Livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, November 29
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 5,100
Week Ago 2,164
Year Ago 5,772
Compared to last week’s close,
Slaughter Steers and Heifers
mostly l-Ob higher. Cows steady to
1.00 lower. Bulls 1.00 higher.
Slaughter supply mainly choice
steers and heifers, around 15%
COWS.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 1100-1300 lbs.
66.50- Choice 2-4 1000-1300 lbs.
65.50- ; 850-1000 lbs. 63.00-65.50.
Mixed good and choice 2-3 900-1200
lbs. 63.50-65.50. Good 2-3 900-1200
lbs. 61.0(1-63.50, Mostly good 2-3
1100-1350 lb. holsteins 55.00-60.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 900-1100 lbs.
64.50- load 65.50. Choice 2-4
900-1100 lbs. 63.00-64.50 ; 800-900 lbs.
61.00-63.00. Mixed good and choice
2-3 800-1000 lbs. 61.00-63.00. Good 2-
3 750-1000 lbs. 58.00-61.00.
COWS. (Closing Week Sales)
Breaking Utility and Commercial
2-4 33.00-35.00. Cutter and Boning
The last few years have been tough for farmers in south
central Pennsylvania. You’ve had to deal with the deadly
Avian influenza and an unusually dry year that produced low
crop yields. You’ve suffered through low egg prices, reduced
milk prices, and marginal pork prices. And, in general, you’ve
experienced high interest rates.
As a major lender committed to the agricultural industry,
Commonwealth National Bank has witnessed these bad and
difficult times firsthand through many of our agricultural
customers. The pressures brought about by the events of
the past few years have caused many of these customers to
turn to us fdr help. As a result, we’ve spent a great deal of
time working to get them out of some tight spots. We’ve
restructured loans and, where appropriate, we’ve offered
extensions. In all cases, we’ve worked hard to provide good,
sound advice on the best course of action to follow. In short,
we’ve remained committed.
To some, our commitment to lending may seem to have
waned as we continue our work to help those among you who
need it most. But be assured that our commitment has never
stopped. When you need us, we’ll be there as strong as
ever —with aggressive prudent lending, competitive rates,
and just plain hard, honest work.
Utility 1-2 33.00-35.00. High-
Yielding Utility 1-2 35.00-36.00.
Canner and low cutter 1-2 30.00-
34.00. Shelly canner 1-2 36.00-30.00.
BULLS: Few YG 1-2 1100-1900
lbs. 43.00-47.00.
Wednesdaly’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 700 head.
Compared with last week,
slaughter lambs 1.00-2.00 lower.
Feeder lambs .50-1.00 higher.
Trading active, demand good.
Supplies were heavy, consisting
mostly of slaughter lambs.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Mixed
choice and prime shorn 95-135 lbs.
63.00-64.80, one lot 65.00. Wooled 90-
125 lbs. 58.00-64.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Few
wooled utility to good 10.50-12.50.
FEEDER LAMBS: Mixed
Choice and Fancy 75-90 lbs. 56.50-
60.00.
FEEDERS: (Including around
2500 at the regular Thursday
auction.) Compared to last test two
weeks ago, feeder steers steady.
Feeder heifers mostly 2.00-3.00
higher, instances 4.00-5.00 higher
on heifers under 500 lbs. Demand
moderate on steers, good on
heifers. Supply heavy, most
It’s simply not true.
Commonwealth National
Bank not committed to
agriculture? It’s simply not
true, and no one knows it
better than I do
Charles F. Merrill
President and Chief Exi
A Commonwealth National Bank
calves.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1: 300400 lbs.
two lots 64.00; 400-600 lbs. 60.00
68.00, mostly 62.00-66.00 ; 600-900
lbs. couple lots 62.00-64.00.
Medium and Large Frame 1-2;
350-500 lbs. 54.00-57.00.
Small Frame 1-2 : 350-600 lbs.
53.00-54.00.
