Livestock market and auction news
Keister’s Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, March 10
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 252. Compared with'
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers weak to $1 lower. Slaughter
cows uneven. Choice 24, 1075-1315
lbs. slaughter steers 60.10-61.35,
one at 63.85, individual Prime
Yield Grade #4, at 57.25, Good
56.60-60.85; Good & Choice
holsteins 55.00-59.86, Standard
52.10- few Utility 46.00-50.75.
Choice slaughter heifers 54.60
57.75, individual 60.25, few Yield
Grade #4&5, 50.35-52.85, few Good
53.00- Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 44.6045.85, few
48.00, Uow Dressing Utility 41.50
43.85, Cutters 41.2544.25, Canner &
Low Cutters 38.7541.25, Shells
down to 34.10. Individual Choice
slaughter bullock at 55.75, few
Good 55.85-59.25, few Standard
50.10- Yield Grade #l, 1080
1895 lbs slaughter bulls 53.50-58.50.
Few Medium Frame #l, 5-650 lbs.
feeder steers 65.50-70.50, few Large
§2, 315420 lbs. 56.50-65.50; few
Large #2, 290-575 lbs. feeder bulls
57.00-
CALVES 196. Prune vealers,
individual's 100.00 & 114, few
Choice 90.00-104, few Good 86.00-95,
Standard & Good 90-115 lbs. 60.00
70, few 80.00, 65-90 lbs. 53.00-60,
Utility 5085 lbs. 40.00-53.00. Farm
Calves: Hoi. Bulls 80-125 lbs. 70.00
90, few 96.00; Hoi. Heifers 80-155
lbs. 102.50-147.50.
HOGS 112. US No. 1-2 210-235 lbs.
barrows and gilts 41.85-42.25, lot
42.85, few No. 1-3 205-245 lbs. 41.25-
41.60. US No. 1-3 310475 lbs. sows
36.75-38.50, No. 2-3 310650 lbs.
34.25-37.50, Utility 260390 lbs. 25.00
33.25. Boars 30.0082.00. HOGS 903.
(3-9-81) Barrows and gilts 25 cents
-75 cents higher. US No. 1-2 210235
lbs. barrows and gilts 42.00-43.10,
No. 1-3 190250 lbs. 41.0042, No. 2-3
190270 lbs. 39.0041; US No. 1-3 325-
530 lbs. sows 35.0038, No. 2-3 230
400 lbs. 30.0035.00. Boars 30.00
32.50.
FEEDER PIGS 321. US No. 1-2
35-50 lbs. feeder pigs 24.5030 per
head, No. 1-2 5070 lbs. 31.5034; No.
1-3 20-40 lbs. 17.0023. per head, No.
1-3 4065 lbs. 23.5029.50 per head.
SHEEP 8. Individual Choice 65
H? SECHLER'S POULTRY. INC. j||
STARTING EARLY MARCH - CAGE CART LEGHORN
Covering Eastern U.S. & Canada
Call Collect 215-488-7617 for price quotes
lbs. spring slaughter lamb at 70.00,
Few Slaughter ewes 26.00-36 50.
GOATS: 9. Adult 31.0061.00 per
head.
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, March 5
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week. 5,600
Week Ago: 4,800
Year Ago: 5,100
Compared to the previous week’s
close, Choice and Choice and
Prime steers .50-1.00 higher, below
grades steady. Slaughter heifers
fully .50-1.00, instances 1.50 higher.
Cows 2.00-3 00 higher. Dulls steady.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Choice and Prune 1050-1200
lbs. steers with several lots 2-3
1000-1050 lbs. around 35% heifers
and 10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Load
Prime 3-5 1495 lbs. 54.00. Mixed
Choice and Prime 241050-1150 lbs.
60.50- part load 61.50; 1150
1300 lbs. 60.00-61.00; 34 1150-1300
lbs. 59.00-60.00; 4-5 1335-1430 lbs.
55.25-56.75. Choice 24 950-1300 lbs.
60.00- 2-3 975-1090 lbs. 61.00
61.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
900-1175 lbs. 58.00-59.50. Standard
to Good 2-3 1050-1375 lbs. holsteins
51.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 24 875-1050 lbs.
59.00- couple lots 60.00 ; 4-5
975-1100 lbs. 50.00-52.00. Choice 24
800-1050 lbs. 58.00-59.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 700-1000 lbs.
56.50- Good 2-3 700-975 lbs.
