Livestock market and auction news St. Louis Cattle Thursday, Dec. 16 Report supplied by USD A Receipts this week 6,000 Week Ago 5,400 Year Ago 4,600 ' Compared to the previous week. Slaughter Steers steady to weak. Slaughter Heifers steady to .50 lower. Cows and Bulls weak to 1.00 lower. Slaughter supply mainly Choice and Mixed Choice and Prime Slaughter Steers, around 35% Heifers and 15% Cows. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 241050-1250 lbs. 56.50-57.00, couple part load 57.50, most late sales 57.00; 341100-1250 lbs. 55.00-55.50. Choice 24 950-1275 lbs. 55.00-57.00. Mixed Good and Choice 24 900-1200 lbs. 53.50-55.50. Good 2-3 900-1150 lbs. 52.00-54.00. Standard to Good 2-31050-1325 lbs. Holsteins 45.0048.00 early, few late sales 43.5046.00. Standard 2-3 950- 1200 lbs. 41.7543.50. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed Choice and Prime 24 875-1075 lbs. Oxford Somerset Chapman Lebanon 215/932-9361 814/445-4184 215/395-3381 717/273-2621 Blairsville New Milford Temple Carlisle 412/459-7830 717/465-3139 215/929-5264 717/243-4312 Wysox Winfield Dublin Chambersburg 717/265-9131 717/523-1204 215/249-3556 717/263-4197 Eighty Four Pleasant Gap York Lancaster 412/222-0600 814/259-2722 717/792-2674 717/394-0541 AGW 54.50-55.00, part load 55.25. Choice 24 825-1050 lbs. 53.00Mi.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 51.00- Good 2-3 750-950 lbs. 48.00- COWS; (closing week sales) Utility and Commercial 24 31.00- 33.00. Boning Utility 1-2 33.00-35.00. High-yielding Utility 1-2 35.00- 36.00. few 37.00. Cutter 1-2 30.00- 33.00. Canner and Low Cutter 1-2 27.00-30,00. BULLS: Few YGI-2 1100-1700 lbs. 42.0046.00. Wednesday’s weekly sheep auction. Receipts about 400 head. Compared last Wednesday, Slaughter Lambs 1.004.00 higher. Few lots Feeder Lambs steady. Other classes not well tested. Supply mainly wooled Slaughter and Feeder Lambs. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: part deck Choice and Prime 103 lbs. shorn with No. 1-2 pelts 47.50. Choice and Prime 88-120 lbs. wooled 45.0047.00, small lot 131 lbs. 48.00. SLAUGHTER EWES: Few Good SPECIAL BONUS OFFER! Aoway Cold War- Pipeline Cleanser I 100 lb drum FREE with purchase of a Salvager. New concept I In pipeline cleansers permits use of a starting temperature of ] only 120° F (as against 160° F). | Offer good through December 31,1982 12.00-13.00. Few aged bucks 7.50- 10.00. FEEDER LAMBS: Several small lots Choice and Fancy 66-89 lbs. 44.0045.50. FEEDERS: (.Including around 2,300 at the regular Thursday acution.) Feeder steers and heifers very uneven, generally steady to 2.00 lower. Overall quality not nearly as attractive, as most recent increase due to a sub stantial increase in the supply of medium frame mixed 1-2. FEEDER STEERS: Medium Frame 1: 300-600 lbs. 58.00-62.00; 600-750 lbs. 57.50-59.50; 800-975 lbs. 52.00-57.25. Medium Frame 1-2 and some small frame 1; 300-700 lbs. 50.50-58.00; mostly 54.25-57.50. LARGE FRAME 2 HOLSTEINS: Several lots 350600 lbs. 45.0047,50; lot 643 lbs. 42.75 and lot 913 lbs. 43.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium Frame 1: 300-725 lbs. 48.00-53.50. Medium Frame 1-2 and scattered lots small Frame 1: 300650 lbs. 42.0048.00, mostly 44.5047.50. FEEDER COWS: Lot medium frame 2 700 lbs. middle aged and aged 33.00. Peoria Cattle Peoria, Illinois Thursday, Dec. 16 Report supplied by USDA Compared to last week Slaughter Steers .50-1.00 lower. Heifers .50 to mostly 1.00 lower. Cows 1.00-2.