Large Frame No. 2 Holstems:
Couple lots 200-500 lbs. 38.0041.00,
few 500-800 lbs. 43.0046.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and Large Frame 1: 300400 lbs.
50.00-54.25 ; 400-500 lbs. 53.00-57.00;
500-700 lbs. 51.00-56.00, one lot 616
lbs. 59.00. A few 700000 lbs. 55.00
57.00.
Medium and Large Frame 1-2
Few 300-600 lbs. 42.0049.00.
Morrison Cove
Livestock
Martins burg, Pa.
Monday, November 26,1984
Report Supplied by Auction
CATTLE 226. Compared with
last Monday’s market, High
Choice & Prime slaughter steers
67.25-68.75, Ch0ice63.5066.75, Good
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, December 1,1954-Al3
56.0061.75, Standard 51.0054.25,
Utility 46.25-50.75. Choice
slaughter heifers 62.0064.75, Good
56.0060.75, Standard 50.25-54.75,
Utility 54.2549.00. Breaking Utility
& Commercial slaughter cows
39.5041.75, Commercial 36.00
38.75, Cutter & Boning Utility 32.50
35.50, Canner & Low Cutter 29.00
31.75, Shells down to 18.00. Choice
slaughter bullocks 46.75-52.00,
Good 43.0045.50, Standard 39.00
42.25, Utility 36.0038.75. Yield
Grade No. 1 slaughter bulls, 42.50
48.25, Yield Grade No. 2 38.5041.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Choice 300700 lbs. 52.5056.50, Good
300700 lbs. 47.5051.50, Medium
300700 lbs. 34.5046.50. Heifers
Good 300600 lbs. 42.50-46.50,
Medium 300600 lbs. 35.0041.50.
Bulls Good 300700 lbs. 48.5051.50,
Medium 300700 lbs. 38.5044.50.
CALVES 405. Prime 80.0082.50,
Choice 72.0078.00, Good 61.0068.00,
Standard & Good 110130 lbs. 51.00
56.00, 90110 lbs. 47.5049.50, 7090
lbs. 43.5046.50, Utility 4060 lbs.
32 50-39 50
FARM CALVES; Holstein bulls
90130 lbs. 60.5084.50, Holstein
heifers 90120 lbs. 49.0058.00.
HOGS 172: US No. 1-2 200240 lbs.
barrows & gilts 51.50-52.50, No. 1-3
250280 lbs. 49.75-51.25, No. 2-3 160
190 lbs. 46.25-50.25. Sows: US No. 1-
3 400600 lbs. sows 45.2547.50, No.
23- 400600 lbs. 42.2544.75. Boars:
31.25-34.00, Light weights 34.25-
37.00.
FEEDER PIGS 26: US No. 1-3
25-30 lbs. feeder pigs 12.0016.00 per
head, No. 1-3 4050 lbs. 21.0026.00
per head.
SHEEP 4: Slaughter ewes 12.00
18.00. GOATS 3; 13.0031.00 per
head.
Valley Livestock
Athens, Pa.
Monday, November 26
Report supplied by auction
Holstein Hfr. Calves to 62.00.
Veal Calves 65.00-73.00.
Vealer Bull Calves 65.00-75.00.
Slaughter Calves 40.00-50.00.
Grassers & Feeders 32.00-41.00.
Lambs 50.00-67.00.
Sheep 15.00-29.00.
Hogs, 200 to 250 47.00-52.50.
Sows 36.00-42.00.
Boars 30.00-34.00.
Pigs 2 common ones to 11.00
ach.
Heifers 38.00-53.00.
Steers no top steers.
Steers, feeder 36.00-50.00.
Bulls 38.0045.00.
Cows, utility 35.00-38.00, top
1.25.
Cows, fat 35.00-38.00.
Cows, medium 33.00-36.00.
Cows, poor or small 25.00-32.00.
Cattle Market higher.
Calf Market higher.
Horses to 225.00.
Ponies 37.50.
Remarks Market should be
igher next week.
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