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St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, March 17
Report snpplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 4,800
Week Ago 4,400
Year Ago 5,500
Compared to the previous week,
Slaughter Steers generally steady.
Slaughter Heifers weak to .50
lower. Cows firm to 1.00 higher.
Bulls steady. Slaughter supply
mainly Choice and Prime and
Mixed Choice and Prime Slaughter
Steers, around 35% Heifers and
10% Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-41030-1275 lbs.
63.00- closing sales 63.50-
64.00. Choice 2-4 950-1275 lbs. 61.75-
63.50. closing 62.0063.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-4 900-1220 lbs.
60.0062.50. Good 2-3 900-1200 lbs.
58.0060.50. Standard to Good 26
WlO5O-1400 lb. Hoslteins 48.00-55.00.
W SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 24 875-1075 lbs.
61.00- most closing sales
61.50. package early 62.00. Choice
24 800-1050 lbs. 59.5061.50, closing
60.0061.50. Mixed Good and Choice
26 800-1000 lbs. 56.0060.00. Good 2-
3 750-975 lbs. 56.00-58.00.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
Utility and Commercial 24 40.00-
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44.00 boning Utility 1-2 44.00-45.00.
High-yielding Utility 1-2 45.00-
46.00. few 47.00. Cutter 1-2 39.00-
43.00. Canner and low Cutter 35.00-
39.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1050-2000 lbs.
48.00-54.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts about 300 head.
Compared last Wednesday,
Slaughter Lambs firm to 2.00
higher. Other classes scarce and
prices not well tested. Supply
mainly old-crop wooled and shorn
iambs.
New crop Slaughter Lambs;
Few small lots Choice and Prime
43-61 lbs. 59.00-70.00. Old Crop
Shorn Slaughter Lambs: Choice
and Prime 99-117 lbs. with mostly
No. 1-2 pelts 63.00-67.00, mostly
64.50-66.00. Old Crop Wooled
Slaughter Lambs: Choice and
Prime 90-120 lbs. 60.00-62.00, lot 133
lbs. 52.00. Few lots Choice 70-75 lbs.
54.00-58.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
individual head Good 17.50-23.00.
FEEDERS: (including around
2,000 at the regular Thursday
auction). Feeder Steers generally
steady. Feeder Heifers 1.00-2.00
higher. Overall quality not quite as
attractive as a week ago with an
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Medium. Frame 1-2 and small
Frame 1 Steers and Heifers. Large
buyer attendance.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium,
few Large Frame 1: six lots
reputation 190-290 lbs. 88.00-96.00;
300-500 lbs. 71.25-75.50; tot thin 448
lbs. 78.50; 550-700 lbs. 65.00-69.50;
750-850 lbs. 61.50-67.00. Medium
Frame 1-2 and Small Frame 1:450-
600 lbs. 61.00-68.25. Large Frame 2
Holsteins several lots 375-675 lb.
50.75-56.75.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
Frame, few Large Frame 1; seven
tots reputation 160-275 lbs. 72.00-
84.00; 300-500 lbs. 60.0065.00; 500-
700 lbs. 59.00-62.50. Medium Frame
1-2 and some small frame 1: 400-
600 lbs. 57.0059.00.
Omaha Cattle
Thursday, March 17 ~
Report supplied by USDA
Compared to previous week’s
close, Slaughter Steers ended the
period .50 higher; Heifers .50-1.00
higher. Cowaand Bulls steady,
Early week losses were more
than recouped by midsession when
dressed beef prices registered
wide gains and salable
numbers ran very light. Demand
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Lancaster Faming, Saturday, march 19,1983—A15
narrowed on the close as many
buyers turned cautious in an
ticipation of downward ad
justments in beef prices. Mild
weather and drying feedlots have
prompted some Improvements in
dressing percentages, although
general rains this week could alter
the situation. Steers comprised 45
pet. of the week’s receipts; Heifers
35 pet; Cows lOpct; FeedersB pet.
Four Day Receipts 7748
Week Ago
Last Year 7753
STEERS: Scattered loads and
part loads Choice 241050-1250 Ibsd.
64.00-65.50. Mixed good and Choice
2-3 1000-1250 lbs. 62.5064.00. Good
60.50-62.00.
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HEIFERS: Load Choice 2-3 near
950 lbs. 64.00. Choice 24 925-1100
62.00-63.00. Mixed Good and Choice
2-3 60.5042.00. Good 57.0060.50.
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for 900-1100 lb. Choice
Steers 63.80; 1100-1300 lbs. 64.72.
Average cost Steers 63.55, average
weight 1144 lbs.; as compared 63.21
and 1147 lbs. a week ago. Average
cost Heifers 61.14, average weight
997 lbs.; as compared 60.85 and 998
lbs. a week ago.
COWS: High Cutter, Utility and
Commercial 1-3 40.5043.00. Cutter
38.5042.00. Canner and low Cutter
35.0039.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-1800 lbs. 47.00-
53.00.
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