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Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Dec. 10
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts this week: 7,100;
Week Ago; 6,100;
Year Ago: 6,300;
Compared with the previous
week’s close, slaughter steers
mostly 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter
heifers through mid-week 1.00-1.50
lower. Cows fully 5.00, instances
6.00 lower. Bulls 4.00-5.00 lower.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Choice and Prime 2-4
slaughter steers, around 30%
heifers and 20% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-41050-1250 lbs.
57.50-59.25 early, not tested late; 3-
4 1125-1280 lbs. 58.50-58.75 early,
part load 56.75. Choice 2-4 950-1275
lbs. 56.00-59.00, closing 56.00-58.00;
few lots 3-41000-1090 lbs. 54.75-55.75
late. Mixed Good and Choice 2-4
900-1225 lbs. 54.00-58.00, closing
54.00- Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs.
52.00- few closing sales 52.00-
54.00. Mostly Good 2-31075-1275 lbs.
holstems 53.00-55.00 early, not
tested late. Few Standard to Good
2-31080-1350 lbs. late at 45.0047.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Through mid-week: Mixed Choice
and Prime 24 875-1075 lbs. 56.00-
56.60. Choice 24 875-1075 lbs. 56.00-
56.50. Choice 24 800-1050 lbs. 54.50-
56.00, most late sales 54.50-55.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 750-1000
lbs. 53.00-55.00. Good 2-3 700-975 lbs.
51.00-
COWS: Closing week sales:
Utility and Commercial 2-4 31.00
33.00. Boning Utility 1-2 33.00-34.00.
Cutter 1-2 29.00-32.00. Canner and
Low Cutter 1-2 26.00-29.00. Few
shelly canner 23.00-26.00.
BULLS; Yield Grade 1-2 1050
1900 lbs. 38.00-48.00, closing sales
38.0043.00. Yield Grade 113001700
lbs. 48.0049.00 early, part load 1170
lbs. 45.50 late.
.FEEDERS: (.Including around
2,400 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers and heifers
unevenly 2.U0-5.0U lower. Supply
mainly Medium Frame 1 and
Mixed 1-2 400-900# steers and 350-
600# heifers. Buyer attendance
fairly large.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: 375-500# 60.0044.00; 500-
600# 58.50-62.75; 000-785# 58.00-
61.25; Several lots 810-910# 53.00-
57.00. Medium Frame 1-2 and some
Small Frame 1; 350-5001
50.00-58.00, mostly 52.75-55.75.
Large Frame 2 Holstems: Scat
tered lots 425-700# 43.5046.25.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1: 350-500# 48.00-52.00; 500-
600# 49.75-53.75. Medium Frame 1-2
and some Small Frame 1: 300600#
41.5046.50.
BRED COWS: Couple lots
Medium Frame 1-2 mostly middle
aged 850-975# m second and third
stages of pregnancy33.oo-33.75.
Westminster
Livestock Auction
Westminster, Md.
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Report supplied by auction
BUTCHER COWS: Large run,
$l.OO under last week. Few
Commercial 40.00-43.00; Standard
& Utility 36.0039.00; Canners 33.00
36.50; Shelly 33.00 Down. Bulls Few
good, 1000 lbs. 44.25 & 45.25;
Standard 8001000 lbs. 36.0040.00;
Steers Choice to 59.00; Low Choice
& Good 53.0053.50; Good Holsteins
45.0049.00; Heifers Choice 53.00
55.50; Good 49.0053.00; Com
mercial 43.0047.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: Light run -
Good demand from local butchers.
US #1 & 3 215-240 lbs. few 40.50
41.25; 240260 lbs. 2 lots 44.5046.50;
270290 lbs. 41.0044.00; Few 300375
lbs. 50.0055.00. SOWS 300500 lbs.
to 35.30; 500650 lbs. 33.0034.00.
BOARS 300400 lbs. 30.0031.00; 400
650 lbs. to 31.50.
VEAL CALVES: Active! -$2.00
higher. Choice 90.0099.00; Good
85.0090.00; Standard 75.00-85.00.
Killers 80100 lbs. 50.0057.00; Weak
& Rough 50.00 Down.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM: Holstein Heifers few 90-100
lbs. 94.00-115.00; Holstein Bulls 95-
120 lbs. 70.00-108.00; Mainly 80.00-
100.00.
LAMBS; Few Good & Choice 70-
90 lbs. 40.0043.00.*
STOCK CATTLE: Good demand
for steers over 700 lbs. Steers No
Choice Light wghts, Good 45.00-
51.50; Good & Choice 700-950 lbs.
