livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Dec. 12
Report Supplied by USDA
Receipts this week 4,100
Week Ago 4,600
Year Ago 5,200
Compared to last week’s close,
slaughter steers 2.00-2.50 lower.
Slaughter heifers 2.50-3.00 lower.
Cows 3.00-4.00 lower. Bulls 2.00-3,00
lower. Slaughter supply mainly
choice steers and heifers, around
15% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 1050-1275 lbs.
63.00- part load 2-3 1200 lbs.
early 64.50, most closing sales
63.50-64.00. Choice 2-4 950-1300 lbs.
62.00- closing 62.50-63.50.
Mixed good and choice 2-3 900-1225
lbs. 60.50-63.00. Good 2-3 900-1250
lbs. 59.0061.00; few lots 850-900 lbs.
56.00- Mostly good 2-3 1100
1450 lb. holsteins 48.00-54.00.
Standard to good 2-3 975-1300 lbs.
44.00-
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 900-1125 lbs.
61.0061.50, package early 62.00, not
tested late. Choice 2-4 825-1075 lbs.
60.0061.25. Mixed good and choice
2-3 800-1050 lbs. 58.5060.00. Good 2-
3 750-1000 lbs. 56.00-58.50; few lots
700-750 lbs. 55.00-58.50.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
Breaking utility and commercial 2-
4 27.00-30.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-2 30.00-33.00. High-yielding
cutter and boning utility 1-2 33.00.
Canner and low cutter 1-2 27.00-
30.00. Shelly canner 1-2 24.00-27.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1075-2000 lbs.
40.00-44.00.
Wednesday’s weekly sheep
auction. Receipts around 500 head.
Slaughter lambs 3.00-5.00 lower
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WE WORK FOR THE
FARMER!
Thank you for holding your tobacco
until the first auction. This shows us
that you are interested in the auction
and you will support it when it works
on December 16.
It took Maryland 10 years to produce a
successful auction, with your support
we can hopefully do it in less years. We
have spent a lot of time and money so
far and we will extend more of both
and do all we can to provide a suc
cessful alternative Tobacco Marketing
System for both buyer & seller.
than last week. Slaughter ewes
steady. Feeder lambs 4.006.00
lower. Light receipts. Moderate
demand.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice
and prime 100-118 lbs. 59.0062.50.
Choice 90-110 lbs. 54.0069.00.
SLAUGHTER EWES: Utility to
good 15.00-19.00.
FEEDER LAMBS; Choice and
fancy 4060 lbs. 55.0060.00. Choice
50.50-53.00.
Farmers Livestock
Auction
Duncans ville, Pa.
Decembers, 1985
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 277. High Ch. & Pr. si.
steers 62.5064.50, Choice 61.00
62.25, High Good & Low Ch. 57.50
60.00, Good 55.0068.50, Good &
Choice holsteins 45.00-50.25,
Standard 40.5043.25, Utility 31.00
40.00, Choice si. heifers 58.5061.75,
Good 54.5058.00, Standard 44.50
50.25, Utility 32.0041.00. Breaking
Ut. & Commercial si. cows 36.50
39.00, Cutter & Boning Ut. 32.50
36.75, Canner & Low Cutter 29.50
33.50, Shells down to 24.00. Choice
si. bullocks NONE, Good 50.00
51.50, Standard 42.5044.75, Utility
30.0039.50, Yield Grade No. 11400
1700 lbs. si. bulls, 45.0047.25, Yield
Grade No. 2 10001600 lbs. 40.25-
43.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Good 50.0054.50 Standard 35.00
44.50 Heifers Good 40.0047.50
Standard 31.0040.00, Bulls Good
45.0052.50 Standard 32.0041.50.
CALVES 283. High Ch. & Pr.
84.50- Choice 74.00-82.50, Good
60.00-73.50, Standard 52.0fr61.00,
Standard & Good 90 lb. to 130 lb.
46.50- Utility sfrBs lbs. 32.50-
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ERIC PROUST, GENERAL MANAGER 717/768-7100
46.50. Holstein bulls 90130 lbs.
65.0097.00, Holstein heifers 90130
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HOGS 180. US No. 1-2 210240 lbs.
barrows and gilts 48.0049.25, No. 1-
3 210250 lbs. 47.0048.25, No. 2-3 210
260 lbs. 45.0047.00, No. 1-3 250320
lbs. 37.5042.50. US No. 1-3 300600
lbs. sows 38.0041.00, No. 2-3 300600
lbs. 34.0038.50. Boars 28.0029.50,
Light weights 31.0033.50.
FEEDER PIGS 67. US No. 1-3 40
50 lbs. feeder pigs 29.5034.50 per
head, No. 1-3 3040 lbs. 22.5060.00,
Ut. 2035 lbs. 16.5022.50 per head.
SHEEP 9. High Ch. & Pr. 90110
lbs. 64.0070.50, Good 75-85 lbs.
55.0061.00. Slaughter ewes 14.00
22.50. GOATS NONE.
Eighty-Four Livestock
Eighty-Four, Pa.
