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St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 27
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 3,800
Week Ago 4,800
Year Ago 5,000
Compared to the previous week.
Slaughter Steers mostly .50, in
stances 1.00 higher. Slaughter
Heifers .50 higher. Cows 2.00
higher. Bulls 1.00-2.00 higher.
Slaughter supply mainly Choice
and Mixed Choice and Prime
Slaughter Steers, around 35%
Heifers and 10% Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 241050-1275 lbs.
59.00-60.00, load and few packages
60.25-60.50; 4-5 1175-1250 lbs. 56.00
56.75; package s’s 1455 lb.s 51.75.
Choice 24 950-1250 lbs. 58.00-59.50,
closing 58.00-59.00. Good 2-3 900
1175 lbs. 55.0057.00. Standard to
Good 2-3 1075-1350 lbs. Holsteins
f 45.00-50.00. Load mostly Good, few
Choice 51.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 24 875-1075 lbs.
57.0057.50; 4-5 10601225 lbs. 52.75-
54.75. Choice 24 825-1050 lbs. 55.50
57.00. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
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8001050 lbs. 53.5055.50. Good 2-3
750-975 lbs. 50.5053.50.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
Utility and Commercial 24 37.00
41,00 Boning Utility 1-2 41.0043.00.
High-Yielding Utility 1-2 43.00
44.00. Cutter 1-2 36.0040.00. Canner
and Low Cutter 1-2 32.0037.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 10501800 lbs.
45.00-51.00, closing 46.0051.00.
Couple YG 152.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly sheep
auction. Receipts about 400 head.
Compared last Wednesday,
Slaughter Lambs 1.00-3.00 higher.
Other classes in light supply and
prices not well tested.
Shorn Slaughter Lambs: Choice
and Prime 96-124 lbs. with No. 1-2
pelts 60.0061.00. Small lot Choice
88 lbs. 58.00.
WOOLED SLAUGHTER
LAMBS: Choice and Prime .97-125
lbsji7.oo-60.00. Few lots Choice 84-
100 lbs. 55.0057.00. Lot 186 lb.
Bucks 33.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few head
Good 17.0020.00. Few aged Bucks
17.0018.50.
FEEDER LAMBS: Lot 24 head
fancy 76 lb. shorn 60.50. Scattered
For quotations of next week's prices
Coll Collect 215-488-7617
After 2:00 P.M. Wednesday
Starting January 29
LEGHORN FOWL PRICE
9'A* and Going Up
MEDIUM FOWL PRICE
9!4 C and Going Up
(PRICES MAY INCREASE)
* Farm Weight No Condenation Picked Up
* * Full Trailer Load Lots
** * Picked Up On Our Dolly Equipment
or
Coops if Necessary
Look For New Prices On A Weekly Basis
SECHLER'S POULTRY INC.
SPECIAL NOTICE
VINTAGE SALES STABLES, INC.
10 miles East of Lancaster
Paradise, PA
HAY, STRAW & GRAIN
AUCTION
Every Thursday at 1:00 P.M.
Business Phone
717-768-8204
Home Phone
215-458-8518
Leg
Buyers O'
Box G, Strausstown, Pa. 19559
lots Choice wooled 73-94 lbs. 52.00
56.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
1,200 at the regular Thursday
auction.; Feeder Steers steady to
1.00 higher. Feeder Heifers 1.00
2.00 higher. Demand good for
Heifers, only moderate for Steers.
Supply mainly Medium Frame 1
and Mixed 1-2 350-800 lbs. Steers
and 300700 lbs. Heifers.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1: 350500 lbs. 64.5071.50,
mostly 65.0068.00; 500700 lbs.
62.5066.25; 700875 lbs. 61.0064.00;
lot fleshy 850 lbs. 57.75. Medium
frame 1-2 and some small frame 1
375-500 lbs. 62.0064.00; 500700 lbs.
58.25- Large Frame 2
Holsteins: couple lots 425-575 lbs.
51.25- couple lots 8001000 lbs.
44.0047.00.
FEEDER HEFIERS: Medium
Frame 1: 350500 lbs. 55.00-59.50;
500700 lbs. 55.00-59.25; few lots 725-
800 lbs. 54.50-56.00. Medium Frame
1-2 and some small frame 1; 525-
700 lbs. 50.0053.50.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 27
Report supplied by USDA
Compared to previous week’s
close. Steers and Heifers steady •
.50 lower. Cows 3.00-4.00 higher.
Bulls 1.00 higher.
Fed cattle prices came under
pressure all week as buyers sought
to adjust live costs to declines in
the beef trade. Demand proved
generally unenthusiastic; but
many interests were forced to
orn Fow
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replenish skimpy line inventories.
