Livestock market and auction news
Peoria Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 7
Report supplied by PDA
Compared to last week:
Slaughter steers 50 to 1.00 higher.
Heifers 1.00 to 1.50 higher. Cows
1.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls 1.00 to 2.00
lower. Trade fairly active during
the week with unproved demand
and aggressiveness of buyers
unproved over previous weeks.
The advance in carcass beet prices
coupled''with the introduction of
new buying interest on the market
forced the live prices to follow the
upward pattern and close at higher
levels. Receipts this week 2000.
Compared to 2310 last week and
4540 last year.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice,
few Prune, 2-4 1000-1350 lbs. 58.00-
50.50, load 1215 lbs. 00.00. Yield
Grade 3-4 1150-1375 lbs. 57.50-58.50.
Good and Choice 2-3 050-1130 lbs.
50.50-58.00. Goods 54.00-57.00. '
SLAUGHTER ' HEIFERS:
Choice, including Prune, 2-4 950-
1100 lbs. 57.00-58.50, package
mound 1000 lbs. 59.00, yield grade
18-4, 55.50-57.00, few packages 3
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mostly 4 950-1050 lbs. 55.00-55.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2 : 3 850-1050
lbs. 54.50-57.50, largely 55.60-57.00.
Goods 51.00-56.00.
COWS: Utility, few Commercial
1-3 32.00-37.00, couple small lots
returmg to farms 35.00-37.00.
Cutter 31.00-35.50, Canner and Low
Cutter 26.00-31.00.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1100-
2200 lbs. 42.00-46.00.
New Wilmington
Auction
New Wilmington, Pa.
Monday, Jan. 4
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 307. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows fully $3 lower. Few Choice
slaughter steers 59.0001.50, few
Good 53.00-58.00, Standard 46.00-
52.00. Few Choice slaughter heifers
53.00-58.00, few Good 49.00-52.00,
few Standard 43.0047.00. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 38.00-
41.25, Cutters 35.00-39.06, Canner &
Low Cutter 28.00-35.0 Q, Shells down
to 20.00. Yield Grade §1 1255-2245
lbs. slaughter bulls 45.0049.75, one
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at 51.25; yield grade #2 975-1640 lbs.
40.2545.50. Medium & Large
Frame #1 and #2 400-880 lbs. feeder
steers 37.00-44.50; Medium &
Large Frame #1 and #2.550-800 lbs.
feeder heifers 29.00-36.00.
CALVES 321. Vealers grading
Good & Choice fully $5 higher.
Standard about steady. Couple
Prime vealers 113.00 and 116.00,
Choice 100.00-110.00, Good 85.00-
102.50, Standard & Good 90-130 lbs.
42.00- 65-85 lbs. 27.0044.00,
Utility 40-80 lbs. 15.00-25.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 100-130 lbs.
60.00- holstein heifers 80-105
lbs. 45.00-70.00, one 125 lbs. at 97.50.
HOGS 320. Barrows & gilts 50
cents to $1 higher. US No. 1-2 220-
245 lbs. barrows & gilts 42.0043.00,
No. 1-3 200-260 lbs. 41.0042.20, No.
2-3 210-265 lbs. 39.5041.00, No. 1-3
120-170 lbs. 37.0043.00. Sows steady
to strong. US No. 1-3 300460 lbs.
sows 35.0043.00. Boars 28.00-38.50.
FEEDER PIGS 53. US No. 1-3 25-
35 lbs. feeder pigs 15.00-23.00 per
head, few No. 1-3 4045 lbs. 25.00-
31.00 per head.
SHEEP 131. Choice 80-120 lbs.
wooled slaughter lambs 45.00-58.00,
one lot new crop lambs 80 lbs. at
68.00, Good 65-90 lbs, wooled
slaughter lambs 40.00-47.00.
Slaughter ewes 12.00-32.00.
Eighty-four Auction
Eighty-four, Pa.
Monday, Jan. 4
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CATTLE 283. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
steers steady to weak. Slaughter
cows $2 to |3 lower, spots $4 lower.