54.50-
COWS: Closing week sales:
Utility and Commercial 2-4 41.00
45.00. Boning Utility 1-2 45.0047.00,
package 47.25 Cutter 1-2 40.00
44.00. Canner and Low Cutter 1-2
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BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050
1900 lbs. 50.0055.00. Yield Grade 1
1675-1875 lbs. 55.5056.50.
FEEDERS. (Including around
1,500 at the regular Thursday
auction). Feeder steers and heifers
weighing under 600 lbs. 2.00-4 00
higher; weights over 600 lbs. both
classes uneven, generally steady.
Demand very good for thin fleshed
kinds; only moderate at best for
fleshy offering. Supply mainly
Medium Frame 1 300-800 lbs.
steers and 300-700 lbs. heifers.
Buyers & Sellers of Live
Leghorn, Medium, Heavy Fowl, Broilers & Roosters
WE USE OUR OWN LIVE HAUL RIGS
AND MEDIUM FOUL PICKUPS
Box G, Strausstown, PA 19559
Scott Sechler
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1; lot thin 359 lbs. 82.75; 300
500 lbs. 69.50-77.00, bulk 71.00-76.00;
500-600 lbs. 65.50-72.00; lot thin 510
lbs. 74.50; 600-700 lbs. 64.0068.50;
725675 lbs. 60 2561.50. Small
Frame 1; Scattered lots fleshy 625-
725 lbs. 53.00-58 00. Medium Frame
1-2 and some Small Frame 1: 425-
600 lbs. 63.0066.75 Large Frame 2
Holsteins. Couple lots 400650 lbs.
54.5057.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: Couple lots 243-268 lbs.
69.25-70 00 ; 300500 lbs. 61.0066.50,
mostly 63.0065 50; 500600 lbs.,
57.7563.50; 600700 lbs 55.0057.75;
fleshy 725675 lbs 53.0056 75.
Medium Frame 1-2 and some
Small Frame 1 425-575 lbs 54 50
59.00.
Martinsburg Auction
Martinsburg, Pa.
Monday, March 9
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 162. Choice slaughter
steers 62.0066.00, Good 60.00-61.00,
Standard 53.00-55.00, Utility 48.00-
52.00, Good slaughter heifers 60.00-
62.75, Standard 54.85-57.00, Utility
43.00- Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 45.0047.50, Cutters
42.00- Canner & Low Cutter
38.0042.00, Shells down to 33.00.
Good slaughter bullocks 55.00-
57.00, Standard 53.00-55.00, Utility
48 00-52.00. Yield Grade #1
slaughter bulls 55.00-56.00; yield
grade #2 52.00-55.00.
CALVES 350. Choice vealers
100.00- Good 90.00-96.00,
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 60.00-
75.00, 70-90 lbs. 55.00-58.00, Utility
55-100 lbs. 45.00-52.00. Farm calves,
holstem bulls 90-120 lbs. 90.00-
106.00; holstem heifers 85-130 lbs.
90.00-
HOGS 328. US No. 1-2 barrows &
gilts 42.0043.60, No. 1-3 41.5042.00,
No. 2-3 40.5041.50, No. 1-3 40.50-
41.00, US No. 1-3 sows 37.0042.00,
No. 2-3 300-650 lbs. 35.00-37.50.
Boars 30.00-38.00.
FEEDER PIGS 154. US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 15.50-18.50 per
head. No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 18.50-24.00
per head.
SHEEP 6. Few Choice wooled
slaughter lambs at 55.00. Slaughter
ewes 20.00-28.00.
Lancaster Firming, Saturday, March 14,1981—A7
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, March 12
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated Receipts
Same Day Last Week
Moderatively active, feeder
cattle and calves generally steady,
except some sales on 300425 lbs.
heifer calves 2.00-3 00 higher.
Majority receipts Medium Frame
No. 1 500-850 lbs. feeder steers and
450-700 lbs. feeder heifers with a
large percentage of these arming
from wheat pastures and growing
pens. Demand good on all weights,
especially on thin fleshed offerings
suitable for grazing. Fairly large
attendance.
FEEDER STEERS. Medium
Frame No 1 few 300400 lbs. 81.CO
-84 40; few 400-500 lbs 76.75-79.75;
500-600 lbs. 69.50-75 50; part load
and load 515-573 lbs 77.50-and
79 75; 600-700 lbs 67.50-70.10;
largely 68.00-69.50 ; 700-800 lbs.
