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East. Coast Carlot
’ Wednesday, Nov. 25
Report supplied by USDA
Compared to Tuesday’s close:
Prime special fed veal fully
steady. Good and Choice boning
veal steady; mshipped steady to
2.00 higher. Lamb, mixed weights,
mostly steady. Boneless beef 90
chem lean steady to '2.00 higher
than last week; 85 chem lean 2.00
to 2.50 higher. .
VEAL CARCASS
Prime (Special Fed)
HIDE-ON .
390 Head
180-240 lbs. 170.00-180.00, fully
steady.
BONING TYPE
HIDE-ON '
Good & Choice
Northeastern Suppliers: 65-75
lbs. 78.00, few 73.00, all steady; 55-
84 lbs. 78.00, few 71.00; 45-54 lbs.
74.00,few 69.00; 35-44 lbs. 72.00, few
87.00; 34 lbs. down 70.00, few 85.00.
Inshipped: Late yesterday. 71-80
lbs. 82.00-84.00, all steady-2.00
higher; 61-70 lbs. 80.00-82.00; 51-80
lbs. 78.00-80.00; 41-50 lbs. 78.00-
78.00; 30-40 lbs. 74.00-78.00.
LAMB CARCASS
Choice & Prime 34
17 Loads
55 lbs. down 115.00, all mostly
steady; 55-85 lbs. 110.00, few
109.00; 55-75 lbs. 105.00, few 104.00.
BONELESS BEEF
16Ms Loads
90% chem lean fresh 109.00-
110.00; 112.00 pi., steady-2.00 higher
than last week.
85% chem lean fresh 105.00,2.00-
2.50 higher.
CORED AND PROCESSED
MEATS
3 Loads
Senu-Boneless Hams: 14-17 lbs.
118.00 firm.
No. 1 Sliced Bacon,' Vacuum
Pack, 1 lb. pkg. 110.00 weak.
Franks, 70 beef, 3(1 pork, 1 lb.
pack 89.00 steady. '
Compared to last week: Prime
special fed veal fully steady. Good
and Choice boning veal steady;
inshipped 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Mixed
weights of lamb mostly 3.00 to 4.00
higher. ' Boneless beef mostly
steady to 2.00 higher.
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Middleburg Auction
Tuesday, November 24
Report supplied by auction,
CATTLE "251-. Choice slaughter
steers 81.00413.85, Good 58.0082.85,
Standard 55.00-58.00, Utility 48.00-
55.00. Choice slaughter heifers
80.00- Good 55.00-58.75,
Standard 50.00-55.00, Utility 40.00-
50.00. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 38.00-43.80, Cutters
38.00- Canner & Low Cutter
30.00- Shells down to 25.00.
Good slaughter bullocks 52.00-
58.75. Yield Grade #1 1200-1950 lbs.'
slaughter bulls 48.00-60.10; yield
grade ri 800-1200 lbs. 42.00-48.00.
CALVES 150. Choice vealers
85.00- Good 75.00-85.00,
Standard & Good 90-110 lbs. 50.00-
80.00, 70-90 lbs. 30.00-50.00. Farm
calves, holsteui bulls 90-125 lbs.
70.00- holsteui heifers 80-150
lbs. 70.00-110.00.
HOGS 887. US No. 1-2 210-235 lbs.
barrows & gilts 45.00-46.10, No. 1-3
JOO-250 lbs. 44.0045.00, No. 2-3 190
Ro lbs. 43.2544.00. US No. 1-3 320-
620 lbs. sows 40.0044.75, No. 2-3 300-
500 lbs. 35.0040.00. Boars 225-800
lbs. 35.00-37.75.
FEEDER PIGS 140. US No. 1-3
10-20 lbs. feeder pigs 8.00-15.00 per
head, No. 1-3 2040 lbs. 15.00-30.00,
No. 1-3 40-60 lbs. 30.0040.00 per
head.
SHEEP 14. Choice 85-125 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs 42.0048.00.
Slaughter ewes 12.00-22.00.
Omaha Cattle -
Wednesday, November 25
Report supplied by USDA
Through midweek, steers mostly
steady. Heifers .50-.75 lower, in
stances 1.00 off. Cows and Bulls
mostly steady.
Three Day Receipts 10,650
Same period last week. 13,525
Year Ago 11,600
The Holiday intnipted weak
showed fairly good demand, ex
cept for yield grade 4 Steers and
Heifers, despite' Monday receipts
ot over 0000 head and near 2900 head
Tuesday. Heifers were largely steady
Monday but • trended
down Tuesday 1 . The dressed beef
trended lower early. Slaughter
steers made up 47 pet of the three
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STEERS: Few loads Choice 3
and Choice and Prime 3, few 41100-
1350 lbs. 61.25-61.50, part load
Choice 3 61.75 and load relatively
high dressing 2-3 Monday 62.00.
Choice 2-41050-1300 lbs. 60.00-61.00;
3-4 59 00-60 00,
larger percentage 4 o* .• uu.
Few Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
59.50-60.00, few Good 57.0 Q-59.00.
Few Loads Good and Choice 1300-
1450 lb. 56.00-57.00.
HEIFERS: At midweek, three
loads and part load Choice, few
Prime mostly 3 1000-1050 lbs. 58.75-
59.00. Choice and MixedUhoice and
Prime 2-4 900-1150 lbs. 57.00-58.50,
many 58.00-58.50, some 4-5 53.00-
55.50. Mixed, Good and Choice 2-3
56.00-57.00; Good 54.00-56.00.
