Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, August 20
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts tips week: 4,500;
Week Ago: 4,100;
Year Ago: 5,400;
As compared to the previous
week’s close, limited late sales
slaughter steers and heifers firm
to 1.00, instances 1.50 higher on
Choice and Prime. Cows 1.00-2.00
lower. Bulls fully steady.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Prune slaughter steers,
around 35% heifers and 15% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 2-4 1050-1250 lbs.
66.00-68.00, few closing sales 67.00
68.00. Choice 241000-1275 lbs. 64.50
65.00. few closing sales 65.0066.00;
9001000 lbs 63.0064.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 24 9001175 lbs.
63.0064.50. Good 2-3 9001150 lbs.
61.0063.00. Mostly Good 2-3 1075-
1300 lbs. Holstems 55.00-59.00,
package 60.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 24 875-1135 lbs.
63.0064.00. few closing sales 63.50
64.00. Choice 24 8501050 lbs. 61.50
63.00; 750850 lbs. 55.0060.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800975
lbs. 58.0062.00. Good 2-3 700950 lbs.
55.0059.00.
COWS: Closing week sales:
Utility and Commercial 24 41.00
'44,00. Boning Utility 1-2 44.0015.00.
Cutter 1-2 40.0043.00. Canner and
Low Cutter 1-2 36.0040.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1050
1900 lbs. 50.0055.50, mostly 50.00
55.00. Few Outstanding Yield
Grade 156.5068.00.
At Wednesday’s weekly auction,
receipts estimated near 400 head
spring slaughter lambs steady to
firm, instances 1.002.00 higher on
weights over 100 lbs. Feeder lambs
fully 4.00-5.00 lower in face of a
very light demand. Supply mainly
spring slaughter and feeder of
ferings.
SPRING SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Scattered lots Choice and Prune
91-113 lbs. mostly wooled with few
lots shorn with No. 1-2 pelts 55.00
58.00; small lot 99 lbs. shorn 59.00.
Few Choice wooled 100 lbs. 52.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Few lots
Choice and Fancy 75-90 lbs. 46.00
48.50. Choice 7090 lbs. 44.0046.00.
Several lots Good and Choice 65-85
lbs. 40.0044.00.
BREEDING EWES: Couple lots
Good solid-mouthJ4.oo-15.50.
FEEDERS; (Including around
1,000 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers and heifers
1.00-3.00 higher. Overall quality
somewhat improved over most
recent weeks with supply mainly
Medium Frame 1-2 400725 lbs.
steers and heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: 325-500 lbs. 68.00-68.50;
lot thin 465 lbs. 72.50; few lots 500
600 lbs. 67.75-68.50; scattered lots
700750 lbs. 62.5063.00; lot thin 702
lbs. 68.50. Medium Frame 1-2 and
some Small Frame 1: 300575 lbs.
60.75-63.75.
HOISTEINS: Large Frame 2:
Lot 270 lbs. 65.00; 400500 lbs. 57.00
59.00; lot 895 lbs. 52.25; lot 1050 lbs.
48.25.
BULLS: Medium Frame 1-2:
400625 lbs. 57.5060.75, few lots 2’s
350500 lbs. 53.00-54.25. -
HEIFERS: Medium Frame 1;
325400 lbs. 58.0061.50; 500600 lbs.
57.0059.50; few lots 600650 lbs.
57.00-58.50; lot fleshy 820 lbs. 59.00.
Medium Frame 1-2: 300600 lbs.
53.25-55.75.
Dewart Auction
Monday, August 17
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 165: Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows uneven, mostly steady to 1.00
lower. Few Low Choice 9801265
Fanning, Saturday, August 22.19t1—A9
lbs. No. 24 slaughter steers 64.10
64.75, one at 66.00, Good 57.0062.00,
couple to 63.00, few Standard 49.75-
56.00. Couple Choice slaughter
heifers 63.75 and 66.00, one Good at
59.75, one Standard at 54.00. Utility
& Commercial slaughter cows
44.5048.25, couple to 54.00, Cutters
41.0045.50, Canner & Low Cutter
36.0041.50, Shells down to 34.25.
One Choice slaughter bullock at
61.35. Yield Grade #111001720 lbs.
slaughter bulls 53.00-58.00. One lot
Large Frame #2 325-350 lbs. feeder
steers at 57.00.
CALVES 208: Few Choice 88.00
93.00, few Good 70.0084.00, Stan
dard & Good 7095 lbs. 54.0065.00,
Utility 5075 lbs. 40.0050.00. Farm
calves, hosltein bulls 85-120 lbs.
68.0092.00, couple to 98.00; few
hosltein heifers 80130 lbs. 70.00
140.00.
HOGS 334: Barrows & gilts
mostly .25 higher. US No. 1-2 200
240 lbs. barrows & gilts 54.2054.90,
No. 1-3 200250 lbs. 53.6054.00. US
No. 1-3 275-550 lbs. sows 42.5047.00.
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25-50 lbs. feeder pigs 25.00-34.00 per
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SHEEP 56: Choice 75-100 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 51.00-56.00.
Slaughter ewes 10.00-29.00.
Lancaster
Feeder Cattle
Friday, August 14
Report supplied by USDA
Today
Last Friday
Last Year
TREND: Compared to last
Fnday feeder cattle not fully
tested. Supply included about 50
head in lots of five to eight, with
balance in lots of three or less.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and Frame 1: Few lots 850-
1060 lbs. 55.00-58.85. Medium
Frame 1-2: One lot 525 lbs. 57.50.
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