Livestock market
Weekly Summary
Friday, March 11
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 6332. Compared with
5937 bead last week, and 5996 bead
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market: Slaughter steers
grading high Good & Choice 1.00-
1.50 higher. Standard & low Good
unevenly steady; SI. heifers
uneven; SI. cows .50-1.50 higher;
SI. bulls 1.00 higher. SI. steers;
High Choice & Prime
Choice 60.00-66.00; Good 56.00
61.50; Standard 49.00-57.00. SI.
heifers; Choice 57.00-63.00; Good
53.0058.00; Standard 46.0054.00.
SI. cows; Utility & Commercial
40.00-45.00, few to 47.25; Cutters
38.0043.00; Canner & L. Cutter
34.00-40.00; Shells down to 20.00. SI.
bullocks; (few) Choice 58.50412.50;
€. (few) Good 53.25-58.50; (few)
Standard 48.00-54.00. SI. bulls:
Yield Grade No. 1, 1200-2200 lbs.
50.00-57.75; Yield Grade No. 2,800-
CALVES: 3902. Compared with
4331 head last week and 4018 head a
year ago. Vealers grading Good &
Choice steady to 5.00 higher,
Standard & low Good steady to
weak, (few) Prime 112.00143.00;
Choice 94.00115.00; Good 75.00
95.00; Standard & Good 90110 lbs.
48.0060.00; 7090 lbs. 40.0052.00;
Utility 5090 lbs. 25.0050.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90
130 lbs. 60.0095.00; Hoi. Heifers 90
135 lbs. 65.00120.00.
HOGS: 7292. Compared with 7119
head last week and 7016 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts .50-
1400 lbs. 43.0052.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers,
Medium & Large Frame No. 1,300
600 lbs. 56.0072.50, mostly 60.00
70.00; Large Frame No. 2, 400600
lbs. 52.00-58.00. Heifers, Medium & <
Large Frame No. 1, 300600 lbs.
51.0063.00. Bulls, Medium & Large
Frame No. 1, 300-750 lbs. 53.00
66.00.
1.50 lower. US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs.
52.00- No. 1-3 190-260 lbs.
51.00- No. 2-3 240400 lbs.
49.0052.00; No. 1-3 150-180 lbs.
45.0052.00; Sows steady. US No. 1-3
300050 lbs. 42.0052.00, few to 54.00.
Boars 38.00-46.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 949. Compared
with 873 head last week and 633 a
year ago. Steady to weak. US No. 1-
3 25-35 lbs. 22.0034.00; No. 1-3 35-60
lbs. 30.00-53.00 per head.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES: 2517. Compared with 1829
head last week, and 2416 head a
year ago. All sales by CWT. Feeder
Pigs uneven, mostly steady to 10.00
lower. US No. 1-2 2040 lbs. 135.00
164.00, 4050 lbs. 106.00144.00, 5060
lbs. 110.00138.00, 6080 lbs. 80.00
107.00; US No. 2-3 2540 lbs. 121.00
152.00, 4050 lbs. 111.00135.00 per
hundredweight.
SHEEP: 882. Compared with 639
head last week and 477 head a year
ago. Wooled si. lambs steady to
strong. Choice 85-115 lbs. wooled
lambs 64.0072.00; Good 70100 lbs.
50.0060.00; Choice Spring lambs
25-40 lbs. 90.00120.00; 4070 lbs.
80.00100.00, SI ewes: 10.0030.00.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, March 12,1983—A17
Belleville Livestock
Belleville, Pa.
Wednesday, March 9
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 135: Compared with
last week’s market, slaughter
cows grading Utility and Com
mercial 3.00 higher. Few Good
slaughter steers 55.0061.25, couple
Standard 51.00 and 54.25. In
dividual Choice slaughter heifers
at 59.60, couple Standard 48.50 &
52.00. Uitlity and Commercial
slaughter cows 40.5044.75, couple
45.60, few Cutters 38.8541.60. Few
Yield grade #l, 900-1615 lbs.
slaughter bulls 46.25-50.10. Few
Large Frame #2,450-680 lbs. feeder
steers 50.00-54.50.
CALVES 172: Few Choice
vealers 100.00-110.00, few Good
76.00-80.00, Standard and Good 70-
100 lbs. 48.00-56.00, few Utility 50-80
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HOGS 192: Barrows and gilts
uneven, about steady. US No. 1-2
210-240 lbs. barrows and gilts 52.35-
54.00, No. 1-3 240-250 lbs. 50.50-
52.85, lot No. 2-3 260 lbs. at 46.50. US
No. 1-3 325-585 lbs. sows 48.50-52.00,
couple down to 45.00. Few Boars
39.00-47.75.
FEEDER PIGS 277: US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 36.50-43.50 per
bead, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 42.00-53.00,
No. 1-3 55-75 lbs. 55.0062.50 per
head, lot No. 1-3100 lbs. at 69.00 per
head.
SHEEP 53: Few Choice 20-60 lbs.
spring slaughter lambs 90.00-
112.00, 50 lbs. at 140.00, few Good
60-80 lbs. 59.00-65.00. Slaughter
ewes 14.00-30.00. Goats 14: 20.00-
32.00 per head. Holstein Dairy,
Cows 650.00-1040.00, one 1240.00 per
head.
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