Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Augusts
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts this week: 4,100;
Week Ago: 3,700;
Year Ago: 5,500;
Compared to the previous week’s
close, slaughter steers mostly .50,
Instances 1.00 higher. Slaughter
heifers firm to .50 higher. Cows
mostly 2.00, instances 3,00 higher.
Bulls fully steady. Slaughter
supply mainly Choice slaughter
steers with several lots Choice 750-
850 lbs. heifers; around 35%
heifers and 10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 2-4 1050-1225 lbs.
60.00- Choice 241000-1250 lbs.
64.5066.00; 950-1000 lbs. 63.0064.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 24 900-1175
lbs. 63.5065.00. Good 2-3 9001175
lbs. 61.5063.50; few lots 750650 lbs.
58.00- Mostly Good 2-3 1050
1300 lbs holstems 55.0059.00, part
load 60.00. Few Standard 2-3 1075-
1225 lbs. 48.0053.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 24 875-1050 lbs.
63.0063.50, part load 64.50. Choice
24 8501050 lbs. 61.5063.00; 800850
lbs. 56.0060.00; 750800 lbs. 53.00
Plant
WITH
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Alfred Dugan, of Milton Hershey School Farms, reserve champion m
PEST the 1980 Alfalfa Growers Program receives congratulations from Dr
AA Hanson director of research for Waterman Loomis Co
RESISTANCE
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WL 313 - WL 318 - WL 220
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Field and Grass Seeds
Shiremanstown, Pa. 17091
56.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
8001000 lbs. 58.0062.00; 700800 lbs.
55.0058.00. Good 2-3 700975 lbs.
54.0060.00.
COWS: Closing week sales,
Utility and Commercial 24 41.00
44.00. Boning Utility 1-2 44.0045.00,
tew 46.00. Cutter 1-2 40.0043.00.
Canner and Low Cutter 1-2 37.00
40.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050
1800 lbs. 50.00-55.00. Individual
Yield Grade 11485 lbs: 56.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
900 for the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers uneven;
Weights under 700# steady to 1.00
higher, advance mainly on 500
600#; steers over 700# 1.002.00
lower. Feeder heifers firm to 2.00
higher. Supply mainly Medium
Frame 1-2 400800# steers, and 400
600# heifers 500-600 lbs. betters.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: 500600# 64.0068.00;
couple lots thin 510-565# 69.0069.75;
700-825# 57.5061.00. Medium
Frame 1-2 and some Small Frame
1: 350525# 62.25, mostly 58.5061.00.
Large Frame 2 Holstems: Lot 340#
59.00; lot 550# 50.00.
BULLS: Medium Frame 1-2:
375-550# 54.25-56.50.
IN 1980 THE MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOL FARMS won
the grand champion hay crop silage award and reserve
grand champion alfalfa growing contest In 1979 Daniel
Schrack broke the 9 ton barrier for the first time in
Pennsylvania by producing 9 1 tons with WL-311 a
CONSISTENT WINNER
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FEEDER HEIFERS. Medium
Frame 1: 400625# 54.0059.00,
mostly 56.0058.00. Medium Frame
1-2: 350550# 51.7554.75.
COW AND CALF PAIRS: Small
lot Medium Frame 1-2 young stock
cows with baby calves at side
477.50 per pair.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, August 6
Report supplied by USDA
Through midweek, Slaughter
Steers steady to .25 higher, losing
much of an early advance. Heifers
mostly steady. Cows firm to .50
higher, bulls steady.
Four Day Receipts
Last Week
Year Ago
The fed cattle trade advanced
Monday, influenced by recovery in
the dressed beef trade late last
week. The familiar pattern of
midweek bearishness in the
dressed trade occurred Tuesday
and much of early price advance in
the, live trade was lost. Local
receipts Wednesday were again
small. Slaughter Steers made up
about 41 pet. of the weeks total,
consist largely Good to Average
STATE ZIP
Choice under 1150 lbs. Heifers 32,
pet; Cows 15 pet; Feeders 10 pet.
Several loads 1000-1050 lb. Steers
Good and Low-Choice Slaughter
Flesh were purchased for further
feeding.
STEERS: At midweek, Choice 2-
4 1050-1250 lbs. 66.5067.50, few
loads average to high-Choice, few
Prime 3 1135-1250 lbs. 67.7568.00.
