Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis
Cattle
Thursday, June 7
Receipts This Week
Week Ago
Year Ago
As compared to last week’s
close, slaughter steers over 1000
lbs. and heifers over 900 lbs. .50-
1.00 lower. Lighter weights of both
classes 2.00-3.00 lower. Cows fully
2.00- higher. Bulls mostly
steady. Slaughter supply mainly
choice slaughter steers and heifers
around 15% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mostly
choice, few prime 2-41100-1300 lbs.
63.25-63.50; Choice 2-41000-1300 lbs.
61.00- ; 850-1000 lbs. 58.0042.00.
Mixed good and choice 2-3 800-1100
lbs. 58.0061.00. Good 2-3 950-1100
lbs. 57.00-59.00. Standard to good 2-
31000-1300 lb. Holsteins 50.00-54.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Mostly choice, few prime 2-4 900-
1150 lbs. 60.0061.00, few 61.50.
Choice 2-4 900-1200 lbs. 60.0061.00;
750-900 lbs. 58.0060.00. Mixed good
and choice 2-3 750-950 lbs. 55.00-
58.00. Good 2-3 750-900 lbs. 51.00-
55.00.
COWS: (Closing Week Sales)
Breaking utility and commercial 2-
4 41.0044.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-2 41.0044.00. High-yielding
boning utility 1-2 44.0046.00.
Canner and low cutter 1-2 37.00
41.00. Shelly canner 1-2 34.00-37.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 12001900 lbs.
49.0062.00. Individual YG 1 1035
lbs. 54.50.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 185 head.
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Compared to last week, spring
slaughter lambs 90-100 lbs. sold
2.00-3.00 higher, other weights
spring lambs steady. Not enough of
any other class to test market
trends. Trading slow to moderate
on light supplies.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Spring:
Mixed choice and prime 75-110 lbs.
57.0060.00. Shorn: Two lots choice
115 lbs. 48.00.
2,600
2,800
3,900
SF 57.0060.00; SG 57.0060.00;
SM, SN, SO, SP, TA, YB, TC, TD,
TE,TF,TG,TJ,TK Scarce.
FEEDERS; (Including around
600 at. the regular Thursday auc
tion.) Feeder steers and heifers
unevenly steady to weak. Trading
moderately active, best demand
for thin calves, supplies light to
moderate.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and large frame 1: Few 300400 lbs.
65.2567.50, 400-500 lbs. 68.00-70.00,
500600 lbs. 63.0066.00, 600600 lbs.
58.0060.00.
FEEDER BULLS; A few 450650
lbs. 58.5062.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Few
choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 58.5061.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and large frame 1; 300400 lbs.
54.0067.00, 400600 lbs. 52.0066.50,
500600 lbs. 51.0065.00, 600800 lbs.
Two lots 52.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Few
mixed good and choice 24 8501000
lbs. 56.0058.50.
SLAUGHTER COWS: A few
utility 1-3 41.7546.00.
EB 65.0070.00; EC 68.0070.00;
ED 63.0066.00; EE 58.0060.00; EF
58.0060.00; EG None; GB 54.00
57.00; GC 52.0056.00; GD 51.00
55.00; GE 52.0053.00; GF None.
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Slaughter steers and heifers
were sharply lower this week. At
midweek steers and heifers were
fully 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Cows and
bulls steady to weak. The market
opened the week steady on steers
and heifers, but on Wednesday
prices were showing the full
decline for the week despite
reduced receipts. Receipts this
week about 1400 as compared to
1521 a week ago and 2591 a year
ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
24 1100-1250 lbs. 63.5(164.50 on
Monday with part load YG 4 1260
lbs. 61.00; Some choice 2-3 1126-
1200 lbs. Wednesday 62.0063.00
mostly in part load sales. Choice 2-
4, mostly 3 1000-1100 lbs. 62.5064.00
early, but not tested late. Mixed
good and choice 2-3 1000-1150 lbs.
61.5062.50 Monday. Few good 2-3
1000-1100 lbs. late 54.0069.00.
Monday, mixed good and choice 26
1240-1350 lbs. holsteins 52.0067.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 900-1050 lbs. 61.0063.50,
except few sales 975-1017 lbs. on
Wednesday 60.0061.00. Mixed good
and choice 2-3 875-1000 lbs. 60.00-
62.00, load 892 lbs. Wednesday
55.50. Good 54.0060.00 58.00 down
late.
COWS; Breaking Utility and few
commercial 1-3 41.0044.00 Cutter
and boning utility 1-2 39.0042.50.
