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St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, April 30
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week: 6,100
Week Ago: 6,400
Year Ago: 6,000
Compared to the previous week’s
close, slaughter steers unevenly
2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter heifers
fully 1.00 higher. Cows fully 2.00
lower. Bulls 1.00-2.00 lower.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Mixed Choice and Prime 2-4
1050-1200 lbs. steers, around 35%
heifers and 10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1050-1300 lbs.
67.004*8.50, closing 67.50-68.50; 34
1125-1375 lbs. 66.0067.00. Choice 24
950-1300 lbs. 66.0068.00, most
closing sales 66.5067.50; couple
lots 2-3 1175-1225 lbs. 69.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 24 9001200 lbs.
65.0067.00. Good 2-3 9001175 lbs.
63.0065.50; Standard to mostly
Good 2-3 10501300 lbs. Holsteins
54.0059.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 24 875-1050 lbs.
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Jacob A Stahl and Son, Utitz.R D #3 The Stahls have a 60,000 bird layer operation and feed about 150 steers Below, the Stahl family is processing
the eggs while Jacob Stahl discusses the operation with DarvinE Boyd, Vice President and Director of the Agn-Rnance Department (Utoß) Dewey
Stahl, Joseph Stahl, Partner, Boyd, Eileen Stahl, Jacob A Stahl, Partner, and Rachel Stahl
64.5066.50, closing 64.50-65.00.
Choice 24 8001050 lbs. 63.0066.00,
closing 63.00-64.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 7001000 lbs. 62.0065.00.
Good 2-3 700975 lbs. 60.0063.50.
COWS: Closing week sales:
Utility ..and Commercial 24 40.00
42.00. Boning Utility 1-2 42.0044.00.
Cutter 1-2 39.00-12.00. Canner and
Low Cutter 1-2 36.0039.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050
1800 lbs. 51.00-55.00; closing 50.00
53.00. Couple Yield Grade 1 1585
lbs. Holsteins 55.25 late.
FEEDERS: (Including around
2,000 at the regular Thursday
auction. Feeder steers and heifers
2.00-3.00 lower. Supply mainly
Medium Frame 1 and Mixed 1-2
400-600 lbs. steers and heifers with
several lots stock cows and cow
and calf pairs included.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1; 350475 lbs. 71.25-76.25,
mostly 72.5074.00; 500600 lbs.
C-7.0069.50; scattered lots 700850
ios. 61.5064.50. Medium Frame 1-2
and some Small Frame 1: 475-650
lbs. 62.0065.50. Large Frame 2
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Holsteins: Couple lots 440-550 lbs.
57,2060.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: 400500 lbs. 58.5063.75;
lot thin 440 lbs. 65.50; 500600 lbs.
56.5060.75. Medium Frame 1-2 and
some Small Frame 1: 400550 lbs.
54.5057.50.
STOCK COWS: Few lots Medium
Frame 1-2 middle-aged bred and in
second and third state of
pregnancy 46.75-51.75.
COWS AND CALF PAIRS:
Several lots Medium Frame 1-2
young and middle aged cows with
calves at side 485.00562.50.
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, April 30
Report supplied by USDA
51 Weekly Cattle Summary:
Compared to last week Slaughter
Steers and Heifers 1.50 to 2.00
higher. Cows 1.00 lower and Bulls
firm to 1.00 higher. Trade both
Monday and Wednesday moderate
with demand centered on Choice 2-
3 1000-1150 Steers and 900-1050 lbs.
Heifers. Buyers became more
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cautious and selective Wednesday
in reaction to the downward
dressed trade and some buying
interest either partially or com
pletely off the market. Receipts
this week were about 3000 as
compared to 2855 a week ago and
2460 a year ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-3, few 4’s 1000-1225 lbs. 67.50-
69.00. 24, including Prime 1150-
1350 lbs. 67.0068.00. Couple loads 4,
few s’s 1300-1450 lbs. 65.0066.50.
Part load s’s 58.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 950-1050 lbs. 65.0067.00.
Few loads 1150-1350 lbs. Holsteins
59.0061.50. Good 63.0066.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice, few Prime 24 900-1175 lbs.
65.5067.00. Scattered lots 3-5 62.50-
65.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
850-1050 lbs. 64.0066.00. Good 60.00-
64.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
2-3 40.0045.00, few high yielding
46.00. Cutter 39.0044.00. Canner
and Low Cutter 37.0040.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1100-1900 lbs.
50.00-59.00, mostly 52.00-57.00.
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 2,1981—AS .
Feeder Cattle Sale
Dublin, Va.
Wednesday, April 22
Report supplied by VDA
There were 1,158 head sold. All
cattle were graded by
Representatives of the VDACS’s
Division of Markets, Livestock
Section on USDA standards and
sold by the hundredweight.
STEERS: 300400 lbs. Medium &
Large 1 59.75-65.00; Small 1 59.75-
60.00; Medium & Large 2 59.50-
62.50.400-500 lbs. Medium & Large
1 57.00-64.00; Small 1 56.75-59.50;
Medium & Large 2 57.00-59.75.500-
600 lbs. Medium & Large 1 57.50-
62.25; Small 156.5057.25; Medium
& Large 2 55.00-57.50. 600-700 lbs.
Medium & Large 1 56.75-61.00;
Small 1 54.50-56.50; Medium &
Large 2 54.75-56.00. 700000 lbs.
Medium & Large 1 53.0057.00;
Small 1 52.75-54.50; Medium &
Large 2 54.7556.00. 800-900 lbs.
Medium & Large 148.0053.75.
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