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livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, May 21
Report supplied by USDA
Compared with last week’s
close, slaughter steers steady to .50
lower. Slaughter heifers 1.00-1.50,
instances 2.00 higher. Cows mostly
2.00 lower. Hulls .50-1.00 lower.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Choice and Prime 2-4 1050-1200
lbs. steers, around 35% heifers and
10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1050-1275 lbs.
65.00- 3-4 1020-1300 lbs. 63.00-
64.50. Choice 2-1950-1300 lbs. 64.00-
65.00; couple packages 2-3 1000-
1050 lbs. 65.25 and 65.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-4 900-1175 lbs.
63.00- Good 2-3 900-1150 lbs.
61.0063.00. Standard to mostly
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"Ridomil destroys diseases present in the
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moved systemically throughout the plant
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For the best two-way action against blue y
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SMOKETOWN, PA
Good 2-3 1050-1350 lbs. holstems
53.0067.00, package 58.50. Stan
dard 2-31125-1300 lbs. 49.5062.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 2-4 875-1050 lbs.
62.5063.50/closing 63.0063.50; 3-4
900-1075 lbs. 60.0061.50. Choice 2-4
800-1050 lbs. 61.0063.00, closing
€1.5063 00. Mixed Good and Choice
2-3 700-1000 lbs. 60.0061.50. Good 2-
3 700-950 lbs. 58.0060.00.
COWS: Closing week sales:
Utility and Commercial 2-4 39.00-
42.00. Boning Utility 1-2 42.00-43.00.
Few High Yielding Holsteins 1-2
44.00. Cutter 1-2 38.00-41.00. Canner
and Low Cutter 1-2 34.00-38.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050-
2500Jbs. 49.5064.00, closing 49.50-
53.75. Few Yield Grade 1 1250-1600
lbs. 55.00 early.
FEEDERS: (Including around
1,000 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers and heifers
steady to firm, instances 1.00-2.00
higher on feeder heifers. Demand
good for bulk of light to moderate
supply. Overall quality not as
attractive as last week with supply
mainly Medium Frame 1 and
Mixed 1-2 400600 lbs. and 400-700
lbs. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: 425650 lbs. 68.00-72.25;
600-700 lbs. 62.0067.50; 700675 lbs.
60.2565.00. Medium Frame 1-2;
375650 lbs. 62.5066.25; Few lots
450600 lbs. bulls 57.0068.75. Large
Frame 2 holstems: Few lots 450675
lbs. 53.5068.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: 300600 lbs. 58.2562.00;
PH: 717-299-2571
500-725 lbs. 57.0068.50. Medium
Frame 1-2: 3506501b5. 54.25-59.50.
COW AND CALF PAIRS;
Medium Frame 1-2: Mostly
middle-aged with baby calves at
side 430.00-530.00 per pair.
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BULLOCKS: Choice 1050-1300
lbs. 54.5069.00, few 59.0062.75;
Good 1000-1250 lbs. 50.0064.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 1400-1900
lbs. 54.0068.50, few mainly early
part of week 58.5060.50, about 15
head 61.0065.85; Yield Grade 2
1000-1450 lbs. 50.0064.50, few 850-
1050 lbs. 49.0061.50.
VEAL CALVES: Vealers mostly
steady with last week’s close,
although Choice and Prime scarce.
Demand good for calves returned
to farm.
VEALERS; One lot Prime
special fed 335 lbs. 132.00; Choice
140-275 lbs. 106.00-116.00, few
116.00-126.00; -high Good and low
Choice 160-350 lbs. 85.00-100 00,120-
140 lbs. 75.00-90.00,80-115 lbs. 62.00-
75.00, few 60-85 lbs. 52.00-62.00.
RETURNED TO FARM: Bulk
90-120 lb. ‘holstem heifers 135.00-
175.00, several 180.00-198.00, few 80-
95 lbs. 70.00-120.00; bulk 85-120 lb.
holstein bulls 80.00-105.00, around
200 head 105.00-117.00.
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Belleville Livestock
Auction
Belleville, Pa.
Wednesday, May 20
Market Courtesy by PDA
CATTLE 60. Compared with last
week’s market, slaughter cows
about steady. Few Standard
slaughter steers 50.25-55.75. Utility
and Commercial slaughter cows
44.00- couple 47.85, few Cutters
43.00- few Canner and Low
Cutters 36.50-42.10. Few Yield
Grade #l, 1030-1450 lbs. slaughter
bulls 52.00-57. Few Large Frame
#l, 430-670 lbs. feeder steers 54.50-
68.50.
CALVES 89. Few Choice vealers
88.00- few 70-95 lbs. 50.00-60.
Farm Calves: Few Beef cross
bulls 92.00-95, Hoi. Bulls 85-120 lbs.
75.00- few Hoi. Heifers 75-110
lbs. 85.00-140.00.
HOGS 230. Barrows and gilts 50
cents -?1 higher. US No. 1-2 2-265
lbs. barrows and gilts 44.50-45.35,
No. 1-3 2-265 lbs. 41.8544.10, few
lots No. 2-3 250-290 lbs. 38.25-40.75.
US No. 1-3 275-550 lbs. sows 35.00-
37.75. Few Boars 28.00-31.00.
FEEDER PIGS 338. US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 22.00-30 per
head, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 27.50-36, few
44.00 per head.
SHEEP 12. Few Choice 40-90 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 63.00 -
79.50; few Choice 90-110 lbs. wooled
slaughter lambs 70.00-74. Few
Slaughter ewes 12.00-18.00.
HOLSTEIN DAIRY COWS $7lO
- per head, one $2,000.
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