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St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, June 18
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts this week: 4,200;
Week Ago: 4,600;
Year Ago: 5,100;
Compared last weeks close,
slaughter steers mostly steady
after slight price upturn early
Monday was later offset by
declines. Slaughter heifers weak to
.50 lower, instances 1.00 lower.
Demand narrow throughout week
for steers weighing under 950 lbs.
and heifers under 850 lbs. Cows
closing steady. Bulls steady.
Slaughter supply fully 50% steers,
about 35% heifers and 10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-41050-1200 lbs.
68.00-68.50, couple part loads 1150
1300 lbs. early Monday 69.00.
Choice 2-4 875-1200 lbs. 66.0048.00,
late mostly 66.00-67.50. Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 900-1150 lbs. 64.00
66.50. Good 2-3 900-1100 lbs. 62.50
64.00. Mostly Good 2-31150-1350 lbs.
holsteins 57.00-60.00, few lots
Standard and Good 2-3 950-1150 lbs.'
late 54.00-57.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 925-1050 lbs.
64.5045.25, part load at latter price
early Monday. Choice 24 850-1050
lbs. 62.0044.00; 750450 lbs. 60.00
62.00. Good 2-3 750-900 lbs. 58.50
61.00.
COWS: Late Sales Utility and
Commercial 24 41.00-43.00. Boning
Utility 1-2 43.00-45.00. Cutter 1-2
40.00-43.00. Canner and Low Cutter
1-236.00-40.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050
1700 lbs. 50.00-54.00, few 1625-1900
lbs. 54.75-55.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
600 at the regular Thursday auc
tion.) Feeder steers and heifers
firm to 1.00 bigher, but not enough
either class on offer for a full test
of prices. Overall quality not much
different than recent weeks with
supply mainly Medium Frame 1
and Mixed 1-2 500-900# steers 450
800# heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: Scattered lots 475-600#
65.50-68.75; 600-725# 62.75-63.25;
800-1000# 62.0063.50. Couple lots
Small Frame 1-2 fleshy 750-775#
'55.00-59.00. few lots Medium
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Frame 1-2 450-500# Mixed steers
and bulls 59.2540.50. Large Frame
2 Holsteins: Couple lots 700475#
51.2542.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: lot 375# 61.75; few lots
475400# 57.0040.25; 650400# 55.75-
57.75. Scattered' lots Medium
Frame 1-2 400450# 55.0048.00.
STOCK COW AND CALF
PAIRS: Lot Medium Frame 1-2
young and middle-aged cows with
baby calves at side 515.00 per pair.
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, June 18
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated Recipes 3,900
Same Day Last Week 2,432
Feeder steers firm to .50 cents
higher. Feeder heifers fully
steady. Feeder demand good. Bulk
supply Medium Frame 1 and
Mixed 1-2 450-925 lbs. feeder steers
including numerous lots from 600
800 lbs. & 450-725 lbs. heifers feeder
steers; Medium few Large Frame
1 320 lbs. 76.00; 380 lbs. 69.00; 400
500 lbs. 69.00-72.00; lot 410 lbs.
74.40; 500600 lbs. 65.0069.20; lot
500 lbs. 70.00; 600-700 lbs. 63.00
65.90 bulk 64.0065.80; 700800 lbs.
63.0065.70 bulk 63.4065.00; 800-925
lbs. 62.5064.00. Medium & Large
Frame 1-2 285 lbs. 74.00; 450475
lbs. 67.7068.30; 550700 lbs. 62.00
65.00; 700875 lbs. 60.0063.00; lot
750 lbs. 63.80. Medium Frame 2 315
lbs. 63.00; 560 lbs. 65.00. Large
Frame 2 650800 lbs. 58.0063.25;
Holsteins 450555 lbs. thin 54.75-
56.50; 900 lbs. 54.70.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1400500 lbs. 56.25-59.40, lot
thin 480 lbs. 59.40; 500750 lbs. 57.25-
60.00; lot 580 lbs. 60.70; lot 655 lbs.
