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Livestock market and auction news
Greencastle Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Monday, July 23,1984
384 CATTLE: Butcher Steers -
Choice 64.00-67.50; Butcher Steers -
Medium-Good 52.WW4.50; Butcher
Heifers - Choice 58.00-65.00;
Butcher Heifers - Medium Good
44.00- Butcher Cows - Utility-
Good 39.00-45.00; Butcher Cows-
Canners and Cutters 37.0043.00;
Butcher Cows-Shells 37.00 and
down; Butcher Bulls - Medium -
Good 46.50-55.00; Stock Steers -
Medium - Good up to 63.00; Stock
Heifers - Medium - Good 51.00.
367 CALVES: Medium-Good
Calves - 160-220 lbs. 55.00-80.00;
Medium Good Calves - 125-160 lbs.
50.00- Medium Good Calves -
100-120 lbs. 50.00-60.00; Medium-
Good Calves - 80-100 lbs. 45.00-
55.00; Holstein Bull Calves up to
85.00; Holstein Heifer Calves6s.oo;
Light and Green Calves down to
40.00.
17 SHEEP and LAMBS-
Medium-Good Lambs 44.00-51.00.
11l HOGS: Good-Choice Butcher
Hogs 190-225 lbs. 53.00-56.75; Good-
Choice Butcher Hogs 225-250 lbs.
55.00-56.75; Good-Choice Butcher
Sows 400 lbs., up to 45.25; Good-
Choice Butcher Sows 400 lbs., up to
47.75; Heavy Boars up to 34.25;
Pigs - Per Head 15.00-34.00.
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Weekly Summary
Friday, July 27
Report Supplied by PDA
Markets; 16.
CATTLE; 6411. Compared with
7424 head last week, and 7838 head
a year ago. Compared with last
week’s market: Slaughter steers
mostly steady to 1.00 lower; SI.
heifers weak to 2.00 lower; SI. cows
highly uneven; SI. bulls steady to
1.00 lower. SI. steers: High Choice
& Prime No. 34, 66.50-70.50;
Choice NO. 24, 63.0069.35; Good
58.0063.00; Standard 51.00-57.75.
SI. heifers: Choice 58.0062.25;
Good 52.50-57.50; Standard 45.00-
52.00. SI. cows: Utility & Com
mercial 40.0044.25; Cutters 38.00-
43.00; Canner & L. Cutter 34.00-
38.50; Shells down to 26.00. SI.
bullocks: (few) Choice 54.0063.10;
(few) Good 50.00-55.00; (few)
Standard 46.00-50.75. SI. bulls;
Yield Grade No. 1, 1000-2050 lbs.
47.00- Yield Grade No. 2,900-
1450 lbs. 44.0048.00.
FEEDER CATTLE; Steers,
Medium Frame No. 1, 300-900 lbs.
47.00- Heifers, Medium
Frame No. 1, 400-700 lbs. 40.00-
48.00. Bulls, Medium Frame No. 1,
400600 lbs. 42.00-53.00.
CALVES; 4730. Compared with
4682 head last week and 4620 head a
year ago. Vealers Good & Choice
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Standard & Good weak to 2.00
lower; (few) Prime 85.00-95.00;
Choice 65.00-79.00; Good 55.00-
71.00; 110-130 lbs. 55.0065.00; 90-110
lbs. 45.00-55.00 ; 65-90 lbs. 38.00-
48.00; Utility 50-110 lbs. 20.0045.00.
FARM CALVES: Hoi. Bulls 90-
135 lbs. 45.00-95.00, mostly 68.00-
85.00; few Hoi. Heifers 90-140 lbs.
44.00-72.50. Beef Cross Bulls &
Heifers 70-100 lbs. 52.00-73.00.
HOGS: 9382. Compared with 7765
head last week and 7375 head a
year ago. Barrows and gilts mostly
.25-.75 lower. US No. 1-2 200-245 lbs.
56.25-57.50, No. 1-3 200-250 lbs.
54.00- No. 2-3 200-285 lbs.
52.00- No. 1-3 140-190 lbs.
43.0049.50; Sows uneven. US No. 1-
3 300-585 lbs. 38.0045.00; No. 2-3
300650 lbs. 37.0042.00. Boars 29.00-
38.00.
FEEDER PIGS 1313. Compared
with 1406 head last week and 1589 a
year ago. Weak to 10.00 lower. US
No. 1-3 15-35 lbs. 14.50-26.00 per
head; No. 1-3 35-50 lbs. 23.00-32.00.
No. 1-3 50-85 lbs. 32.0045.00.
3 GRADED FEEDER PIG
SALES: 2838. Compared with 2148
head last week, and 1606 head a
year ago. All sales by CWT. Feeder
Pigs mostly steady to 15.00 lower.
US No. 1-2 20-30 lbs. 80.00-118.00,30-
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80.00-130.00,30-50 lbs. 60.00-90.00.
SHEEP; 1080. Compared with
1687 head last week and 1401 head a
year ago. Mostly 1.00 to 3.00
higher. High Choice & Prime 65-110
lbs. 59.0067.00; Choice 60-115 lbs.
54.0061.00; Good 50-100 lbs. 38.00-
55.00. SI. sheep: 10.00-23.00.
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, July 26
Report supplied by USDA
Fed cattle prices declined 1.00-
1.50 in trading this week, with
closing levels at the full decline.
Sharper losses appeared im
minent but extremely light salable
receipts curtailed a sharper down
turn. Overall finish ran the
poorest in some time, with the
upper levels of the Choice grade
poorly tested at midweek. Cow
prices advanced 3.00-4.00,
recovering all of last week’s
downturn. Bulls 1.00-2.00 higher.
Estimated 5 day receipts 7600;
actuals last week 8395 and last
year 9120. Steers comprised 47 pet.
of the week’s receipts; Heifers 38
pet; Cows 11 pet; Feeders 3 pet.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; At the
close, few loe' and part loads
STILL # I
Choice 2-4 1090-1250 lbs. mostly
66.00, load 67.00; few lots 1000-1050
lbs. 65.00-65.50. Mixed Good and
Choice 2-31000-1150 lbs. 64.0035.50.
Few Good 61.00-63.00. Few lots
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1150-
1300 lbs. Holsteins 54.00-56.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Choice 2-4 950-1050 lbs. 63.0034.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1000
lbs. 60.0033.00. Good 58.5030.50.
Average of LS 214 Detailed
quotations for 900-1100 lb. Choice
Steers 65.20; 1100-1300 lbs. 67.02.
Average cost Steers 64.62, average
weight 1128 lbs. as compared 66.36
and 1150 lbs. a week ago. Average
cost Heifers 62.71, average weight
991 lbs.; as compared 64.04 and
1000 lbs. a week ago.
COWS: Breaking Utility and
Commercial 2-3 41.25-44.50, few
high dressing individual to 46.50.
Cutter and Boning Utility 1-2 38.00-
43.00, high dressing to 44.00.
Canner and low Cutter 34.50-38.00.
BULLS: 1-2 1100-2000 lbs. 46.00-
53.75.
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