Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Oct. 25
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 3,400
Week Ago 3,200
Year Ago 5,200
Compared with last week’s
close, Slaughter Steers steady to
.50 lower. Slaughter Heifers .50-
1.00 lower. Cows mostly 1.00
higher. Bulls steady. Slaughter
supply mainly Choice Steers and
Heifers, around 10% Cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-41100-1275 lbs.
mostly 61.00, load and couple
packages early 61.50, not tested
late. Choice 2-4 1000-1250 lbs. 60.00-
61.50, closing sales 60.50-61.50; 900-
1000 lbs. 59.00-60.50. Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 59.00
60.50. Good 2-3 9001150 lbs. 57.00
59.00. Mostly Good 2-3 10501400 lb.
Holsteins 51.00-56.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 9001100 lbs.
59.00-59.50, several 59.00, load
60.00; 3-4 925-1100 lbs. 57.0058.00.
Choice 24 9001075 lbs. 58.0059.00;
800900 lbs. 56.0058.00. Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 800975 lbs. 56.00
58.00. Good 2-3 750950 lbs. 53.00
56.00.
COWS: (Closing Week Sales)
Breaking Utility and Commercial
2-4 36.00-38.00. Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-2 35.00-38.00. High
yielding boning Utility 1-2 38.00
39.00, few up to 40.00. Canner and
Low Cutter 1-2 31.0035.00. Shelly
Canner 1-2 27.0031.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 10501900 lbs.
43.0047.00. Couple YG 148.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 550 head.
Compared with last week, wooled
Slaughter Lambs under 100 lbs.
1.00 lower, heavier Wooled Lambs
weak. Shorn Slaughter Lambs 2.00
higher. Trading slow to moderate.
Supply moderate. Demand light.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Mixed
Choice and Prime wooled 75-100
lbs. 48.00-54.00; 100-120 lbs. mostly
54.00-56.00, couple lots up to 63.00.
Same grades shorn with no. 1-2
pelts 100-140 lbs. 64.00-66.50.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
Utility to Good 9.50-12.00.
GOATS: Few 10.00-14.50 per
head.
FEEDERS: (Including around
1,400 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Feeder steers under 600
lbs. 1.00-3.00 lower, over 700 lbs.
1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder heifers
under 500 lbs. 2.00-4.00 lower, over
500 lbs. firm in a light test. Supply
mostly medium and large frame 1
steer and heifer calves.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and large frame 1: 300-500 lbs.
60.00-64.00, two lots 66.50 and 67.00,
500-600 lbs. 57.00-60.00, one lot 63.00,
700-900 lbs. 58.0052.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS; Medium
and large frame 1: 300-400 lbs.
44.25-48.00, one lot 52.50 ; 400-500
lbs. 48.00-52.50, 500-700 lbs. 51 25-
54.00.
Eighty-Four Livestock
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, Oct. 22,1984
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 465. Compared with
last Monday’s market; slaughter
cows 25 cents-50 cents lower. Few
Good slaughter steers 54.00-58.50,
few Standard 46.00-53.50, few
Utility 42.00-45. Few Good
slaughter heifers 51.00-55.50,
Standard 41.50-47, Utility 38.00-42.
Breaking Utility and Commercial
slaughter cows 38-41.50, few 42.25,
Cutter & Boning Utility 34-38.50,
Canner & Low Cutter 28-34.50,
Shells down to 18.50. Yield Grade
No. 1 1200-1900 lbs. slaughter bulls
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, October 27,1984-Al5
41-46.50, #2 900-1600 lbs. 3741.50,
FEEDER CATTLE: Medium &
Large Frame #1358-625 lbs. feeder
steers 48.00-57, few #2 3-500 lbs.
34.0045. Medium Frame #1 350-500
lbs. heifers 35.0043. Medium
Frame #1 3-500 lbs. bulls 41.00-
52.00.
CALVES 362. Vealers grading
Good St Choice steady, Standard &
Good $5-$8 higher. Few Choice
vealers 82.00-93, Good 65.00-74,
Standard & Good 90-120 lbs. 57.00-
62,60-85 lbs. 48.00-58, few Utility 50-
100 lbs. 25.0041. Farm Calves:
Holstein Bulls 90-120 lbs. 67.00-
84.00.
HOGS 85. Barrows and gilts
$1.50-$2 lower. US No. 1-2 210-240
lbs. barrows and gilts 43.00-44, No.
1-3 210-260 lbs. 41.55-43.00. US No. 1-
3 3-500 lbs. sows 38.00-41, few No. 2-
3 4-600 lbs. 37.00-39. Boars 28.00-
32.00.
FEEDER PIGS 11. Few US No.
1-3 40 lbs. feeder pigs at 23.00 per
head. Utility (few) 30 lbs. at 7.50.
SHEEP 156. Wooled slaughter
lambs sl-$2 higher. High Choice &
Prime 85-98 lbs. wool lambs 62.00-
67, Choice 80-90 lbs. 58.5062, Good
60-70 lbs. 54.00-57. Slaughter sheep
10.00-14.00. GOATS 26: $10.0060.00
per head.
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And Winter
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, Oct. 25
Report supplied by USDA
Slaughter Steers and Heifers
weak to mostly .50 lower than last
week. Declines on both classes
noted at early week, but some
recovery noted on Wednesday.
Dressed beef price declines during
the forepart of the week a primary
factor for pressure on live prices.
Slaughter Cows 1.00-1.50 lower,
Slaughter Bulls steady.
Estimated 5 Day Receipts this
week 7,500; actuals last week 9,794
and 9,033 last year. Steers com
prised 41 pet. of the week’s
receipts, Heifers 27 pet., Cows 8
pet. and Feeders 22 pet.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Closing
sales at midweek, 90 head string
Choice and Prime 2-4 near 1200 lbs.
63.50. Scattered loads and lots
Choice 2-4 1050-1250 lbs. 61.50-63.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1050-
1150 lbs. 59.00-61.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS;
Scattered loads and packages
Choice 2-4 950-1075 lbs. 60.0001.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-1025
lbs. 58.00-60.00.
Average of LS-214 detailed
quotations for Choice 900-1100 lb.
Steers 60.40, 1100-1300 lbs. 61.55.
Average cost Steers this week
60.77, average weight 1155 lbs. as
compared to 61.27 and 1150 lbs. last
week. Average cost Heifers this
week 59.79, average weight 1042
lbs. as compared to 60.30 and 1037
lbs. last week.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Cutter
and Boning Utility 1-2 35.00-39.50;
Canner and Low Cutter 32.00-35.50.
Canner 30.50-32.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1-2 1100-
1700 lbs. 45.50-50.50, few low
dressing 41.00-42.25.
North Jersey
Livestock
Hackettstown, N. J.
Tuesday, October 23
Report supplied by auction
Calves 19.00-79.00; Cows 22.00-
41.00; Easy Cows 21.00-35.75;
Heifers 29.25-46.00; Bulls 34.00-
48.25; Steers 41.25-62.75; Hogs
29.0046.00; Roasting Pigs, each
4.00- Kids 15.00-71.00; Boars
30.00- Sows 25.00-36.00; Sheep
15.00- Lambs, each 4.00-
20.00; Lambs, per lb. 45.00-76.00,
Goats, each 15.00-71.00; Hides 3.00-
22.00.
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