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Lancaster
Weekly
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69.50-72.25; Good 1000-1250
lbs. 62.00-65.55.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1
1300-1800 lbs. 64.50-69.10,
around 35 head in one lot
1300-1700 lbs. 69.75-74.85,
mainly 72.50-74.00; Yield
Grade 2 1000-1350 lbs. 60.00-
64.50, few 850-1050 lbs. 55.00-
60.00.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers
firm to 5.00 higher with Good
and low Choice 60-110 lbs.
fully 10.00 higher although
the bulk of these calves sold
for return to farm.
VEALERS: Prune 180-320
lbs. 120.00-135.00, few 136.00-
139.00; Choice 150-300 lbs.
104.00- few 124.00-
126.00; high Good and low
Choice 120-240 lbs. 85.00-
110.00, 90-115 lbs. 74.00-88.00,
60-85 lbs. 60.00-75.00.
RETURNED TO FARM:
Bulk 95-125 lbs. holstem
heifers 155,00-210.00, several
210.00- 80-100 lbs.
mainly 90.00-120.00 with few
150.00- bulk 95-120 lbs.
holstem bulls 135.00-155.00,
few 155.00-160.00, 85-100 lbs.
90.00-
Omaha
Cattle
Thursday, January 31
Midweek prices on
slaughter steers and heifers
were mostly 1.00 lower,
instances 1.25 off on steers.
Cows were 50-1.00 higher and
bulls firm.
Receipts this week: 15,100,
Last Week: 10,300, Year
Ago: 12,000.
Closing prices ,on
slaughter steers were firm to
25 higher, instances 50
higher. Heifers were 50
higher, instances 75 higher.
Cows surged 2.00-3.00 higher,
bulls firm to 1.00 higher.
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The fed cattle trade
followed a more stable
course than most recent
weeks. Prices edged
cautiously upward under a
generally good demand by
most buying interests
despite only limited early
support from carcass
trading. Yield grade con
tinued to be a major price
determining factor with best
inquiry for Choice 3 steers
producing a 600-800 lbs.
carcass. Heifers were in
good demand as carcass
pnces were virtually the
same as carcass steer
prices. Local marketings
were moderately expanded
over the previous week, but
were quite well distributed
over the trading period. The
run mcluded a fairly liberal
percentage Choice steers
and heifers although many
consignments were mixed 3-
4 yield grade and some
carried a rather heavy
coating of mud. Slaughter
steers made up ap
proximately 45 percent of
the week’s total and heifers
33 percent, cows comprised
15 percent and feeders 5
percent.
STEERS: On Monday,
load Choice 3 1188 lbs. and
load Choice and Prime 3-4
1193 lbs. 66.50. At midweek,
load Choice 3 1144 lbs. 66.25,
few loads Choice and Prime
3-4 1196-1225 lbs.
Choice 2-4 1000-1275 lbs.
64.50- some
predominately 4 or carrying
heavy coatmg of mud 63.00-
64.00, load 1400 lbs. 62.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
1000-1250 lbs. 64.00-64.75,
occasionally 65.00. Good 2-3
60.00-64.00. Good and Choice
2-3 1200-1350 lbs. holstems
59.50-
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for Choice 900-
1100 lbs.-steers with week
65.62; Choice 1100-1300 lbs.
65.25. Average weight steers
AGWAY
with week 1188' lbs. as
compared 1174 lbs. last
week. Average weight
heifers this week 1025 lbs. as
compared 1026 lbs. last
week.
HEIFERS; Part load
Choice 3 1020 lbs. 65.25.
Moderate volume Choice
and Prune 3-4 1000-1100 lbs.
64.50-65.00. Choice 2-4 900-
1125 lbs. 63.00-64.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 875-1050
lbs. 62.50-63.50. Good 2-3
59.0062.00.
COWS: Utility and
Commercial 2-4 49.00-51.50,
few 52.00. Cutter 47.00-50.00.
Canner and Low-Cutter
44.0047.50.
BULLS: 1-2 1300-2100 lbs.
56.0061.00, individual 162.00-
63.00.
St. Louis
Cattle
Thursday, January 31
Weekly Cattle Review
Receipts This Week 3,900
Week Ago 4,500
Year Ago 3,900
As compared to the
previous weeks close,
slaughter steers 1.00-1.50
higher. Slaughter heifers
2.00-2.50 higher. Cows mostly
3.00 higher. Bulls fully 1.00-
2.00 higher. Slaughter supply
mainly Choice and Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4
slaughter steers, around 35
percent heifers and 15
percent cows.
NOTE: A reduction in the
supply of yield grade 3-5
steers and heifers was ap
parent this week.
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1050-1275 lbs. 65.50-66.75,
closing 66.00-66.75; 3-4 1200-
1325 lbs. 63.50-64.00; part
load 3-5 1300 lbs. 60.00.
Choice 2-4 950-1275 lbs. 64.00-
66.00, closing 64.50-66.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-4
900-1200 lbs. 63.00-64.50. Good
2-3 900-1150 lbs. 61.50-63.50.
