Leesport Livestock
Lees port. Pa.
Wednesday, June 27,1984
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 328. Compared with
last Wednesday’s market,
slaughter steers grading Good &
Choice mostly steady, lower
grades steady to $1 lower.
Slaughter cows mostly steady to $1
lower. Slaughter bulls weak to $1
lower, spots $2 lower. Choice 2-4
960-1380 lbs. slaughter steers 61.75-
64, one 65.00, Good 57-62.75, Good &
Choice holsteins 53-56.75, few 58.35,
Standard 50-53.75, few down to
48.50, Utility & Low Standard 38-
47.25. Few High Choice & Prime
slaughter heifers 60.10-61.50, few
Choice 56-57.75, Good 51-57.25, few
Standard 49.00-54, few Utility 45.50
47. Breaking Utility & Commercial
slaughter cows 43.35-44.85, one
46.50, Cutter & Boning Utility 39-
43.10, Canner & Low Cutter 36.00
39, Shells down to 32.25. Individual
Choice slaughter bullock at 57.25,
Good 52.25-55.25, Standard 46-50.35.
Yield Grade #1 1210-2335 lbs.
slaughter bulls 49.50-53.75, few #2
980-1405 lbs. 45.10-50. FEEDER
CATTLE: Medium Frame #1 370
875 lbs. feeder steers 51.5056.50,
few §2 345-785 lbs. 47.7554, Large §2
665-900 lbs. 44.75-49.75, lot 40.75.
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Medium Frame #1 515-775 lbs.
feeder heifers 44.00-48.00. Medium
Frame #l&2 300895 lbs. feeder
bulls 44.5051.00.
CALVES 180. Vealers grading
Standard and Good mostly steady.
Individual Choice vealer at 75.00,
one Good at 62.00, Standard & Good
90120 lbs. 55.0060, 65-90 lbs. 40.00
52, Utility 50100 lbs. 20.0040.00.
FARM CALVES; Holstein Bulls 90
130 lbs. 60.00-88. Few Beef Cross 90
100 lbs. 52.0060; Good & Choice
240325 lbs. slaughter calves 53.00
68, Standard 230350 lbs. 37.0043.00.
HOGS 304. Barrows and gilts
strong to |2 higher. US No. 1-2 205-
260 lbs. barrows and gilts 54.85-
55.50, 3 lots 55.85&56.25, No. 1-3 2-
275 lbs. 54-55.25, No. 2-3 230280 lbs.
53.0055, 290325 lbs. 41.5047.25.
Sows uneven, mostly steady to $1
lower. US No. 1-3 310-580 lbs. sows
3042.50, few 45.75, No. 2-3 225-580
lbs. 34.5040.50. Boars 25.0035, light
weights 38-44.50.
FEEDER PIGS 312. US No. 1-3
2035 lbs. feeder pigs 72.0085, lot
106, No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 67.0077, No. 1-
3 55-85 lbs. 60.0065. ALL SALES
PER HUNDREDWEIGHT BASIS.
SHEEP 64. Few High Choice &
Prime 30-50 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 80.00125, Choice 45-100 lbs.
58.0064, few lots 71.0073, lot Good
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36 lbs. at 71.00. Slaughter ewes 9.00
12, few mixed sheep & yearlings
20.00- GOATS 31; Adults
25.00- one 58.00. Kids 21.00-28,
few 35.00, few Small Kids 12.00
23.00. ALL PER HEAD.
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Thursday, June 28
Receipts This Week
Week Ago
Year Ago
Compared with the previous
week’s close, slaughter steers
steady to .50 lower. Slaughter
heifers weak to 1.00 lower. Cows
1.00-2.00 lower. Bulls weak to 1.00
lower. Slaughter supply mainly
choice slaughter steers and heifers
and 10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 1050-1325 lbs.
64.0064.50. Choice 2-41000-1300 lbs.
62.5064.00; 900-1000 lbs. 60.0062.00.
Mixed good and choice 2-3 9001225
lbs. 60.0062.50. Good 2-3 9001175
lbs. 58.0060.00; 800900 lbs. 56.00
58.00. Mostly good 2-3 11001325 lb.
holsteins 51.0055.00. Part load
mixed good and choice 58.00.
Standard 2-3 975-1175 lbs. 45.00
51.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 9001100 lbs.
61.0061.50,21 head 61.75. Choice 2-4
9001050 lbs. 60.0061.00; 800900 lbs.
58.0060.00. Mixed good and choice
2-3 800975 lbs. 58.0060.00. Good 2-3
800950 lbs. 55.0058.00; 700800 lbs.
52.0055.00.
COWS: (Closing Week Sales)
Breaking Utility and Commercial
2-4 38.0040.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-2 38.0040.00. Few high
yielding boning utility 1-2 40.00
41.00. Canner and low cutter 1-2
34.00-38.00. Shelly canner 1-2 30.00
34.00.
3,600
3,500
4,100
BULLS; YG 1-2 10001900 lbs.
46.0052.00, closing 46.0051.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 450 head.
Spring slaughter lambs 2.004.00
lower., Slaughter ewes 2.00-3.00
lower. No recent price comparison
on feeder lambs. Not enough of any
other class to establish market
trends.
SPRING SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice and prime 100115 lbs. 54.00
60.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Choice and
fancy 55-90 lbs. 46.0051.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Cull to
good 120160 lbs. 10.0013.00.
GOATS: Few 15.00 per bead.
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FEEDERS; (Including around
800 at the Regular Thursday
Auction.) Trading moderately
active. Feeder steers and feeder
heifers fully steady. Supply mainly
feeder steers 700-800 lbs. and
feeder heifers 400-500 lbs.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and large frame 1: 300-600 lbs.
60.00-64.25 ; 600400 lbs. 59.00-62.00;
800-1,000 lbs. 57.25-58.00. One lot 900
lbs. 60.00. Large frame 2 holsteins:
300-900 lbs. 40.00-49.00.
BULLS: Medium and large
frame 1-2: 400-575 lbs. 52.00-58.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and large frame 1: 300-500 lbs.
53.00-57.25; 500-700 lbs. 52.0056.25;
700-800 lbs. 57.00-51.25.
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