60.90. Medium Frame 1-2 275 lbs.
65.00; 375500 lbs. 52r75-56.75; 500
775 lbs. 54.0057.75. Medium &
Large Frame 2 lbs. 49.00
56.00; lot6Bo lbs. 46.00.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder steers
and heifers firm to 1.50 higher
largely .50 cents to 1.00 higher.
Demand good4bruout the period.
Slaughter cows firm to 1.00 higher.
Utility & Commercial 24 42.50
45.00 instances 46.50. Cutter & Few
Canner 1-2 40.0044.25. Slaughter
bulls 2.00-3.00 higher some 4.00 up.
YG 1-2 10001800 lbs. 52.25-57.25,
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high dressing 57.2549.25. Salable
receipts this week near 17,100 head
compared with 13,350 last week
and 13,511 last year. Feeder cattle
& calves totaled 15,650 head
making up 92% ; cows and bulls at
1450 head comprised 8%.
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, June 10
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER; Fed Steers &
heifers $l.OO higher. Choice 63.00
65.25; Good 56.0042.00; Medium
55.00 Down. Heifers Choice 59.00
61.50; Good 52.0048.00; Medium
51.00 Down. Cows good run, $l.OO
higher. High Yield 46.0048.00;
Average 43.00-45.00; Big Middle
39.00- Fatty Herf. 38.0040.00;
42.00 Down. Fat Bulls $1.50
higher. Good 54.00-58.00; Medium
48.00- Veal Calves Mostly
steady prices. Choice 88.00-90.00;
Good 80.00-87.00; Medium 70.00-
79.00; Farm Hfrs. to 165.00; Farm
Bulls to 107.00; Light & Weak 68.00
Down. Lambs Few offered. Good
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STOCKER: Steers 300650 lbs.
Steady prices. Choice 69.00-73.00;
Good 63.00-68.00; Medium 57.00-
. 62.00; Culls 56.00 Down. Steers 600-
850 lbs. Choice 64.0088.00; Good
-58.0063.00; Medium 57.00 Down.
Heifers (All Weights) Choice 52.00-
56.50; Good 46.00-51.00; Medium
45.00 Down. Bulls Choice 57.00-
60.00; Good 52.00-56.00; Medium
51.00 Down. Dairy cows to 560.00.
Springing Heifers to 1060.00. Pigs,
Hd. Good run, steady prices. 20-30
lbs. 15.00-25.00; 40-60 lbs. 26.00-
32.50. Shoats by Lb. to 43.00.
Slaughter Hogs $3.50 higher. 210-
230 lbs. 49.0060.25; 240-260 lbs.
49.25-50.10; 265-300 lbs. 42.00-48.50.
Sows 350-550 lbs. 38.0041.75; Thin
Sows 34.00-37.00.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Thursday, June 16
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 206. Compared with
last Tuesday’s market, slaughter
steers steady to $1 higher.
Slaughter cows 50 cents-$l higher.
Choice 24,1000-1275 lbs. slaughter
steers 64.0046.50, few 68.25, Good
59.5065.85, few Good and Choice
holsteins 59.1041.35, Standard
55.2548.25, few Utility 47.0041.75.
Few Choice slaughter heifer 58.75-
60.85, Good 54.0048.50, few Stan
dard 51.75-53.00. Utility and
Commercial slaughter cows 46.00
48, individual 50.00, Cutters 42.75-
47.50, Canner and Low Cutters
40.00-42.50, Shells down to 36.00.
Few Good slaughter bullocks 53.00
58.85, Standard 51.0054.50. Yield
Grade #l, 12001519 lbs. slaughter
bulls 54.0056.60.
CALVES 200. Individual Prime
vealer at 102.00, few Good 80.0087,
Standard and Gbod 70110 lbs.
70.0080, Utility 5085 lbs. 56.00
70.00. Farm Calves; Hoi. Bulls 80
125 lbs. 82.00109, mostly 94.00
103.00; Hoi. Heifers 85-140 lbs.