Standard to Good 2-3 1075-
1350 lbs Holsteins 57 00-
61.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
875-1050' lbs. 64.50-65.50,
Closing 65.00-65.50, load at
65.75. Choice 2-4 800-1050 lbs.
63.00- closing sales
63 50-65.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-4 700-975 lbs. 62.00-
63.50. Good 2-3 700-950 lbs.
60.00-
COWS: Closing sale utility
and commercial 2-4 47.00-
52 00. Boning Utility 1-2
52.00-53.00. Cutter 47.00-
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L Robert Frame - Mgr.
50.00. Canner and Low cutter
1-243.0047.00.
BULLS: Yield grade 1-2
1100-1900 lbs. 56.00-01.50,
closing 57.0061.50. Yield
Grade 1 14502000 lbs. 61.00
63.00. Individual outstanding
yield grade 12250 lbs. 65.00.
FEEDERS: (Including
around 500 at the regular
Thursday auction.) Light
supply feeder steers and
heifers' 2.00-4.00 higher.
Reduced receipts apparently
the result of adverse
weather and road conditions
throughout much of the
marketing area.
FEEDER STEERS;
Medium Frame 1: Lot 250
lbs. 99.00; couple lots 350-400
lbs. 95.25-97.50; 400450 lbs.
85.00- 525-575 lbs. 85.00-
86.75; couple lots 665-675 lbs.
77.00- lot 900 lbs. 70.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS:
Medium Frame 1: Lot 288
lbs. 85.00; 350-500 lbs. 75.74-
80.25; Couple lots 500-550 lbs.
75.50-76.00; 600-650 lbs. 66.75-
72.75. Large Frame 1; Lot
835 lbs. 66.25.
STOCK COWS; Couple lots
medium frame 1-2 865-940 lb.
medium-aged 56.00-58.25.
Belleville
Auction
Wednesday, January 30
CATTLE 85. Compared with
last Wednesday’s market;
few Standard slaughter
steers 58.50-63.60. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows
52.00- one at 60.25,
Cutters 51.75-55.75, few
Canner & Low Cutter 48.75-
52.00, Shells down to 43.50.
Few Yield Grade #ll2BO-1940
lbs. slaughter bulls 61.00-
66.25.
CALVES 149. Few Choice
vealers 114.00-124.00, few
Good 95.00-102.00, Standard
& Good 70-105 lbs. 83.00-94.00.
Farm calves, holstem bulls
90-130 lbs. 100.00-161.00,
mostly 130.00-155.00; few
holstem heifers 90-150 lbs
162.50-230.00.
HOGS 306. US No. 1-2 200-
240 lbs. barrows & gilts 39.35-
40.60, No. 1-3 200-265 lbs.
37.75-39.35, one lot No. 2-3 280
lbs. at 36.00. US No. 1-3 300-
600 lbs. sows 28.00-32.25, 250-
350 lbs. 35.0-38.25. Boars
24.00-
FEEDER PIGS 319. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
10.00- per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 13.00-21.50, Utility
40-70 lbs. 8.50-11.00 per head.
SHEEP 16. Few Choice 90-
100 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 67.0069.00, few Good
80-100 lbs. 60.0066.00. Few
Slaughter ewes 30.00-44.00.
Western Maryland
Market
Tuesday, January 29
BUTCHER CATTLE: Fat
Steers prices higher, Good
Low Choice 63.00-68.00,
Standard 58.0063.00, Heifers
Low Choice to $65.00, Cows
large run 2.00-4.00 higher!
Good Cows 54.00-56.50,
Standard & Utility 51.00-
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FEB. 4-10, 1980
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Review your household budget now . Patty Hearst kidnapped
Feb 4,1974 Last Quarter of the moon Feb. 9 Average length
of days for the week, 10 hours, 15 minutes (sundial time this
month differs from clock time by only one minute) Shoe ration
ing began Feb 7,1943 Smooth runs the water where the brook
is deep
Ask the Old Farmer; This year is a Leap
Year What is the meaning of the term’
GP, Ottumwa, lowa,
Leap Year comes upon us every fourth year It
is not, as many suppose, somehow connected
with the fact that unattached females may pro
pose to males at this time It is so called because
the added day (Feb 29) makes every day after it
"leap over" the day of the week in which it
would come in common years
Home Hints. If you want to have comfortably fit
ting shoes, buy them in the afternoon when the
muscles of your teet have spread
OLD FARMER'S WEATHER FORECASTS
New England: Snow, sleet on coast, to start the week, then clear
and very cold through week's end
Greater New York-New Jersey: Ram, turning cold through mid
dle of week, rest of week clear and cold, possible snow for
weekend
Middle Atlantic Coastal: Cloudy and cold to start, with ram east
and snow west, then continued cloudy and cold, snow, for
weekend
Piedmont & Southeast Coastal: Cloudy and rainy, cold, to begin,
then general cold wave, frost inland, and ram northeast by
weekend
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54.00, Canners 48.00-51.00,
Shelly 48.00 down, Bulls few
offered, Top 1745 lb. at 68.00
bulk 1000-1300 lb. 56.00-60.00.