65 20-68.00 ; 800-900 lbs 63.75-65.60.
Large Frame No. 1 570-600 lbs.
69 60-71.10; few 760-875 lbs 64.50-
65 90. Small Frame No 1 590-700
lbs. 64 90-66.80. Medium & Large
Frame No 1-2 400450 lbs. 70.50-
76.25 ; 500-700 lbs. 64 75-69.50; 700-
815 lbs. 60 00-66 40. Large No. 2
holstems 399 lbs at 63.00 ; 427484
lbs 58 75-60.50; 560-700 lbs. 57.50-
58 75 ; 760-953 lbs. 53.25-55 10; part
load 1092 lbs. at 52 60
FEEDER HEIFERS. Medium
Frame No. 1 few 300400 lbs. 66 50-
73 20, part load 347 lbs. at 75 20,
400-500 lbs. 65.00-70 80, package 422
lbs at 73.00, 500-600 lbs 62.00-65.00,
part load 550 lbs. fleshy at 61 50;
600-700 lbs 61 90-63.30; few 700-800
lbs 60.50-61 50 Small Frame 1585-
685 lbs. 59.75-61 80. Medium Frame
No 1-2 400-500 lbs. 61.50-64.00; 500-
637 lbs. 60.00-63.00. Medium Frame
No 2 465 lbs. at 61 25; 500-700 lbs.
57 00-59 00.
FOR THE WEEK. Compared to
late last week, feeder steers lost
part of the early advance to close
steady to .50 cents higher, some
sales 1 00 higher on offerings under
500 lbs ; feeder heifers over 500 lbs
50 cents to 100 higher, feeder
heifers under 500 lbs 2 00-3.00
higher. Slaughter cows enjoyed a
good demand and closed 2.00-2.75
higher; late sales Utility and
Commercial 2-3 43.5047.70; Cutter
1-3 40.50-44.00. Slaughter bulls
steady to firm, some 1.00 higher,
yield grade 1-2 1000-1755 lbs. 53.00-
58.00. Salable receipts totaled near
21,900 head, the largest weekly
receipts to date this year, and
compares to 16,500 head last week.
The majority or near, 90% of the
supplies consisted of feeder cattle
and calves; cows and bulls made
up six % of the receipts and
numbered near 1,200 head.
7000
4649
Dewart Auction
Dew art, Pa.
Monday, March 9
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 188. Compared with
•last Monday’s market, slaughter
steers grading Choice 75 cents to $1
higher. Slaughter cows steady to $1
lower. Choice No. 2-4 1050-1325 lbs.
slaughter steers 59.75-63.50, couple
64.85, Good 54.25-59.50, few Stan
dard 52.00-54.00. Few Choice
slaughter heifers 57.00-60.00.
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 42.00-46.00, couple 50.00,
Cutters 41.00-44.00, Canner & Low
Cutter 36.75-40.00, Shells down to
32.00, One Good slaughter bullock
at 58.25. Few Yield Grade #lll4O
- lbs. slaughter bulls 55.50-58.75.
Few Large Frame #1 500-600 lbs.
feeder steers 59.00-61.00.
CALVES 233. Few Prime vealers
105.00- few Choice 87.00-
100.00, few Good 72.00-84.00,
Standard & Good 70-95 lbs. 55.00-
61.00, Utility 5060 lbs. 45.00-50.00.
Farm calves, Holstein bulls $lO to
$l5 lower. Holstein bulls 90-120 lbs.
65.00- couple 92.00; holstem
heifers 80-120 lbs. 70.00-150.00.
HOGS 452. Barrows & gilts
steady to 50 cents higher. US No. 1-
2 200-240 lbs. barrows & gilts 42.50-
42.80, few 43.10, No. 1-3 200-260 lbs.
40.50- No. 2-3 260-320 lbs.
36.00-38.50. US No. 1-3 350-600 lbs.
sows 36.00-38.25, No. 2-3 500640 lbs.
35.50- Boars 28.00-33.00.
FEEDER PIGS 110. US No. 1-3
25-40 lbs. feeder pigs 18.00-25.00 per
head, No. 1-3 5060 lbs. 29.0033.00,
one lot No. 1-3 100 lbs. 44.00 per
head.
SHEEP 14. One Choice 95 lbs.
wooled slaughter lamb at 73.50.
Slaughter ewes 16.00-32.00.
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