99.00178, mostly 120.00158.00.
HOGS 210. Barrows and gilts
mostly steady. US No. 1-2 190245
lbs. barrows and gilts 51.0042.10,
No. 1-3 2-235 lbs. 50.604 f, few No. 2-
3 220300 lbs. 48.0050. US No. 1-3
.285425 lbs. sows 42.25-43.75, one at
45.00, No. 2-3 380465 lbs. 40.00
42.75. Few Boars 36.0036.75.
FEEDER PIGS 5. Lot US No. 14
65 lbs. feeder pigs at 32.00 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP 24. Choice 50-88 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 63.00-73.00,
individual Choice wooled lamb at
60.00. Slaughter ewes 23.00-26,00,
individual 12.00.
Middleburg Auction
Tuesday, June 16
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 246. Compared with
last week’s market: Choice
slaughter steers 66.00-69.35, Good
64.00-69.10, Standard 60.00-64,
Utility 54.0060. Choice slaughter
heifers 60.00-64, Good 55.0060,
Standard 50.0065, Utility 45.0060.
Utility and Commercial slaughter
cows 46.0061.10, Cutters 44.0047,
Canner and Low Cutters 40.0044,
Shells down to 34.00. Yield Grade
No. 1, slaughter bulls 56.0062.25, -
#2,50.0066.00.
CALVES 112. Choice vealers
90.00-100, Good 80.00-90, Standard
and Good 90-110 lbs. 70.00-30, 70-90
lbs. 55.00-70.00. Farm Calves: Hoi.
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muster Farming, Saturday, June 20,19t1—A7
Bulls 90-125 lbs. 90.00-110.00; Hoi.
Heifers 80-150 lbs. 110.00-180.00.
HOGS 540. US No. 1-2 210-235 lbs.
barrows and gilts 53.00-54.35, No. 1-
3, 190-250 lbs. 52.00-53.10, No. 2-3
190-270 lbs. 50.00-52.00. US No. 1-3
340-550 lbs. sows 41.75-44.25, No. 2-3
300-600 lbs. 38.50-41.50. Boars 300-
600 lbs. 37.0042.00.
FEEDER PIGS 195. US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 20.00-32 per
head, No. 1-3 35-45 lbs. 32.0040, No.
1-3 45-55 lbs. 40.0044 per head.
SHEEP 45. Choice slaughter
lambs spring 65.00-69.00, Good
55.00-65.00. Slaughter ewes 16.00-
30.00.
Compared to last week:
Slaughter steers mostly 50 to 1.00
higher, heifers steady, instances 50
higher. Cows steady to 1.00 higher
and bulls steady to 1.00 lower.
Trade on slaughter steers active
moderate at best on heifers. Best
demand remains focused on steers
over 1150 lbs. and heifers over 950
lbs. steeis and heifers under 1150
lbs. and 950 lbs. Finding narrow
outlets and discounted ac
cordingly. Receipts this week 3600,
compared to 3410 last week, and
3046 last year.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice,
few Prime 2-4 1050-1300 lbs. 67.50
69.00, few part loads mostly 2-3
1175-1275 lbs. 69.50, package 1100
lbs. 70.00. Mixed Good and Choice
2-3 1050-1350 lbs. 66.0067.50, few
950-1050 lbs. 65.0066.00. 1150-1300
lbs. holsteins 53.0057.00, load 59.25.
Good 62.0065.00.
HEIFERS: Choice, few Prime 2-
4 950-1050 lbs. 64.0065.50, couple
part loads 66.00, couple loads
66.50. Mixed Good and Choice 26
8501050 lbs. 63.0064.50. Good 60.00
63.00.
COWS: Utility and Commercial
2-3 41.00-45.50, high yielding 45.50-
46.50, Cutter 41.00-45.00, Canner
and Low Cutter36.oo-42.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1100-
1800 lbs. 47.00-54.00.
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Thursday, June 18
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