Average of detailed quotations
for Choice 900-1100 lb. Steers 60.50;
1100-1300 lbs. 60.66. Average cost
Steers 60.30, average weight 1170
lbs. compared 61.18 and 1165 lbs. a
week ago. Average cost Heifers
58.03, average weight 1031 lbs.
compared 59.50 and 1025 lbs. a
week ago.
COWS: High Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 36.00-38.00, few
high dressing 38.50-39.00. Canner
and Cutter 30.00-36.00, few light
weight 25.00-30.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-1800 lb. 45.00-
49.00, few 150.00.
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, Nov. 18
Report supplied by aucdon
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers $l.OO
lower. Choice 56.00-57.75; Good
53.00- Medium 52.00 Down.
Heifers Choice 53.00-53.25; Good
47.0iW2.00; Medium 46.00 Down.
Cows Good run but $l.OO lower.
Higb Yield 42.00-43.00; Average
39.00- Big Middle 35.00-38.00;
Fatty Herf. 33.00-36.00; Shelly 35.00
Down. Fat Bulls $l.OO higher. Good
45.00- Medium 41.0044.00.
Veal Calves Demand for choice.
Light calves $2.00 lower. Choice
88.00- Good 80.00-87.00;
Medium 68.00-79.00; Farm Hfrs. to
67.00; Farm Bulls to 73.00; Light &
Weak 50.00 Down. Lambs Steady
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 28,1981—A7
prices, Choice none offered. Good
40.00- Medium 39.00 Down.
STOCKER: Steers 300-500 lbs.
Steady to $l.OO higher. Choice
58.00- Good 53.00-57.00;
Medium 48.00-52.00; Culls 47.00
Down- Steers 600-850 lbs. Choice
55.00- Good 48.00-54.00;
Medium 47.00 Down. Heifers (All
Weights) Choice 51.00-57.50; Good
44.00- Medium 43.00 Down.
Dairy Cows to 700.00. Bulls Choice
54.00- Good 48.00-53.00;
Medium 47.00 Down. Pigs, Hd.
Steady prices. 20-30 lbs. 10.00-
22.00; 4060 lbs. 23.00-34.00. Shoats
by Lb- to 45.00. Slaughter Hogs
51.00 lower. 210-230 lbs. 42.75-44.00;
240-260 lbs. 42.0044.50; 190-205 ’lbs.
40.00- 275400 lbs. 37.5042.50.
Sows 300-600 lbs. 41.0045.50;; Thin
Sows 32.0040.00.
Lebanon Valley
Tuesday, November 24
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 137. Compared with
last Tuesday's market, slaughter
cows .75-$2 lower. Few' Good
slaughter steers 55.75-59.75, few
Standard 52.50-58.25. Individual
Good slaughter heifer at 56.75, few
Standard 49.00-51. Utility and
Commercial slaughter cows 37.50-
41, couple 44.00, Cutters 33.50-37.75,
Canner and Low Cutters 30-34.50,
Shells down to 26.50. Few Yield
Grade #l, 1150-1635 lbs. slaughter
bulls 40-50.75.
CALVES 200. Few Choice
vealers 86.00-99, few Good 72.00-88,
Standard and Good 90-110 lbs.
60.00-65, 70-90 lbs. 50.00-56. Farm
Calves: Hoi. Bulls 85-125 lbs. 57.00-
99, mostly 75.00-90; Few Hoi.
Heifers 80-130 lbs. 55.00-89.
HOGS 156. Barrows and gilts $l
- lower. Few Lots US No. 1-2.220-
240 lbs. barrows and gilts 44-45.85,
lot No. 2-3 258 ibs. at 43.10. US No.
1-3 300-58!) lbs. sows 39.00-42, couple
to 43.00. Few Boars 32.00-35.00.
FEEDER PIGS 20. Few Lots US
No. 1-3 30-40 lbs. feeder pigs 76.00-
89 per hundredweight.
SHEEP 12. Couple Choice 85 &
10 0 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 59
& 62.00, few Good 55-80 lbs. 37.0042.
Mt. Joy. PA 17552
Dewart Auction
Monday, November 23
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 189. Few Low Choice
1025-1200 lbs. (3-4) slaughter steers
58.75- Good 55.50-59, Standard
51.50-55. Few Good slaughter
heifers 52-54.50, few Standard
45.00-50. Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 36-39.75, few 42.75,
Cutters 33.75-37, Canner and Low
Cutters 29-33.75, few Shells down to
20. Individual Good slaughter
bullock at 55.60. Few Yield Grade
#1,1150-1925 lbs. slaughter bulls 48-
54.75. Pew Large Frame #3,749830
lbs. feeder steers 40.50-41.75.
CALVES 208. Choice vealers
85.0995, few Good 60.0975, Stan
dard and Good 79100 lbs. 45.00-56,
few Utility 60-85 lbs. 34.0950. Farm
Calves: Hoi. Bulls 85-125 lbs. 75.09
91, couple 98.00; few Hoi. Heifers
99120 lbs. 90.09125.00.
HOGS 268. US No. 1-2 2-235 lbs.
barrows and gilts 45.2945.90, lot
46.70, No. 1-3 205-245 lbs. 44-45.20,
lot 45.80, few lots No. 23- 259265 lbs.
43-43.40, few lots No. 1-3179190 lbs.
40.75- US No. 1-3 329600 lbs.
sows 40.5942.75. Few Boars 32.79
37.75.
FEEDER PIGS 214. US No. 1-3
1920 lbs. feeder pigs 8.0919.50 per
head. No. 1-3 2935 lbs. 19.5930 per
head, No. 1-3 3950 lbs. 3937,50, few
lots No. 1-3 79105 lbs. 55-56.50 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP 14. Few Good 70-95 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs 40.00-48,
few Utility 55-70 lbs. 30.00-42.
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