Monday, two loads high-dressing 3,
few 4 1306-1382 lbs. 68.5068.75.
Midweek trade mostly Choice 24
1025-1075 lbs. 66.0066.50, few loads
Choice 341150-1250 lbs. 66.5067.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-
1175 lbs. 65.0066.75. Good 2-3 58.00-
65.00, some 1100-1150 lbs. 65.00-
66.25. Few lots good and Choice 2-3
Holsteins 1300-1359 lbs. 61.0061.50.
Goodj few Choice 1200-1300 lbs.
58.0060.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 24 900-1025
lbs. 64.0064.75, load 950 lbs. 65.00,
some 875-925 lbs. 63.0064.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 26 875-1000 lbs.
62.0063.75. Good 58.0062.00.
10,725
8,575
13,775
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for Choice 900-1100 lb.
Steers 66.68; 1100-1300 lbs. 67.32.
Average cost Steers this week
66.27, average weight 1128 lbs. as
compared 65.70 and 1111 lbs. a
week ago. Average cost Heifers
this week 63.38, average weight 968
lbs. as compared 63.22 and 978 lbs.
a week ago.
COWS: High-Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 42.50-44.50, mostly
43.00-44.50, high-Oressing 44.50-
45.00, few 45.50. Canner and Low-
Cutter 40.00-42.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 50.00-
54.00, few 155.00.
FEEDERS: Medium Frame 1
1000-1050 lb. Fleshy Steers 65.50-
66.75. Closed 66.00-66.75.
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, August 6
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated Receipts 5000
Same Day Last Week 4481
Feeder steers over 600 lbs.
steady. Heifers over 550 lbs. firm
to 1.00 higher. Steers under 600 lbs.
and heifers under 550 lbs.
averaging weak to 2.00 lower.
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Trading on these lighter cattle
uneven. Good demand for the
heavier weights with active
trading for heifers. Bulk supply
Medium Frame 1 and Mixed 1-2
450-800 lbs. feeder steers and 400
700 lbs. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1 425-500 lbs.
63.50-67.60; 500600 lbs. 60.0065.60,
lot 535 lbs. 67.30; fleshy 450-550 lbs.
59.7561.60; 600-700 lbs. 62.6064.70,
109 head 665 lbs. 65.10; 700600 lbs.
62.0063.95; 800650 lbs. 61.3063.00,
package 830 lbs. 63.60. Small
Frame 1 515685 lbs. 54.5058.00.
Medium few Large Frame Mixed
1-2 450500 lbs. 61.0065.00; 500700
lbs. 61.0064.00; 700625 lbs. 59.75-
62.50. Medium few Large Frame 2
475-725 lbs. 55.00-59.75. Large
Frame 2 Holstems 465 lbs. 51.90;
640695 lbs. 52.8053.70; 785 lbs. thin
52.30; 865 lbs. moderately thin
52.60.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1425-500 lbs. several fleshy
52.00-55.50, lot 475 lbs. 59.80; 500-585
lbs. 54.50-58.80," fleshy 52.00-53.50;
550-760 lbs. 56.50-60.00,100 head 575
lbs. 60.35. Medium Frame Large
Frame Mixed 1-2 425 lbs. thin
55.75; 400-500 lbs. 51.25-53.75; 500-
750 lbs. 53.70-57.00. Medium Frame
Large Frame 2 400-650 lbs. 48.60-
52.00.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder steers
over 600 lbs. firm to 1.00 higher;
heifers over 550 lbs. .50 to 1.50
higher; lighter weights both
classes weak, to 2.00 lower.
Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher.
Utility and Commercial 2-4 42.00-
48.00, instances 46.00-47.25; low
dressing 40.00-42.00. Cutter 1-2
39.00- Canner and Low-Cutter
36.00- Bulls fully steady.
Yield Grade 1-21175-1800 lbs. 49.00-
56.00, mostly 52.00-56.00, few 57.00-
59.40. Salable receipts this week
near 22,500 head; last week 15,224
and last year 35,695. Feeder cattle
and calves made up 92% of the
run; cows and bulls 8%.
this protection will
promote better
overall crop yield (in
most cases four to
five bushels more
per acre).
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Agway store or
representative for
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about Vitavax-200
treated seed —the
yield boosters
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