Canner and low cutter 35.00-38.00,
few low dressing canner 31.00-
33.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1100-1900 lbs.
45.00-52.00, mostly 47.0049.00.
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60’ 215 323 432 540
70' 251 376 504 630
80’ 287 431 576 720
90’ 323 485 648 808
100’ 359 539 720 900
110' 395 593 792 989
120' 431 648 864 1080
130’ 467 688 936 1170
140’ 503 755 1008 1260
ISO’ 539 808 1080 1350
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Dewart Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, June 4
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 269. Compared with the
market two weeks ago, few Choice
24 1090-1300 lbs. slaughter steers
6265.25, few Choice Holsteins
57.2569.25, Good 5761.00, few to
62.00. Holstein 53.7666.75, Stan
dard 47-54.00, few Utility 42.75-
47.00. Few Choice slaughter heifers
57.2661.75, few Good 52.2566.75,
few Standard 48.2562.25. Breaking
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 4346.00, Couple 47.50, Cutter
& Boning Utility 4043.50, Canner &
low Cutter 3740.00, Shells down to
33.00. Yield Grade #1 1085-2000 lbs.
slaughter bulls 45-52.00.
CALVES 210. Few Choice 60-
77.00, few Good 50-60.00, 70-105 lbs.
3047.00, Utility 5665 lbs. 15-35.00.
FARM CALVES. Holstein Bulls
90-130 lbs. 47-120.00, mostly 75-
105.00.
HOGS 160. US No. 1-2 210-240 lbs.
barrows & gilts 47.8561.00, No. 1-3
200-260 lbs. 4548.10, few lots light
weight No. 1-3 175-180 lbs. 41.25-
42.00. Sows: US No. 1-3 350-700 lbs.
sows 364275, Couple 45.25. Boars
31-37.00.
FEEDER PIGS 331. US No. 1-3
10-15 lbs. feeder pigs 12-14.00 per
head, No. 1-3 20-35 lbs. 20-29.00 per
head, No. 1-3 50-75 lbs. 31-37.00 per
head.
SHEEP 46. Mixed Good & Choice
75-110 lbs. spring slaughter lambs
45-54.00, Couple to 57.00. Slaughter
ewes 10.00-14.00 Goats 13: Large
20.00-37.00.
Greencastle Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, June 4
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE 442. Butcher Steers-
Choice 61.00-66.00; Butcher Steers-
Medmm-Good 52.00-62.50; Butcher
Heifers-Choice 58.00-65.00; But-
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 9,1984—A15
cher Heifers-Medium-Good 44.50-
61.50; Butcher Cows-Utility-Good
41.00- Butcher Cows-Canners
and Cutters 38.00-45.00; Butcher
Cows-Shells 35.00 & down; Butcher
Bulls-Medium-Good 47.50-60.00;
Stock Steers-Medium-Good up to
64.50; Stock Heifers-Medium-Good
52.50.
CALVES 263. Medium-Good
Calves-160-220 lbs. 65.00-85.00;
Medium-Good Caives-125-160 lbs.
60.00- Medium-Good Calves
-100-120 lbs. 55.00-75.00; Medium-
Good Calves-80-100 lbs. 50.00-70.00;
Holstein Bull Calves up to 110;
Holstein Heifer Calves 82.00; Light
and Green Calves down to 20.00.
SHEEP and LAMBS 78.
Medium-Good Lambs 45.00-59.50;
Butchering Ewes and Bucks 12.00-
17.00.
HOGS 95. Good-Choice Butcher
Hogs 190-225 lbs. 45.0049.50; Good-
Choice Butcher Hogs 225-250 lbs.
48.0049.50; Good-Choice Butcher
Sows 400 lbs., up to 44.00; Good-
Choice Butcher Sows 400 lbs., up
45.00; Heavy Boars 35.50; Pigs-Per
Head 10.50-35.00.
Reported receipts of 270 head of
horses, mules, and ponies.
Market: steady.
Better horses 425.00-850.00, few
registered horses 875.00-1300.00.
Driving horses 325.00-585.00.
Riding horses 275.00-375.00.
Lighweight killers 250.00-325.00;
Heavyweight killers 350.00-425.00;
Mare ponies 30.00-80.00; Colts
10.00-25.00; Gelding pomes 30.00-
80.00.
Larger ponies 125.00-175.00.
New Holland
Horse
New Holland Sales Stables
Monday, June 4
Report supplied by auction
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