51.00-57.50. Heifers Mostly Good
few Choice 40.0048.00; Medium
33.0040.00. Bulls Few 300500 lbs.
Med. to Good 42.0050.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS: Mainly
light weights offered. By the Head
3040 lbs. 20.00-25.00; By the Lb.
100-160 lbs. 36.0044.00; St. Boars
200-300 lbs. 28.00-31.00; St. Boars
150-190 lbs. 27.00-35.00.
Carlisle Auction
Carlisle, Pa.
Tuesday, Dec. 8
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE; STEERS: Good 56.25-
57.75; Standard 54.25-55.00; Utility
46.7549.75. HEIFERS: Good 59.25;
Standard 55.50-56.76; Utility 44.25-
48.50. COWS: Utility & Com
mercial 38.2540.75; Cutter 35.50
39.00; Canner & Low Cutter 33.50
35.00. SHELLS down to 30.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 150.50
54.00; Yield Grade No. 2 43.00
46.00.
FEEDERSTEERS: 45.00-54.00.
CATTLE HEIFERS: 46.50-56.50.
BULLS: 45.00-52.00.
CALVES; VEALERS; Good
75.00- Standard & Good 60.00
80.00; Standard & Good 50.00-65.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls
77.00- Hoi. Heifers 110.00
127.50.
HOGS: Barrows & Gilts US No.
1-2 39.7543.25; US No. 1-3 36.00
40.00. SOWS: US No. 1-3 34.50
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12,1981—A13
39.00; No. 2-3 30.50-35.50. Boars
30.00-
FEEDER PIGS: US No. 1-3
16.00- No. 1-326.00-34.00.
SHEEP: LAMBS: Good 43.00-
45.00; Utility 35.0040.00.
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, December 10
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated Receipts
Same Day Last Week
Feeder steers over 600 lbs.
steady to 1.00 lower; steers under
600 lbs. all heifers steady to 2.00
lower mostly 1.00-2.00 lower.
Feeder demand light. Bulk supply
Medium Frame 1 and Mixed 1-2
400-900 lbs. feeder steers and 300-
625 lbs. heifers.
FEEDER STEERS:Medium
few Large Frame 1 300400 lbs.
69.00-72.00; 400500 lbs. 61.5066.00,
some lots thin 400450 lbs. 65.80-
71.00; 500-600 lbs. 60.1064.10; 600
700 lbs. 59.8062.75, two lots thin
625630 lbs. 63.3064.40; 700600 lbs.
58.5060.90; 800950 lbs. 57.1060.40.
Small Frame 1 290 lbs. 65.50; 375
lbs. 61.25; 465 lbs. 60.00; 500-550 lbs.
53.1058.80. Medium few Large
Frame Mixed 1-2 315-320 lbs. thin
63.2563.75; 500700 lbs. 58.0061.25;
two lots thin 500600 lbs. 61.4063.00;
945 lbs. 35.05. Medium and Large
Frame 2 450600 lbs. 56.0058.30; 870
lbs. 53.70. Large Frame 2 Holsteins
450 lbs. 56.00; 820 lbs. 52.00; 975 lbs.
49.70.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1265-275 lbs. thin
58.0059.00; 300400 lbs. unevenly
52.8059.25; lot 405 lbs. 58.00; 400
500 lbs. 50.5055.50; 500600 lbs.
50.5053.05; lot 600 lbs. 56.00; 600
700 lbs. 51.0054.70; 700800 lbs.
51.1053.25. Small Frame 1 400500
lbs. 48.0055.20. Medium and few
Large Frame Mixed 1-2 300625 lbs.
48.00-52.50 several 49.00-51.50.
Medium Frame 2 425-525 lbs. 47.00-
47.25.
FOR THE WEEK: Feeder steers
2.004.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00-
5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 2.50-3.00
instances 4.00 lower. Bulls 1.00-2.00
lower. Late sales Utility and
Commercial 2-3 cows 34.90-36.80.
Cutter 1-2 poorly tested few strong
weight 35,00. Canner and Low
Cutter 27.00-34.00. Yield Grade 1-2
bulls 1175-1500 lbs. 47.00-52.00, few
1750-1850 lbs. 53.00-54.00; 900-1175
lbs. 40.25-48.75. Salable receipts
this week near 18,200 head com
pared to 17,272 last week and 15,662
last year. Feeder steers and
heifers made up 89 percent of the
run; cows and bulls near 11 per
cent.
3000
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