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 lower. Slaughter Cattle sold under pressure at midweek in direct response to a sharply lower carcass beef trade. Majority of salable supply good to Choice Steers and Heifers with 20% Cows and BUUs. Receipts this week about 3100 as compared to 3318 a week ago and 3217 a year ago. SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-41050-1250 lbs. 55.5057.50, mostly 56.00-56.50 load 1365 lbs. 58.00 on Monday. Several lots mostly YG 3- 4's 52.00-55.00. Good and Choice 2-3 950-1150 lbs. 54.0056.00. Good 50.00 54.00. Holsteins: Good to Choice 1-3 1250-1765 lbs. 45.00-49.50. Package standards 1050 lbs. 42.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 900-1125 lbs. 54.5056.50. Around 1 load 1125-1250 lbs. Monday at 57.00. Few mostly 4’s 50.0051.00. Good and Choice 2-3 850-1000 lbs. 53.0055.00. Good 50.00 53.50, few 48.0050.00. COWS: Utility 1-3 31.WW6.00. 20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 32.00-48.00 per Cutter 28.00-32.00. Canner and Low head, No. 1-3 35-60 lbs. 46.00-59.00 Cutter 26.00-28.00. per head. BULLS; YG 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. SHEEP 30: Few Choice 70-100 40.0042.00, individual 2390 lbs. lbs wooled slaughter lambs 45.00- 42.00. 51.00, Good 50-75 lbs. feeder lambs 36.5045.00. Ar m rssisssir^A ■ FERTILIZER I December 1982 Trailer Truckload Price List Analysis Bag 5-10-10* 123.00 5-10-30* 148.00 5- 1 58.00 6- 178.00 6-24-24 173.50 6- 183.00 7- 173.00 8- DAP 188.50 8-32-16* MAP 203.00 10-20-20 168.50 12-24-24 190.00 10-30-10* 185.00 12-36-12* 207.50 10-10-10* 139.50 12-12-12 149.00 16-16-16 173.50 * May require Bulk Discou Delivery Rates, Field Seeds, Chemicals & Baler Twine Prices Available... No order too small if our trailer truck is coming your way. Custom Mixing Service Available FERTILIZER SALES Star Rt. Box 51 Latrobe, PA 15650 CALL TOLL FREE ask for Frank 800-442-6822 (answering service late 412-539-2689 eves. & Sun.) Note • Market conditions may cause prices to change without notice The above prices will be honored through 12/25182 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 18,1982-Al3 Analysis Bag 19- 193.50 20- 1 72.00 28-13-13* 206.00 30-10-10* 201.50 30-0-20* 192.00 0-26-26* 174.00 0-26-24* W/B 181.50 0-18-36* 166.50 0-14-42 159.00 0-14-40* W/B 169.50 46-0-0 0-46-0 0-0-60 18-46-0 13-52-0* minimum order nt Availabl *18.97 per bale* BALER TWINE 9,000 or 10,000 African Twine * 50 bales or more CALL TOLL FREE Middleburg Livestock Middleburg, Pa. Tues., Dec. 14,1982 Report supplied by PDA CATTLE 276; Compared with last Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows mostly 50 cents lower. Few Choice 990-1190 No. 2-4 slaughter steers 56.25-60.25, Good 52,25-55.25, Standard 47.00-51.00. Few Choice slaughter heifers 53.00-58.10. Utility & Commercial slaughter cows 35.50-39.50, Cutters 33.50- 36.50, Canner & Low Cutter 31.00 33.50, Shells down to 29.60. One Good slaughter bullock at 53.00. Yield Grade #1 1060-2100 lbs. slaughter bulls 47.50-51.75. Medium Frame #l4OO-750 lbs. feeder steers & bulls 41.5050.00. CALVES 168: Few Choice vealers 86.00-94.00, Good 63.00 78.00, Standard & Good 70-105 lbs. 42.0050.00, Utility 5080 lbs. 30.00 42.00. Farm calves, holstein bulls 90125 lbs. 55.0076.00; few holstein heifers 90115 lbs. 52.0072.00. HOGS 225: (Monday, December 13,1962) Barrows & gilts steady to 50 cents higher. US No. 1-2 210235 lbs. barrows & gilts 57.0058.00, few to 59.00, No. 1-3 210250 lbs. 56.00 57.00, No. 2-3 190270 lbs. 54.60 56.00. US No. 1-3 385550 lbs. sows 46.0048.00. Boars 41.7545.50. TUESDAY 56. One lot US No. 1-3 215 lbs. barrows & gilts at 56.35. FEEDER PIGS 157: US No. 1-3 196.00 191.50 135.75 215.50 230.50
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