Monday, Dec. 9
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE 524. Choice slaughter
steers 60.00-64.00, Good 55.00-60.25,
Standard 44.00-52.00, few Utility
37.00- Few Good Slaughter
Heifers 51.00-61.50, Standard 42,00-
50.00, Utility 35.5041.50. Breaking
Utility and Commercil slaughter
cows 35.00-38.00, few 39.0042.00,
Cutter & Boning Utility 32.00-35.50,
Canner & Low Cutter 25.00-32.00,
Shells down to 19.00. Yield Grade
No. 1 1100-2000 lbs. slaughter bulls
43.00- #2 950-1600 lbs. 38.00-
41.50.
FEEDER CATTLE; Medium
Frame #1 380-720 lbs. steers 50.00-
60.00. Medium Frame #1 350-550
lbs. heifers 42.0048.00, Large #1
500-880 lbs. 44.00-50.00. Medium
Frame #1 330-500 lbs. bulls 48.00-
56.50.
CALVES 310... Few Choice
vealers 85.00-88.00, Good 66.00-
ATTENTION
TOBACCO
FARMERS
PLEASE CALL
82.00, Standard & Good 90120 lbs.
45.0060.00, 6085 lbs. 40.0047.00,
Utility 50-85 lbs. 25.00-
33.00. .FARM CALVES: Holstein
Bulls 90120 lbs. 60.0062.50...G00d
and Choice 250375 lbs. slaughter
calves 46.0068.00.
HOGS 264... US No. 1-2 205-260
lbs. barrows and gilts 47.0048.50,
No. 2-3 200260 lbs. 46.0047.00, No.
2-4 200285 lbs. 43.75-45.00, No. 1-3
100140 lbs. 35.0037.00, 170195 lbs.
38.0042.00. US No. 1-3 350650 lbs.
38.0039.50, No. 2-3 320600 lbs.
34.0037.00. BOARS 27.0031.00.
FEEDER PIGS 42... US No. 1-3
3040 lbs. feeder pigs 18.0020.00,70
85 lbs. 30.0032.00 one lot Utility 39
lbs at 17.00 - all per head.
SHEEP 228... High Choice &
Prime 75-90 lbs. wooled slaughter
lambs 73.5076.00, Choice 90110 lbs.
64.0070.00, Good & Choice 6075 lbs.
feeder lambs 67.00-71.50...
Slaughter sheep 20.00-
24.50...G0ATS 20: 5.0020.00 per
head.
Dewart Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, December 9
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 274: Individual Choice
1030 lbs. slaughter steer at 59.00,
Good 52.57-25.00, few Holsteins
46.0048.00, few Standard 42.00-
45.50. Few Choice slaughter heifers
55.25-56.50, Standard & Good 42.00-
47.25. Breaking Utility & Com
mercial slaughter cows 35.00-38.60,
Cutter & Boning Utility 33.50-36.50,
Canner & Low Cutter 29.50-33.50,
Shells down to 27.00. Few Yield
Grade No. 1 920-1820 lbs. slaughter
bulls 41.5046.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few
Medium Frame #1 350-600 lbs.
Tobacco officials say that the Burley
Tobacco Supply is about 25% short.
We are sure that that will better our
tobacco market. So don’t sell your
tobacco until you see what the market
price is at auction.
How many farmers would have already
sold their tobacco for much less than
the currently offered prices if they
wouldn’t be watching for auction to
begin? Prices have already started
moving in the upward direction. Our
auctioneer, Mitchell Ashby, would like
to have these fellows together under
one roof.
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steers and bulls 50.00-60.00. Few
Medium. Frame #1 300-700 lbs.
heifers 38.00-46.00.
CALVES 273: Individual Prime
vealer at 99.00, few Choice 78.00-
82.00, Good 62.00-73.00, few Stan
dard & Good 110-125 lbs. 55.00-60.00,
70-105 lbs. 45.00-52.50. FARM
CALVES; Holstein Bulls 90-130 lbs.
60.00-98.00, mostly 88.00-95.00.
HOGS 97: US No. 2-3195-260 lbs.
barrows & gilts 47.75-49.00. US No.
1-3 375-575 lbs. sows 33.75-36.25.
Few Boars 30.50-31.00.
FEEDER PIGS 266: US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 20.00-30.00 per
head, 35-50 lbs. 28.00-37.00, 5060
lbs. 35.00-42.00 per head.
SHEEP 19: Few Choice 60-70 lbs
wooled slaughter lambs 64.0068.00.
Joliet Cattle
Thursday, Dec. 12
Report Supplied by USDA
CATTLE: Slaughter steers and
heifers mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower for
the week. The market was sharply
lower on Monday and showed some
slight strength on Wednesday.
Recents about 1,300 this week;
1,972 a week ago; and 1,814 a year
ago.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice
2-4 1075-1350# mostly 63.50-66.50,
few down to 62.00 on Monday and
load choice 3 1275# 67.00 on Wed
nesday. Mixed good and choice 2-3
1050-1200# 62.00-63.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 2-4 950-1050# 61.00-63.00, but
not well tested either Monday or
Wednesday. Mixed good and
choice 2-3 850-950# 56,00-61,50.
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FARMER!