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New Wilmington
Auction
• New Wilmington, Pa.
Monday, March 29
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 304. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
cows SO cents-$l lower. Choice
slaughter steers 61.50-65.75, Good
57.50-60.50, Standard 50.0047, few
Utility 48.0050. Choice slaughter
heifers 57.5060.25, one 61.75, few
Good 55-57.50, Standard 4050.25.
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 30.5042, one 43.50, Cutters 36-
39.75, Canner & Low Cutters 30.00-
36, Shells down to 25. Few Standard
slaughter bullocks 47.0048, few
Utility 41.5043.50. Yield Grade #l,
1030-1805 lbs. slaughter bulls 40
52.75, one 56.75, few 1/2, 1080-1850
lbs. 46.7548. Medium & Large
Frame #1,300-700 lbs. feeder steers
50.0060.00; Medium & Large
Frame HI 300-520 lbs. feeder
heifers 47.0060.00, 540-750 lbs.
40.5048.00; Medium & Large
•Frame #2 420-700 lbs. 35.0041.50;
Medium & Large Frame #1450-700
lbs. feeder bulls 40.00-50.50.
CALVES 307. Vealers grading
Good & Choice about steady,
Standard mostly $5 lower. -Couple
Prune vealers 101.00 and 105.00,
Choice 85.00-99.00, Good 70.00-87.00,
Standard & Good 90-125 lbs. 39.00-
55.00, 65-85 lbs. 30.0040.00, few
Utility 50-100 lbs. 20.00-22.50, Farm
calves, holstein bulls 95-135 lbs.
47.00-70.00, holstein heifers 85-125
lbs. 77.00-82.00.
HOGS 564. Barrows & gilts $1 to
$2 lower. US No. 1-2 210-250 lbs.
barrows & gilts 50.30-51.00, No. 1-3
200-260 lbs. 49.75-50.50, few No. 2-3
200-260 lbs. 47.7549.00, No. 1-3 170-
190 lbs. 40.2547.75. Sows $1 to $2
lower. US No. 1-3 350895 lbs. sows
41.00-50.00, 240-360 lbs. 34.0041.50.
Boars 37.0043.00.
FEEDER PIGS 8. US No. 1-3 20:
lbs. feeler pigs 21.00-35.00 per
Wiead.
SHEEP 463. Choice 20-40 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 89.00-
104.00, few to 111.00,40-60 lbs. 67.00-
82.00. 65-110 lbs. 64.00-72.00; Choice
80-115 lbs. wooled slaughter lambs
57.00-67.50, Good 50-90 lbs. 40.00-
60.00. Slaughter ewes 10.00-31.50.
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Dewart Auction
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, March 29
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 343. Compared with
last Monday’s market, slaughter
steers steady to weak. Slaughter
cows uneven, about steady Few
Low Choice slaughter steers 63.50
65, Good 57.5062, Standard 52-
56.75, few Utility 4549.75. Few
Choice slaughter heifers 5066.25.
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 3942.25, few 43.85, Cutters
37.7540.50, Canner & Low Cutters
34.50-38, Shells down to 32. Yield
Grade HI, 825-2070 lbs. slaughter
bulls 45.00-54. Medium Frame HI,
300-535 lbs. feeder steers 61.50
65.50. Medium Frame HI, 300-590
lbs. feeder heifers 54-59.50.
CALVES 208. Couple Prime
vealers 110 & 111.00, few Choice
89.0004.00, Good 66.00-86, Standard
& Good (few) 100-120 lbs. 60.00-70,
70-100 lbs. 49.00-54, Utility 5085 lbs.
44.0080. Farm Calves: Hoi. Bulls
90-120 lbs. 55.00-76, couple 80; few
Hoi. Heifers 90-250 lbs. 70.00-106.
HOGS 390. Barrows and gilts 50
cents-SI.SO lower. US No. 1-2 2-220
lbs. barrows and gilts 51.85-84.25,
mostly 52.00-53, No. 1-3 2-240 lbs. 51-
51.85, No. 2-3 220-260 lbs. 48-50.50.