BUTCHER HOG .50 lower.
TopHOGS37.BS, Bulk 200-225
lb. 37.35-37.75, 235-260 lb.
37.00-37.85, 170-190 lb. 31.00-
35.00, Boars 400-600 lb. to
24.85, Sows 450-700 lb. 28.00-
32.50.
VEAL CALVES: Active
10.00-20.00 higher! Tops to
137.00, Good-Choice 115.00-
137.00, Standard 95.00-110.00;
Light Calves 80.00-92.00;
Weak & Rough 80.00 down.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM; Holstein heifers 95-
120 lb. few 160.00-230.00,
Holstem bulls 95-120 lb.
mostly 130.00-156.00,85-95 lb.
90.00-125.00.
LAMBS: Few offered,
Good to 67.00.
STOCK CATTLE: Steady
prices. Stock steers 350-650
lb. 70.00-89.50, 650-900 lb.
62.00-70.00; Stock heifers 350-
600 lb. 55.00-71.00; Stock
bulls 350600 lb. 60.00-80.00.
PIGS & SHOATS: Lots of
Heavy Shoats offered. By the
head 15-30 lb. 5.00-12.00,30-50
lb. 13.00-20.00. By the lb. 100-
1501 b. 23.00-33.00.
Chambersburg
Auction
Thursday, January 31
CATTLE 305. Compared
with last Thursday market,
si. bulls few Choice 1000-1100
lbs. si. steers 68.00-71.00;
Good 64.0066.00, couple
67.50; Standard 60.0064.00;
few Choice si. heifers 64.50-
70.75; few Good 60. 7 564.50;
si. cows Utility & Com
mercial 55.00-58.35, few
59.25; Cutters 53.00-57.50;
Canners 49.5063.00; Shells
down to 47.25. Choice si.
bullocks few Good 64.85-
65.75, few Standard 62.75-
65.00. Yield Grade No. 11200-
2100 lbs. si. bulls 60.0068 25,
one at 69.00.
THE OLD
FEEDER CATTLE; Few
Large Frame No. 2 Good 300-
600 lbs. heifers 70.50-95.00.
CALVES 454. Supply in
cluded 85% returned to
farm. Few Prune vealers
127.00-134.00; Choice 109.00-
130.00, few Good 98.00-108.00.
Standard 70-KKTlbs. 87.00-
93.00; Utility 60-100 lbs. 70.00-
80.00.
FARM -GALVES: Hoi.
bulls 85-130 lbs. ilo.oo-175.00,
mostly 135.00-165.00. Hoi.
heifers 90-180 lbs. 130.00-
240.00, mostly 185.00-225.00.
HOGS 93. Barrows and
gUts 1 lot No. 1-3 175 lbs.
34.00, No. 2-3 240-260 lbs.
37.85-38.00, No. 1-3 200-245
lbs. 38.60-39.35. SOWS US No.
1-3 275-575 lbs. sows 28.75-
34.00. Few BOARS 23.75-
25.75.
FEEDER PIGS 12. 1 lot
US No. 1-3 60 lbs. feeder pigs
23.50.
SHEEP 3. Wooled si.
lambs not enough of any one
grade to establish market.
Belknap
Auction
Wednesday, January 30
CATTLE 107. Compared
with last Wednesday’s
market, slaughter cows $4 to
$5 higher. Good to Low
Choice slaughter steers
60.75-65.50. Few Good
slaughter heifers 59.50-61.00,
few Standard 51.75-55.25.
Utility _ & Commercial
slaughter cows 54.00-60.00,
Cutters 50.00-55.00, Caxmer &
Low Cutters 45.00-50.00,
Shells down to 40.00. One
Choice slaughter bullock at
67.25, few Standard 56.00-
57.25. Few Yield Grade #1
1300-2115 lbs. slaughter bulls
61.00-66.50, one at 73.50.
CALVES 81. Vealers
grading Standard fully $lO
higher. One Prune vealer at
127.60, couple Choice 112.00
and 119.00, couple Good 97.00
and 100.00, Standard & Good
90-120 lbs. 85.00-95.00, 65-85
lbs. 68.50-86.00. Farm calves
very active, holstem bulls 95-
130 lbs. 109.00-145.00.
HOGS 288. Barrows & gilts
$1 to $2 higher. US No. 1-2
210-240 lbs. barrows & gilts
41.5042.00, No. 1-3 200-260
lbs. 40.0041.50, No. 2-3 200-
260 lbs 38.00-39.50. Sows
weak to 50 cents lower. US
No. 1-3 330-540 lbs. sows
32 50-35 00, few No. 2-3 315-
540 lbs 25 00-29.25. Boars
22 00-25 75.
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