Livestock market and auction news
Joliet
Cattle
Thursday, April 24
Report supplied by USDA
CATTLE: Friday through
Wednesday’s salable
receipts 4,000; 3 days last
week 3,844; same period a
year ago 3,906. Trading slow
on Monday, moderate on
Wednesday. Slaughter
steers ended the week steady
to mostly 50 higher. Heifers
ended the week steady. Cows
ended the week 3.00 lower
SLAUGHTER STEERS:
Mixed high Choice and
Prime 3-41100-1300 lbs. 63.00-
63.75 Monday; 64.00-64.50
Wednesday. Choice 2-4 1050-
1300 lbs. 62.25-64.00; 1 load
64.25 Monday; 63.00-64.50, 1
load 64.75 Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1000-
1250 lbs. 61.0062.00 Monday;
62.00-63.00 Wednesday.
Newßidomil
need effective control of
two worst diseases, then ask
ler about new Ridomil.® But
oon. Because there simply
,h Ridomil available this
try season.
is, Ridomil gives you
excellent control of black
ihank in flue-cured tobacco
nd blue mold in all tobacco.
Just one preplant
rporated treatment of
idomil before bed formation
and transplanting destroys
fungi in your soil. After
lanting, Ridomil works
ucally inside your
o to protect against
e attack all season long.
. be tank-mixed with
contact nematiddes/insectiddes to give you the control
and application flexibility you need.
So this season, put new Ridomil into your tobacco.
And keep black shank and blue mold fungus out.
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Contact:
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SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Mixed Choice and Prime 3-4
950-1150' lbs. 62.50-63.00
Monday; 62.5064.00 Wed
nesday. Choice 2-4 900-1125
lbs. 61.50-62.50 Monday;
62.50 Wednesday. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 800-1000
lbs. 60.50-61.50 Monday;
61.0062.50 Wednesday.
COWS: Utility & Com
mercial 45,0048.00 Monday;
46.00-48.00 Wednesday 45.00-
47.00 Thursday.
Middleburg
Auction
Tuesday, April 22
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 239. Compared
with last week’s market:
Choice slaughter steers
60.0064.35, Good 58.0062.75,
Standard 55.00-58.00. Choice
slaughter heifers 60.0062.50,
Good 58.0060.00, Standard
52.0058.00, Utility 48.00
For Outstanding Control
of Blue Mold in Tobacco
52.00. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 48.0053.00,
Cutters 46.0048.00, Canner &
Low Cutters 42.0046.00,
Shells down to 40.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 57.00
62.00, Good 55.0057.00. Yield
Grade No. 1, slaughter bulls
60.0064.50, few 70.10.
CALVES 106. Prime
vealers 105.00112.00, Choice
95.00102.00, Standard and
Good 90110 lbs. 75.0095.00,
7090 lbs. 60.0075.00. Farm
Calves; Holstein bulls 90115
lbs. 76.0092.00; Hoi. heifers
100150 lbs. 120.00182.50.
HOGS 863. US No. 1-2 200
235 lbs. barrows and gdts
31.0032.35, No. 1-3 190250
lbs. 30.0031.00, No. 2-3 200
270 lbs. 27.0030.00. US No. 1-3
350680 lbs. sows 23.0028.50.
Boars 250270 lbs. 21.0024.50.
FEEDER PIGS 225. US
No. 1-3 1020 lbs. feeder pigs
10.0015.00 per head. No. 1-3
20-40 lbs. 15.0023.50, Utility
CIBA-GEIGV
Ciba-Geigy, Ag. Div, Box 11422, Greensboro, NC 27409
4050 lbs 23.5027.00 per
head.
SHEEP 15. Good 75-90 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs
52.0059.00.
Valley
Livestocks
Valley Stockyards
Athens,Pa.
Monday, April 21
Report supplied by auction
Reported receipts of 374
calves, 101 cows, 22 heifers,
21 bulls, 0 steers, 149 hogs, 0
lambs, 9 sheep. Cattle
market reported active, calf
market reported stronger.
