Livestock market and auction news # Peoria Cattle Peoria Thursday, Dec, Z Report supplied by USOA CATTLE: Compared to last week slaughter steers .50 higher. Heifers mostly steady. Cons 1.00 higher. Bulls near steady. Trade opened the week fairly active in response to an upward trending carcass beef trade. By midweek trade became wily moderate with buyers less aggressive for num bers and very selective as to yield grade. Receipts this week about 3700 compared to 1723 a week ago and 5018 a year ago. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice BIG FARM POWER AND EQUIPMENT C There are other four wheel drive tractors. But Steiger is preferred here in the East by more farmers farming more than 1000 acres than all the other 200 plus drawbar HP four wheel drive tractors combined. Why? The answer is simple. Steiger Tractors have been proving themselves in the fields of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware for the past seven years. Steiger Tractors are dependable, like a Farmall M. Steiger uses rugged components designed for construction equipment. Engines such as Cat and Cummins. Drive-line components such as Spicer and Steiger uses plate steel for their hoods, not Tiberglass. Steiger guarantees its drive-line com ponents for 2-years. Steiger Tractors we sell are backed-up by Hoober Service Specialists and a stand by-tractor. BUT DON'T TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT; ASK A NEIGHBOR WHO OWNS ONE. UNTIL DECEMBER 31st, A STEIGER TRACTOR IS ' 2-4 1000-1350 lbs. 57.00-58.50, bulk 57.50-58.50. Yield grade 3, mostly 4’s 54.0056.50. Good and Choice 2-3 900-1100 lbs. 56.0057.50. Good 54.00- 56.00. Holsteins Good and Choice 1- 31200-1350 lbs. 50.0052.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 24 900-1100 lbs. 56.0058.00, late mostly 56.5057.50. Load Monday 1025 lbs. at 58.50. YG 3-4 55.5056.00 Few 4 and s’s 51.0052.00 ' Good and Choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs. 54.0057.00 Good 53.0055.50. COWS: Utility 15 34.0057.00. Cutter 30.0054.00 Canner and low Cutter2B.oosl.oo. BULLS: YG 1-2 1050-1800 lbs. 40.00-44.50. Few 1500-2125 lbs. 46.00- 48.00. SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE STEIGER OWNERS ARE THE BEST SALESMEN WE HAVE... A BARGAIN YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS St. Louis Cattle St Louis Friday, Dec. 3 Report supplied by PDA FEEDERS: Including around 2,500 at the regular Thursday auction.) Feeder steers 1.005.00 lower. Feeder heifers firm to 3.00 higher, most advance on weights under 500 lbs. Supply mainly medium frame and mixed 1-2 400- 800 lb. steers and 350500 lb. heifers and including a shipment of about 175 head bred cows. Buyer at tendance large. FEEDER STEERS: Medium frame 1450500 lbs. 59.0052.00; 600- 700 lbs. 59.0051.75; 700500 lbs. than the others. Our ex perience with large tillage equipment enables us to match the proper tillage tool to the proper tractor for your particular operation. Less slippage means in creased efficiency. Steiger Tractors are comfortable like a Lincoln Continental. Steiger's Safari Cab is quieter than other 200 plus HP four-wheel drive tractors. They are roomy and the large contoured seat takes the torture out of thos elong spring days. Air-conditioning and an AM-FM stereo tape player are standard equipment. Steiger Tractors are priced like a Chevrolet. Price a Steiger by the pound, by the drawbar HP, or by the acre. Then compare. You’ll see you can afford this Cadilac of four-wheel drive tractors. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 4,1982—A15 57.0050.00; Lot 935 lbs. 57.00. Medium frame 1-2 and some small frame 1 450500 lbs. 53.0058.25, mostly 53.5057.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium frame 1: Lot 186 lbs. 76.50; lot 259 lbs. 65.50; 300500 lbs. 51.5057.75; 500-700 lbs 50.2555.25. Medium frame 1-2 and some small frame 1 450550 lbs. 45.5049.50. BRED COWS: Medium frame 1- 2 840-950 lbs. young in first and second stage of pregnancy 337.50- 400.00 per head; middle aged 950- 1015 lbs. in second and third stage 490.00-512.50 per head; aged 970-975 lbs in second stage 325-365 per head. Steiger Tractors save fuel, like a Volkswagen Rabbit. Steiger’s simple drive train converts a larger per centage of engine HP to the drawbar than other 4-wheel drive tractors. Steiger’s drive train efficiency translates into more work performed per gallon of fuel Thursday, Dec. 2 Receipts this week 6,500; week ago 2,400; year ago 6,100. Compared with the previous week, slaughter steer 1.00-1.50 higher. Slaughter heifers mostly 1.50 higher. Cows steady to 1.00 higher. Bulls steady. Slaughter supply mainly Choice and Choice and Prime steers, around 30% heifers and 10% cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 2-41050-1250 lbs. 57.50-59.00, closing 58.50-59.00; 3-4 1000-1150 lbs. 55.00-56.50. Choice 2-4 950-1250 lbs. 56.50-58.50, closing sales 57.00-58.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-4 900-1225 lbs. 55.50-57.00. Good 2-3 900-1275 lbs. 53.50-55.50.
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