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Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
St. Louis
Report Supplied by USDA
Thursday, Aug. 12
Receipts this week 3,900: Week
ago 3,800: Year ago 4,100.
CATTLE: As compared to early
the previous week, slaughter
steers .50-1.00 higher slaughter
heifers firm to .50 higher. Cows
mostly steady. Bulls firm to 1.00
higher than the previous week's
close. Slaughter supply mainly
Choice and Choice and Prune 2-4
1050-1150 lb. slaughter steers,
around 30% heifers and 10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Mixed
Choice and Prune 2-4 1050-1225 lbs.
64.00- mostly 64.00-64.50. Load
and part load 1185 lbs. and 1220 lbs.
65.00. Choice 2-4 950-1250 lbs. 62.50-
64.00. Mixed Good and Choice 900-
1175 lbs. 61.00-63.00. Good 2-3 900-
1175 lbs. 59.00-61.00. Mostly Good 2-
3 1075-1275 lb. Holstems 54.00-58.00.
Standard to Good 2-3 1025-1350 lbs.
50.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIP'EKS: Mixed
Choice and Prune 2-4 900-1050 lbs.
61.50, part load 62.00. Choice 2-4
900-1050 lbs. 60.00-61.50; 800-900 lbs.
56.00- Mixed Good and Choice
2-3 80-1000 lbs. 55.00-57.00. Good 2-3
750-950 lbs. 53.00-55.00.
COWS: (Closing week sales )
Utility and Commercial 2-4 39.00-
42.00. Boning Utility and Com
mercial 1-2 42.00-44.00. Cutter 1-2
38.00- Canner and low Cutter
1-234.00-38.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1050-1825 lbs.
47.00- Few YG 154.00.
FEEDERS: (including around
1,000 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder Steers and
Heifers 1.00-3.00 higher. Demand
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FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: 375-474 lbs. 66.5W9.00,
lot thin 545 Ib.s 71.00; 625-800 lbs.
63.00-66.00; couple lots 825-975 lbs.
61.50-62.00. medium Frame 1-2:
300-575 lbs. 60.50-65.25. Large
frame 2 Holsteins: few lots 550-785
lbs. 51.00-54.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame 1; 425-600 lbs. 56.00-60.50;
650-700 lbs. 55.25-57.50. Few lots
700-750 lbs. 56.5059.00. Medium
Frame 1-2 and some Small Frame
1: 300-500 lbs. 50.00-54.25.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, August 12
Report supplied by USDA
Through midweek, Slaughter
Steers and Heifers .50-1.00 higher.
Cows steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls
steady.
Early week price advances,
prompted by strength posted in
dressed beef channels, held
through midweek, but a cautious
attitude was noted on Wednesday
as most buyers had little con
fidence that beef prices would hold
the levels of early week trading.
Steers made up 45 percent of
week’s receipts. Heifers 42 per
cent. Cows 7 percent. Feeders 4
Percent. Four day receipts 9,367,
last week 8,204, year ago 11,190.
STEERS: On Tuesday four loads
Choice, few Prime 2-41150-1275 lbs.
66.75-67.50; at the close. Choice 2-4
1025-1200 lbs. 65.00-66.00, few loads
and part loads 66.1W7.00. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 1025-1150 lbs.
63.0065.00; Good 61.5063.00; Good
and Mixed Good and Choice 1175-
1350 lb. Holteins 58.0W1.00.
HEIFERS: on Tuesday, load
Choice, few Prime mostly 3 near
1025 lbs. 64.50. At the close Choice
2-4 925-1025 lbs. 62.00-63.50, few 875-
925 lbs. 61.25-62.50; Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 900-1025 lbs. 61.50-
62.50; G00d60.0W1.50.
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for Choice 900-1100 lbs.
Steers 65.30; 1100-1300 lbs. 66.45.
Average cost Steers 64.95, average
weight 1095 lbs.; as compared to
64.04 and 1102 lbs. last week.
Average cost Heifers 62.'43,
average weight 966 lbs. as com
pared 61.54 and 968 lbs. last week.
COWS: High Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 41.5043.50; Cutter
39.5041.50; Canner and low Cutter
35.00-39.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 48.00-
52.00.
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Thursday, August 12
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Standard 51.00-55.00; few Utility
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58.00; few Standard 48.0W3.00;
few Utility 43.0048.00. SI. cows:
Utility & Commercial 41.2545.50;
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Yield grade No. 2, 1100-1400 lbs.
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FEEDER CATTLE; Steers, few
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CALVES: 109. Vealers steady to
strong. Choice 80.00-86.00, couple
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HOGS: 89. Barrows and gilts
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SHEEP: 74. Spring lambs
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GOATS: 12.14.00-32.00 per head
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Hackettstown, N. J.
Tuesday, Aug. 10
Report supplieiTby auction
994 head-
Calves 10.00-81.00; Cows 33.50
49.50; Easy Cows 34.25-45.00;
Reactor Cows 36.00-43.50; Heifers
37.75-50.50; Bulls 45.00-58.00;
Steers 48.00-67.00; Hogs 48.00-
71.00; Roasting Figs, each 25.00
40.00; Kids each 6.00-41.00; Boars
49.00-49.50; Sows 48.00-52.50; Sheep
5.0063.00; Lambs, each -14.00
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Goats, each 6.0081.00; Hides 2.00
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