ever heard of the li ouor Perrv mentioned m this poetic quote Nor let the be forgot/ Delicious liquor never sour/Butlers ma\ strive but match it not/With all the wines in Pharaoh s tower 7 H C Atlanta II s fiui y infer Tin mum umnm Irani Hu aldlnmh a'ho'•pit ltd it a* hist tlut/ivdd not knowing much Lm;lnli ami lallul it yen Home Hints A piece nt eharcoal m \our toolbox will help prevent tools from becoming rustv OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS New England- Ramv and mild at start, then sunnv and seasonal with possible rain tor w-eekend Greater New York-New Jersey: Weeks beginning is ram then mild and sunny mid-week through weekend brings rain Middle'Atlantic Coastal Sunnv and warm then rain north, at start, showers mid-w'eek, and warming by week's end Piedmont & Southeast Coastal Beginning of week brings rain cool, then showers, turning warm for weekend (All Rights Reserved Yankee Inc Dublin N H 03444) 400-600 1b.60.00-65.00, 600-800 lb. 56.00-60.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: Light pigs lower 50 lb. up higher. By the head 10-30 5.00- 30-60 lb. 15.00- By the lb. 13 hd. 55 lb. at 52.00, 70-95 lb. 36.00- Stock Boars 200-300 lb. 24.00-27.00, Bred gilts by the head 70.00-115.00. THE OLD S> A
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