Few Choice slaughter steers 57.00-
58.00, Good 53.50-55.00, Standard
50.00- Good slaughter heifers
54.00- Standard 46.0048.50,
Utility 40.0043.00. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 36.00-
38.75, few high yielding individuals
to 43.00, Commercial No. 4-5 35.00-
37.00, Cutters 34.00-36.00, Canner &
Low Cutter 28.00-35.00, Shells down
to 20.00. Yield Grade #1 1300-1800
lbs. slaughter bulls 44.00-51.50.
Medium Frame #1 350-750 lbs.
feeder steers 46.75-51.00; Medium
Frame #1 300-500 lbs. feeder
heifers 43.0048.00; Medium Frame
#1 400-700 lbs. feeder bulls 45.00-
50.25.
CALVES 334. Vealers grading
Good & Choice $2 to $4 lower,
Standard & Good |2 to $4 higher.
Choice vealers 92.00-116.00, Good
76.00- Standard & Good 110-
130 lbs. 67.00-85.00,90-110 lbs. 55.00-
67.00, 6085 lbs. 45.00-57.00, few
Utility 5080 lbs. 30.0040.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 85-120 lbs.
73.00- few holstein heifers
75.00- Slaughter calves,
grading Good & Choice 250-350 lbs.
56.0080.00. ■
HOGS 117. Barrows & gilts fully
$2 higher. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
barrows & gilts 44.0045.00, few to
46.25, No. 1-3 200-260 lbs. 43.00-
44.25, few No. 2-3220-250 lbs. 35.00-
41.00. US No. 1-3 350-700 lbs. sows
40.0045.00. Boars 20.00-35.50.
FEEDER PIGS 21. Few US No.
1-3 5080 lbs. feeder pigs 21.00-28.00
per head, few Utility 20 lbs. at 4.00
per head.
SHEEP 79. Wooled slaughter
lambs $1.50 to $2 lower. Choice 100-.
112 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
51.50-53.00, Good 80-100 lbs. 48.00-
49.50, Good 60-65 lbs. feeders 43.50-
47.00. Slaughter sheep 20.00-26.00.
GOATS 12.19.00-39.00 per head.
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CATTLE 290. Choice slaughter
steers 57.50-62.10, Good 55-60.75,
Standard 48.00-55, Utility 42.00-48.
Choice slaughter heifers 56-59.50,
one 66.35, Good 52.00-56, Standard
45.00- Utility 40.00-45. Utility and
Commercial slaughter cows 38-
42.75, few 45.25, Cutters
Canner and Low Cutters 30.00-36,
Shells down to 20. Good slaughter
bullocks 51.75-52.85. Yield Grade
#l, 1200-2100 lbs. slaughter bulls
48.75-54.75, #2, 800-1200 lbs. 42.75-
48.75.
CALVES 201. Choice vealers
90.00- Good 80.00-90, Standard
and Good 90-110 lbs. 55.00-65, 70-90
lbs. 45.00-55. Farm Calves; Hoi.
Bulls 90-120 lbs. 70.00-117.50; Hoi.
Heifers 80-150 lbs. 75.00-120.
HOGS 570. (1-4-82). US No. 1-2
210-235 lbs. barrows and gilts 44-
45.25, No. 1-3 190-250 lbs. 43.25-44,
No. 2-3 190-300 lbs. 41.50-43.25. US
No. 1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 34.75-38.75,
No. 2-3 300-500 lbs. 30-34.50. Boars
300-600 lbs. 30-31.75.
FEEDER PIGS 287. US No. 1-3
10-20 lbs. feeder pigs 10.00-22 per
head, No. 1-3 20-40 lbs. 22.00-34 per
head, No. 1-3 40-60 lbs. 34-37.50 per
head.
.SHEEP 7. Few Choice 100-135
lbs. wooled slaughter lambs 42.00-
45.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts about 400 bead.
Compared last Wednesday,
slaughter lambs steady to 2.00
higher. Light supply feeder lambs
firm to 2.00 higher. Supply mainly
shorn and wooled slaughter lambs.
SHORN SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice and Prime 105-119 lbs. will
No. 1 and 2 pelts 50.50-53.50.
WOOLE43 SLAUGHTEB
LAMBS: Choice and Prime 100-121
lbs. 46.00-48.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Scatters
small lots Choice and Fancy 60-81
lbs. 43.00-47.00, mostly 44.00-46.00.
Middlsburg Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, January 5
Report supplied by auction
St. Louis Sheep
Thursday, Jan. 7
Report supplied by USDA
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