Holstein Heifer Calves to
175.00; Veal Calves to 114.00;
Bobs, 90-110 lbs. 75.00-100.00;
Bobs, 80 and down lbs. 65.00
and down; Grassers &
Feeders 55.00-75.00; Lambs
none; Sheep to 32.00; Hogs,
200-250 lbs. 26.50-32.00; Sows
22.00-26.00; Boars 20.00-
24.00; Pigs 6.00-20.00;
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 26,1980—A13
Heifers 44.0056.00; Steers no
good steers; Steers, feeder
50.0065.00; Bulls 55.0061.75;
Cows, utility 50.0052.75;
Cows, fat 46.0048.00; Cows,
medium 43.00-45.00; Cows,
poor or small 38.00-42.00;
Horses to 365.00; Pomes to
85.00; Goats to 45.00.
Belleville
Auction
Wednesday, April 23
Report supplied by PDA
C/TTLE 132. Compared
with last week’s market,
slaughter cows 50 cental
higher. Few Good slaughter
steers 55.60-58.25, few
53.85-55.10. Couple
Standard slaughter heifers
54.00 and 56.00. Utility and
Commercial slaughter cows
46.50-51.00, couple to 52.60,
Cutters 46.00-50.00, Canner
and Low Cutters 43.50-46.00.
Yield Grade No. 1, 900-1885
lbs. slaughter bulls 57.35-
61.60. Few Large Frame #l,
500-650 lbs. feeder steers
55.00-
CALVES 130. Vealers
grading Standard and Low
Good $5 higher. Few Choice
vealers —100.00-108 00, few
Good 75.00-101.00, Standard
and Good 70-95 lbs. 60.00-
71.00, Farm Calves: Holstein
bulls 85-125 lbs. 68.00-122.50,
mostly 75.00-115.00; few
Holstein heifers 90-250 lbs.
92.00-
HOGS 256. Barrows and
gilts $2.25-$2.75 higher. US
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New Providence, Pa. 17560 717-786-7351
No. 1-2 200-250 lbs. barrows
and gUts 30.75-31.35, No. 1-3
195-250 lbs. 28.75-30.00, few
lots No. 2-3 260-270 lbs. 25.00-
26.00. US No. 1-3 290-540 lbs.
sows 23.50-28.50, few No. 2-3
300-500 lbs. 20.50-25.00. Few
Boars 21.75-27.50.
FEEDER PIGS 360. US
No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs
10.50-16.00 per head, No. 1-3
35-50 lbs. 13.00-20.00, No. 1-3
50-90 lbs. 20.00-27.00 per
head.
SHEEP 25. Few Choice 25-
35 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 89.00-101.00, 65-90 lbs.
73.00-79.00. Few Slaughter
ewes 20.00-36.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Saturday, April 19
Report supplied by auction
STOCKER, FEEDER,
AND SLAUGHTER CAT
TLE; Good Light Steer
Calves 80.00-85.00; Medium
75.00- Plain 70.00 and
down; Good Heavy Steers
68.00- Medium 63.00-
68.00; Plain 58.00 and down;
Holstein Steers 48.50-58.00;
Good Light Heifer Calves
70.00- Medium 65.00-
70.00; Plain 60.00-65.00; Good
Heavy Heifers 54.00-58.00;
Medium 50.00-54.00; Plain
45.00- Slaughter Cows
45.00- Utilities 40.00-
45.00; Canners & Cutters
44.50 and down; Milk & Stock
Cows 590.00 and down; Stock
Bulls 49.75-66.00.
CALVES: Veal Calves
94.00 and down; Baby Calves
167.50 and down.
SHEEP & LAMBS: Choice
Blue O 68.00; Good Red O
63.00; Slaughter Ewes 20.00
and down; Stock Ewes 72.50
and down.
HOGS: T0p28.70; Medium
26.20; Light 21.75; Sows
20.50-28.50; Boars 20.75.
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