Few US No. 1-3 350-500 lbs. sows 47-
49.75. Boars 38.0045.
FEEDER PIGS 75. US No. 1-3 25-
45 lbs. feeder pigs 40.00-50 per
head.
SHEEP 52. Choice 50-90 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 65.00-74,
few 20-45 lbs. 82.00-200.00.
Slaughter ewes 19.00-34.
GOATS 13: Kids 25.00-36.50 per
head.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, April 1
Report supplied by USDA
Through midweek, slaughter
steers and heifers closed near
steady, except heifers under 925
lbs. weak to 50 lower, instances
1.00 off. Cows and bulls steady.
Four Day Receipts This Week 9450
Last Week
Year Ago
. Sharply reduced Wednesday
receipts overcame the bearish
influence of a downturn m the beef
trade; as Tuesday losses fully
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broad discounts on heifers
weighing 925 lbs. and down.
Overall finish through the session
just fair, with majority of cattle
falling into the Good to average
Choice range. Mud still contiunues
to be a problem on many of the
available offerings. Steers made
up 41 pet of estimated 5 day
receipts, heifers 34 pet, cows 10 pet
and feeders 13 pet.
STEERS: Early in week, 5 loads
Choice 2-3 and Choice, some Prime
341175-1275 lbs. 68.1068.75. At the
close, Choice 24 1050-1225 lbs.
66.5067.75,1 load 1200 lbs. with end
Prime 68.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-31050-1200 lbs. 65.0066.50.
Good 63.0066.00. Load Good 1-2
1067 lbs. holstein 59.25.
HEIFERS: Early in week 10
loads Choice, few Prime 24 950
1050 lbs. 65.6066.00. At the close,
Choice 24 875-1000 lbs. 64.0065.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-1000
lbs. unevenly 60.0064.00. Good
56.0062.00.
Average of IS 214 detailed
quotations Choice 900-1100 lb.
steers 66.15; 1100-1300 lbs. 67.65.
Average cost steers 66.17, average
weight 1140 lbs., compared 66.31
and 1144 lbs. a week ago. Average
cost heifers 63.51, average weight
989 lbs., as compared 63.83 and 993
lbs. a week ago.
COWS: High-Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 39.00-42.00, few
43.00. Canner and Cutter 36.00
40.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-2000 lbs. 45.00
51.00. Few individual 152.00-55.00.
Shenandoah Valley
Livestock
Harrisonburg, Va.
Saturday, March 27
Report supplied by auction
FEEDER CATTLE: Trend-
Bulls-steady. Heifers-3.00 lower.
Steers-1.00 higher.
Steers: M&L-l 300-500 lbs. 61.00
72.00; 500-700 lbs. 55.0066.50; 700
1000 lbs. 53.5060.00. S-1&M&L-2
300-500 lbs. 58.00-67.50; 500-700 lbs.
55.50-63.00; 7001000 lbs. 52.5055.00.
Feeder Bulls: M&L-l 300500 lbs.
61.0071.00; 500700 lbs. 58.5064.50;
7001000 lbs. 44.5048.50. S-1&M&L-2
300-500 lbs. 56.0061.00; 500-700 lbs.
54 00-59 00
Heifers: M&L-l 300500 lbs. 44.00
51.00; 500700 lbs. 47.5052.00; 700
800 lbs. 47.0056.50. S-1&M&L-2 300
500 lbs. 44.0049.00; 500700 lbs.
40.0049.50.
Stock Cows: Beef 360.00530.00;
Baby Calves 25.0085.00.
Slaughter Cows: Trend - Steady
to 1.00 lower. Utility & Commercial
24 37.5041.25; Canner & Cutters I
-328.5036.00.
Slaughter Bulls 1&2:46.5051.75.
Lambs: Trend - Slaughter lambs
1.00 higher. High Choice & Prime
Wools 64.50; Spring Lambs 71.00;
Choice 58.25; Feeder Lambs
Choice 50.00; Slaughter Ewes
15.0021.00.
Hogs: US 1-3 200240 lbs. 49.75;
Sows 1-3 49.5052.00; Boars 37.00.
Veal: Choice & Prime 77.00
87.00; G00d65.0073.00.
