Al4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 8,1983
Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis
Cattle
Thursday, Oct. 6
Receipts This Week 3,400;
Week Ago 4,100
Year Ago 3,100
Compared last week, slaughter
steers and heifers weak to 1.00
lower, mostly weak to .50 lower.
Cows mostly 2.00 lower. Bulls 1.00-
2.00 lower. Slaughter supply near
50% slaughter steers, about 30%
heifers and 10% cows. Slaughter
steer and heifer prices were under
downward pressure early in the
week apparently the result of price
decline Monday in the wholesale
beef carcass trade.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mostly
choice, including few prime 24
1050-1300 lbs. 58.50-59.50. Choice 24
950-1275 lbs. 57.50-59.00. Mixed
good and choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs.
56.0058.50. Good 2-3 900-1175 lbs.
54.0056.50. Mostly good 2-3 1050
1400 lb. holsteins 50.0054.00, small
lot 54.50. Standard to low good 2-3
1000-1175 lbs. 47.0050.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 850-1075 lbs. 55.50-57.00,
with Mixed choice and prime 900-
1075 lbs. included at 57.00 on
Monday; 800550 lbs. 54.00-56.00.
Mixed good and choice 2-3 850-1000
lbs. 53.5056.00. Good 2-3 750-950
lbs. 50.00-53.50.
COWS; (Late Sales) Break in
utility and commercial 24 34.00-
37.00. Boning Cutter and utility 1-2
34.00-38.00. Canner and low cutter
1-2 30.00-34.00. Few shelly canner
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BULLS: YG 1-2 950-1900 lbs.
42.50-50.00, late sales 42.5048.00.
Few YG 1 individuals early 51.00.
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CLOSED WEDNESDAYS
Wednesday’s weekly sheep auc
tion. Receipts about 500 head.
Compared last Wednesday,
slaughter lambs mostly steady.
Feeder lambs firm to 2.00 higher.
Supply mainly wooled and shorn
slaughter lambs.
SLAUGHTER lAMBS: Mixed
choice and prime 95-128 lb. wooled
and shorn with No. 1-2 pelts 47.00-
54.50, mostly 48.00-53.00; couple
small lots shorn 145-151 lbs. 42.00-
44.00. Scattered lots choice 80-105
lbs. 42.00-47.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility
and good 5.00-12.00, mostly 7.50-
10.50.
FEEDER LAMBS; Small lots
and individual head choice and
fancy 67-95 lbs. 42.00-45.50. Few
small lots good 57-78 lbs. 26.00-
30.00.
BREEDING EWES: SmaU lot
good 160 lbs. 13.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
1,300 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers and heifers
generally steady, except feeder
steers over 600 lbs. firm to mostly
1.00 higher. Supply mainly
medium frame 1 and mixed 1-2 400-
800 lb. steers and 300500 lb.
heifers. Moderate buyer at
tendance.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
Frame 1; 300-500 lbs. 59.0054.25;
500-800 lbs. 56.50-60.50; lot
moderately fleshy 960 lbs. 55.75.
Medium Frame 1-2 and some
small frame 1: 300-600 lbs. 52.00
58.00; scattered lots 750-850 lbs.
52.75-54.00.
Large Frame 2 Holsteins: Few
lots 450860 lbs. 38.2543.25.
Feeder Heifers: Medium Frame
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Medium Frame 1-2 and some
small frame 1: 300-550 lbs. 40.25-
48.00, mostly 44.5047.50.
Joliet Cattle
Thursday, Oct. 6
Report supplied by PDA
Friday through Wednesday’s
salable receipts 2,600; 5 days last
week 2,185; same period a year ago
3,319. Trading slow to moderate on
Monday; moderately active
Wednesday.
Slaughter Steers ended the week
steady to 1.50, mostly .50 to 1.00
higher compared with Wednesday
of last week. Slaughter Heifers
ended the week mostly 1.00 higher.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Mixed
high Choice and Prime 3-4 1100-
1300 lbs. 61.00-63.00 Monday; 62.50-
63.00 Wednesday. Choice 2-4 1100-
1250 lbs. 60.00-61.50 Monday; 60.50-
61.50 Wednesday; 975-1100 lbs.
58.00- Monday; 58.5060.50
Wednesday. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-3 1000-1200 lbs. 57.00-58.50
Monday: 57.50-59.00 Wednesday.
Choice 2-3 1300-1450 lbs. Holsteins
53.00- Wednesday.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 975-1050 lbs.
59.50, load 60.00 Monday; 2 load
string YG 3-5 1075 lbs. 62.00
Wednesday. Choice 2-4 900-1050 lbs.
57.50-59.50 Monday; 58.25-60.00
Wednesday; 850-900 lbs. 56.00-57.00
Monday; 57.00-58.00 Wednesday.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 850-1000
lbs. 55.00-58.00 Monday: 55.50-58.00
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Report supplied by auction
BUTCHER COWS: 1.50 lower,
mainly on canners. High Yield
40.0043.00; Standard & Utility
37.0040.00; Canners 33.00-37.00;
Shelly 33.00 down. Slaughter Bulls-
Good to 50.75; Medium 44.0047.25.
Fed Steers- Few offered, Standard
& Good Holsteins 47.00-51.50. Fed
Heifers- Choice 970-1300 lb. 52.00-
55.75; Good 45.0049.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: Prices lower.
US #l&3 215-240 lb. 42.0043.00; US
2&3 235 lb. to 41.50; 288 lb. to 38.75.
Sows- 400-500 lb. 34.50-37.50.
VEAL CALVES: Active bidding,
higher prices. Choice few to 73.00;
Standard 45.00-53.00; Killers 80-100
lb. 47.00-55.00; Weak & Rough 46.00
down.
CALVES RETURNED TO
FARM: 10.00-15.00 higher on bulls.
Holstein Heifers- 80-105 lb. 51.00-
53.00. Holstein Bulls- 95-120 lb.
70.00-96.00, some 90-100 lb. 55.00-
70.00. Beef Type- 80-100’ib. 50.00-
60.00.
LAMBS: Low Choice 90-105 lb.
40.00-43.50; 70-85 lb. 37.00-42.00.
Sheep- 37.0042.00.
STOCK CATTLE; 2nd Special
Fall Sale, good demand. Steers
-300-500 lb. Choice 57.00-61.50; 500-
900 lb. Good 50.00-55.00, couple 850-
950 lb. 53.00 to 61.00. Heifers- few
200-300 lb. to 58.00; 300-500 lb. 42.00-
47.00; 500-700 lb. 38.0044.50. Bulls-
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