Livestock market and auction news
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, January 14
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated receipts 2000
Same day last week 2033
Trade moderately active at best;
Feeder Cattle and Calves closed
steady to .50 lower. Demand
narrowed due to curtailed sup
, plies. Majority receipts Medium
Frame 1 and Mixed 1-2 500-800 lb.
Feeder Steers and 500-700 lb.
Feeder Heifers with large per
centage arriving from wheat
pasture. Moderate attendance
buyers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
few Large Frame 1, few 300-400 lb.
including bull calves 65.0fr65.60;
400-500 lb. 60.00-05.10; 500-000 lb.
59.00-61.80 ; 600-700 lb. 59.90-02.30;
700-800 lb. 58.00-61.90 ; 800-900 lb.
56.25-59.75, part load 816 lb. 60.80;
850-1031 lb. partly fattened 53.00-
55.40.
Small Frame 1, few 390-477 lb.
61.50; 733-792 lb. 56.40-58.00.
Medium and Large Frame Mixed
■4O, few 300-400 lb. 02.00-63.50; 400-
-.0 lb. 57.0frf11.80; 500-000 lb. 57.00-
58.10; part load 742 lb. 56.80 ; 800-
921 lb. 53.75-54.50. Large Frame
No. 2 Holsteins small lot 726 lb.
50.80; part load 1038 lb. 48.10.
FEEDER HEIFERS; Medium
Frame 1, few 340-500 lb. 54.00-
55.90; 500-600 lb. 53.70-56.60; 600-700
lb. 51.30-54.50, part load 635 lb.
55.60; part load 716 lb. fleshy 54.10;
laod 829 lb. fleshy 50.25. Small
Frame 1 396491 lb. 48.2549.90;
package 712 lb. 53.20. Medium and
Large Frame Mixed 1-2 359450 lb.
51.25-53.00; 590-739 lb. 50.25-53.25.
Medium frame No. 2, few 539-638
lb. 47.3048.00.
FOR THE WEEK; Compared to
late last week Feeder Calves under
500 lb. steady to .50 higher; Steers
over 500 lb. 1.50-2.50 higher;
Heifers over 500 lb. 1.00-2.00
higher. Overall demand very good.
Slaughter Cows .50-1.00 higher with
late sales Utility and Commercial
2-3 37.2541.50; low dressing and
YG 34 34.75-36.75; Cutter 1-2 36.25-
37.00; Canner and low Cutter 31.25-
35.75. Slaughter Bulls steady to 1.00
higher with bulk sales, YG 1 1100-
1800 lb. 50.00-56.50. Salable receipts
totaled near 8,000 head compared
to 10,710 last week and 15,802 for the
comparable period a year ago."
Feeder Cattle and Calves made up
87 percent of the salable supply
including numerous shipments
arriving from wheat pastures.
Cows and BujJs numbered near
1,000 head and made up 13 percent
of the salable supplies.
Leesport Auction
Leesport, Pa.
Wednesday, January 13
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 174: Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter steers steady to strong.
Slaughter cows 1.50-2.00 higher.
Choice 1000-1275 lbs. slaughter
steers 60.00-62.50, one 63.75, Good &
Choice holsteins 1250-1450 lbs.
50.00-54.00, Good 57.10-60.00,
Standard 52.25-56.00, few Utility &
Low Standard 48.25-51.75. Few
Choice 960-1140 lbs. slaughter
heifers 54.00-59.60, few Good 53.25-
54.50, one Standard 50.85. Utility &
Commercial slaughter cows 40.50-
43.10, one at 44.75, Cutters 37.75-
41.60, few 43.35, few Canner & Low
Cutter 33.00-35.25. Few Good &
Choice slaughter bullocks 57.25-
60.50, one at 64.00, few Standard
53.50- Few Yield Grade #1
1250-1875 lbs. slaughter bulls 54.00-
58.25; few yield grade H 2 1080-1280
lbs. 47.50-52.35. Few Medium
Frame HI 400-640 lbs. feeder steers
53.50-
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 16,1982—A13
CALVES 116: Vealers grading
Standard & Low Good steady to
5.00 higher. One Prime at 110.00,
few Choice 72.00-87.00, few Good
60.00- Standard & Good 110-
125 lbs. 55.0fr60.00,90-110 lbs. 50.00-
60.00, 70-90 lbs. 40.00-50.00, few
Utility 60-100 lbs. 30.0042.00. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 90-125 lbs.
55.00- mostly 59.00-63.00.
HOGS 268: Barrows & gilts 6.00-
7.00 higher. US No. 1-2 200-235 lbs.
barrows & gilts 49.50-50.00, few
51.00, No. 1-3 190-265 lbs. 48.75-
50.25, few No. 2-3 260-290 lbs. 46.75-
49.75. Sows 2.50-3.00 higher. US No.
1-3 300-600 lbs. sows 41.2543.75, few
44.75, few Utility 280440 lbs. 33.00-
40.25. Few Boars 32.00-35.50.
FEEDER PIGS 63: Few US No.
1-3 35-65 lbs. feeder pigs 57.00-65.00
cwt, few No. 1-3 75-150 lbs. 42.00-
48.00, one lot Utility 60 lbs. 55.00
cwt.
SHEEP 3; Couple Slaughter
ewes 24.00 and 33.00.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, January 14
Report supplied by USDA
Through midweek, Steers and
Heifers 2.00-2.50 higher, instances
3.00 higher; however, Heifers
under 950 lbs. continued in narrow
demand with some sales only
steady. Cows steady to 1.00 higher,
advance mainly on canner, cutter
and boning utility. Bulls steady.
Four day receipts 10,375 com
pared 12,375 last week, 17,850 year
ago.
Extremely cold weather cur
tailed Monday receipts and fed
Cattle prices reacted sharply
upward. Rough winter weather
continues to adversely affect
dressing percentages and weight
gains. Steers make up 40 pet. of
estimated five day total, Heifers 32
pet. Cows 8 pet. Feeders 19 pet.
STEERS: Approximately 12
loads Choice 3 and Choice and
Prime 3, few 41150-1325 lbs. during
week 61.75 to mostly 62.00. Choice
24 1050-1300 lbs. 60.50-61.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 60.00-60.50;
Good 56.00-60.00. Good and Choice
2-3 1300-1350 lb. Holsteins 54.00-
54.75, Standard and Mostly Good
1100-1300 lbs. 51.00-53.00, some low
dressing 50.00.
HEIFERS: Near 7 loads Choice
3, some with end Prime and few 4
1000-1100 lbs. 60.25-60.50. Choice
including some Prime 2-4 950-1100
lbs. 58.50-60.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 900-1050 lbs. 56.00-58.50,
some mostly Choice 900 lbs. in
cluded 56.00. Good 53.00-57.00.
Average of Detailed quotations
for Choice 900-1100 lb. Steers 60.75;
1100-1300 lbs. 61.02, average cost
Steers 60.38; average weight 1160
lbs. compared 58.56 and 1165 lbs.
week ago. Average cost Heifers
58.81 average weight 1001 lbs.
compared 57.46 and 1015 lbs. a
week ago.
COWS; High Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 36.00-38.00, some
38.25-39.00. Canner and Cutter 1-2
30.00-36.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 43.00-
47.00, few 150.00.