Consequently losses were held to a
minimum. Many consignments
carried considerable amounts of
mud, and consequently suffered
sometimes sharp discounts.
“Short-Fed” kinds present in large
numbers, while Y.G. #4 again on
the decrease.
At the Close:
STEERS: Load Choice, few
Prime 24 near 1200 lbs. 61.00.
Scattered loads and part loads
Choice 2410501300 lbs. 59.00-60.25;
Several lots carrying considerable
mud 58.0059.00. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-310001200 lbs. 58.0059.00.
Few Good 57.50-58.50.
HEIFERS: Load Choice, few
Prime 24 near 1025 lbs. 59.50.
Scattered loads and part loads
Choice 24 925-1100 lbs. 58.0058.50:
some with considerable mud 56.00
57.00, Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
925-1050 lbs. 56.5057.50. Good 54.50
56.50.
Steers comprised 40 pet of the
week’s receipts; Heifers 33 pet;
Cows 11 prt; Feeders 15 pet. Four
day receipts 11461; Last Week
10872; Year Ago 9423.
Average of LS 214 detailed
quotations for 900-1100 lb. Choice
Steers 59.38; 1100-1300 lbs. 60.10.
Average cost Steers 58.95, average
weight 1160 lbs.; as compared 59.47
and 1148 lbs. a week ago. Average
cost Heifers 57.67, average weight
999 lbs.; as compared 57.57 and
1010 lbs. a week ago.
COWS: High Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 38.50-40.00. Cutter
37.00-39.00. Canner and Low Cutter
35.0037.00.
BULLS; 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 45.00-
50.00.
Lebanon Valley
Auction
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Tuesday, Jan. 25
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE. Compared with last
Tuesday’s market, slaughter cows
steady to 75 cents higher, spots to
$1.25 higher. Two Choice slaughter
steers 58.85 and 59.25, few Good &
Choice holsteins 54.10-57.50, few
Good 56.00-59.00, few Standard
50.00-54.25. One Choice slaughter
heifer at 57.00, one Utility at 44.10.
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 40.50-43.75, few to 44.60.' one
Commercial at 51.00, Cutters 37.00-
40.85, Canner & Low Cutter 34.00-
38.25, few Shells down to 25.00. Few’
Utility & Standard slaughter
bullocks 46.75-51.00. Few Yield
Grade #1 1345-2115 lbs. slaughter
bulls 51.00-54.00.
CALVES 200. Vealers grading
Standard & Good $1 tos3 higher.
Two Choice vealers 99.00 and
110.00, one 265 lbs. at 77.00, few
Good 62.00-83.00, Standard & Good
90-120 lbs. 56.0060.00, 65-85 lbs.
48.00- few Utility 5085 lbs.
32.00- Farm calves, holstem
bulls 85-125 lbs. 60.00-91.00; few
holstem heifers 80-125 lbs. 72.00-
83.00.
HOGS 120. Barrows & gilts f 1.50
higher on small supply. US Nol. 1-2
205-235 lbs. barrows & gilts 59.60-
60.35, lot 261 lbs. at 58.75, No. 1-3
205-275 lbs. 58.35-59.75, lot No. 2-3
198 lbs. at 55.00, lot No. 1-3 185 lbs.
at 50.25. US No. 1-3 270-570 lbs. sows
45.00-5075, few to 54.50. Boars 38.50-
42.50.
FEEDER PIGS 9. Lot US No. 1-3
25 lbs. feeder pigs 50.00 cwt., lot
No. 1-3 60 lbs. 30.00 cwt.
SHEEP 1. Slaughter sheep,
(one) at 13.00.
GOATS 2. 40.00 and 45.00 per
head.
Oklahoma Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 27
Report supplied by USDA
Estimated Receipts
Same Day Last Week
Actual Sale Ring Total
Rest same as early report.
FOR THE WEEK: Compared to
last week. Feeder Steers closed
steady to 50 cents higher. Feeder
Heifers under 500 lb. 1.00-2.00
higher; Over 500 lb. steady to 1.00
higher. Slaughter Cows were
mostly 1.50-2.00 higher with
limited Thursday sales of Utility
and Commercial 2-3 39.6041.75;
Cutters 1-2 37.50-37.75, package
1205 lb. Holsteins 40.75. Slaughter
Bulls were 1.00-2.00 lower in
limited test with YG 1-2 1500-1700
lbs. 47.25-52.00; 1125-1500 lbs. 46.00-
49.25. Salable receipts totaled near
11,500 head compared with 14,052
head last wek and 19,757 head the
comparable period a year ago.
Majority of receipts consisted of
Feeder Steers and Heifers; Cows
and Bulls comprised 8 percent of
salable supply.
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