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St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Sept. 19
Report Supplied by USDA
Receipts this week
Last Week
Last Year
Compared to last week’s close,
slaughter steers firm to .50 higher.
Slaughter heifers firm to 1.00
higher. Cows mostly 3.00 higher.
Bulls weak to 1.00 lower. Slaughter
supply mainly choice steers and
heifers around 8% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 1075-1350 lbs.
51.25-51.75, several 51.50. Part load
2-3 1300 lbs. 52.00. Choice 2-4 950
1350 lbs. 50.00-51.50. Mixed good
and choice 2-3 900-1250 lbs. 48.50
50.50. Good 2-3 900-1200 lbs. 46.00
48.50. Mostly good 2-3 1075-1500 lb.
holstems 41.00-45.50, package of
46.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
choice and prime 24 900-1150 lbs.
50.00- Choice 24 850-1125 lbs.
49.00- Package 2-3 940 lbs.
50.75. Mixed good and choice 2-3
800-1050 lbs. 46.0049.00. Good 2-3
700-1000 lbs. 44.0046.00.
COWS: (Closing Week Sales)
breaking utility and commercial 2-
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utility 1-2 37.00-39.00. Canner and
low cutter 1-3 32.00-35.00. Shelly
canner 1-2 29.00-32.00.
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction. Receipts around 400 head.
Compared to last Wednesday,
shorn slaughter lambs firm to 2.00
higher. Wooled lambs and feeder
lambs generally steady.
2,400
2,900
3,300
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice
and prime shorn 90-120 lbs. 65.50
72.50. Few lots prime 90110 lbs.
74.5075.00. Choice and prime
wooled 90120 lbs. 63.0068.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility to
good 15.0025.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Choice and
fancy 5090 lbs. 61.5068.50.
GOATS: 11.0027.00 per head.
St. Louis Feeder
Cattle
Thursday, September 19
Report supplied by USDA
FEEDERS: 700.
Feeder steers and heifers
unevenly 1.00-3.00 higher. Supply
mainly medium and large frame 1-
2 400-700 lb. steers and 400-600 lb.
heifers. Steers over 700 lbs. and
heifers over 600 lbs. very scarce.
FEEDER STEERS; Medium'
and large frame 1; Few lots 300-500
lbs. 65.00-71.00, package 260 lbs.
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Medium and large frame 1-2: 400
700 lbs. 55,00-62.00.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
and large frame 1: 300500 lbs.
57,0060.00 ; 500-700 lbs. 53.0057.00.
Medium and large frame 1-2: 400
600 lbs. 52.0056.00.
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, Sept. 19
Report Supplied by USDA
Slaughter steers and heifers
turned 2.00-3.00 higher this week to
a good packer demand as some
packers were unable to obtain
enough numbers from country
sources. Carcass beef prices and
boxed beef cutout prices turned
higher and gave additional support
to market strength. Slaughter
cows steady to 50 cents higher.
Slaughter bulls weak.
Estimated 5 day receipts this
week 7100 compared to actual
receipts last week of 7945 and 9363
last year. Slaughter steers made
up 31 percent of receipts, slaughter
heifers 25 percent, slaughter cows
6 percent and feeder cattle 36
percent.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Closing
sales choice 2-4 1050-1300 lbs. 51.00
53 50, load reputation fed near 1225
lbs , and package near 1275 lbs.
54.00. Mixed good and choice 2-3
1050-1250 lbs. 50.00-52.00. Good
49.00- Mixed good and choice
2-3 1200-1450 lb. holstems 43.00
44.00. Good 42.0042.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Closing sales choice 24 975-1125
lbs. 50.50-52.00, package 52.25.
JVlixed good and choice 2-3 900-1050
lbs. 49.50-51.00. Good 47.00-50.00.
Average of LS 214 detailed price
quotations for choice 900-1100 lb.
slaughter steers 50.90, 1100-1300
lbs. 52.20. Average cost all
slaughter steers this week 50.32,
average weight 1183 lbs. compared
to 49.39 and 1159 lbs. last week.
Average cost all slaughter heifers
this week 50.17, average weight
1046 lbs. compared to 48.40 and 1019
lbs. last week.
SLAUGHTER COWS' Few
breaking utility and commercial 2-
3 33.75-36.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-2 34.50-35.75. Canner and
low cutter 32.00-35.00.
SLAUGHTER BULLS' 1-2 1300
1750 lbs. 44.00-45.75, thin kinds
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Tuesday, September 17
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Beef Cows: Utility and Com
mercial 36.85-39.25; Cutters 34.50
36.50; Canners 30.75-33.00; Shells
27.50.
Heifers: Standard 44.5047.10;
Commercial 39.1043.75.
Bulls: Good 46.00-48.75;
Standard 42.0045.75.
Feeder Cattle: 300-500 lbs.
’large frame 42.0(M8.00; 300-500
lbs. small frame 41.0044.00; 500
700 lbs. large frame 40.0046.00.
Veal Calves; Good 57.00-64.00;
Standard 45.00-56.00 Utility 37.00
44.00.
Farm Calves: 8u11555.00-68.00.
Hogs: 38.5041.50.
Sows: 32.0035.10.
Boars: 30.0032.00.
Shoats: 25-30 lbs per head 12.00
17.00; 3035 lbs. per head 18.00
25.00 ; 35-50 lbs. per head 27.00
37.00.
Lambs: 57.0063.00.
Goats per head 18.0024.00,
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