Slaughter Calves: Good& Choice
56.0062.00.
Holstein Steers: 300-500 lbs.
53.00-57.00; 500700 lbs. 48.5055.50;
700900 lbs. 47.0052.00.
Morrison Cove
Auction
Martins burg, Pa.
Monday, March 29
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 279. High Choice &
Prune slaughter steers 67.2569.00,
Choice 64.5066.75, G00d60.5062.75,
Standard 56.5060.25, Utility 46.50
53.50. Choice slaughter heifers
63.50- Good 60.5062.50,
Standard 56.5060.25, Utility 44.50
52.50. Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 44.00-50.25, Cutters
40.5043.75, Canner & Low Cutter
36.50- Shells down to 30.00.
Good slaughter bullocks 56.50
58.25, Standard 51.5052.75, Utility
44.0048.50. Yield Grade #1
slaughter bulls 52.75-53.85; yield
grade #2 43.5049.50. Choice feeder
steers 60.0062.50, Good 52.5056.50,
Medium 47.5050.75; Good feeder
heifers 50.25-53.50, Medium 43.00
48.50; Good feeder bulls 50.5062.50,
Medium 44.5048.50.
CALVES 282. Prime vealers
91.5094.50. Choice 87.5091.50, Good
82.50- Standard & Good HO
130 lbs. 67.5074.50,90110 lbs. 54.50
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60.50, 70-90 lbs. 45.0002.50. Farm
calves, holstein bulls 90-130 lbs.
70.00- holstein heifers 90-130
lbs. 71.00-118.50.
HOGS 457. US No. 1-2 200-240 lbs.
barrows & gilts 52.25-53.10, No. 1-3
200-240 lbs. 51.25-52.00, No. 2-3
50.00- No. 2-4 48.25-49.50. US
No. 1-3 sows 47.50-50.25, No. 2-3
43.25-46.50. Boars 35.00-40.25.
FEEDER PIGS 47. USNo. 1-325-
40 lbs. feeder pigs 23.0034.00 per
head. No. 1-3 40-75 lbs. 35.00-41.00
per head.
SHEEP 7. No market test.
GOATS 9.14.0040.00 per head.
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Bid.
Wednesday, March 24
Report supplied by auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed Steers Good
run $l.OO higher. Choice 84.00
65.50; Good 59.00-63.00; Medium
58.00. Heifers Choice 63.00d5.50;
Good 59.0042.00; Medium 58.00.
Cows Steady to $l.OO higher. In
dividual at 46.75. High Yield 42.00
44.25; Average 39.0041.00; Big
Middle 35.00d8.00; Fatty Herf.
34.00d7.00; Shelly 37.00 Down. Fat
Bulls Mostly steady Good 50.00
52.50; Medium 46.0049.00. Veal
Calves Demand for Choice. Mostly
steady. Choice 100.00-107.00; Good
90.00- Medium 75.00d9.00;
Farm Hfrs. to 96.00; Farm Bulls to
81.00; Light & Weak 49.00 Down.
Lambs Few offered. Higher prices.
Choice 65.00d7.00; Good 60.00
M.OO; Medium 59.00 Down.
STOCKER; Steers 300-550 lbs.
11.00- higher. Choice 66.00
70.50; Good 61.0065.00; Medium
56.0060.00; Culls 55.00 Down.
Steers 600650 lbs. Choice 61.00
65.00; Good 56.0060.00; Medium
55.00 Down. Heifers (All Weights)
Choice 53.0057.00; Good 48.00
52.00; Medium 47.00 Down. Bulls
Choice 54.0056.50; Good 49.00
53.00; Medium 48.00. Dairy Cows to
800.00. Open Heifers to 77.00. Pigs,
Hd. Strong demand. 2030 lbs.
19.0030.00; 4060 lbs. 31.0042.50.
Shoats by Lb. to 49.00. Slaughter
Hogs Good run, $l.OO higher. 210
230 lbs. 50.8051.50; 240260 lbs.
50.75-51.25; 190205 lbs. 50.0050.75.
Sows 450550 lbs. 47.0052.25; 300
425 lbs. 42.0046.00.
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