livestock market and auction news
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Jan. 23
Report Supplied by USDA
Receipts this week 2,800
Week Ago 3,100
Year Ago 2,900
Compared to the previous week’s
close, Slaughter Steers 2.00-2.50
lower. Slaughter Heifers mostly
1.50 lower. Cows mostly 1.00 lower
Bulls fully steady. Slaughter
supply mainly Choice and Mixed
Choice and Prime Steers and
Heifers, Around 20% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 1075-1350 lbs.
58.50- load and part load
59.50. Choice 2-4 950-1450 lbs. 57.50-
59.00, mostly 57.5058.50. Mixed
Good and Choice 2-3 900-1200 lbs.
56.00-58.00. Good 2-3 900-1250 lbs.
54.50- Mostly Good 2-3 1075-
1400 lb. Holsteins 44.0051.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4 900-1125 lbs.
57.50- load and part load 2-3
1050-1100 lbs. 58.50. Choice 2-4 825-
1100 lbs. 56.50-57.50. Mixed Good
and Choice 2-3 800-1000 lbs. 55.00-
56.50. Good 2-3 750-900 lbs. 52.50-
55.00.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
Breaking Utility and Commercial
2-4 31.00-35.00. Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-2 35.00-37.00, high-yielding
Agway announces a breakthrough
in dairy heifer management
Working for people who work the kind -
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cutter and boning utility 1-2 37.00-
38.00. Canner and low cutter 1-2
31.00-35.00. Shelly canner 1-2 27.00-
31.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1150-1900 lbs,
41.00- Few YG 1 1195-2130 lbs.
47.00-
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Wednesday’s Weekly Sheep
Auction; Receipts around 385
head. Slaughter lambs 1.00-2.00
higher. Not enough slaughter ewes
for a market test. Few feeder
lambs generally steady. Quality of
slaughter lambs continued to
improve.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice
and Prime shorn 100-120 lbs. 67.00-
70.00. Choice 120-135 lbs. 60.00-
66.00. Choice and Prime Wooled
100-120 lbs. 62.00-66.50; 120-135 lbs.
56.00-62.00.
STOCK EWES: Package 4 year
old 210 lbs. 32.50.
FEEDER LAMBS: Few Choice
and Fancy 60-90 lbs. 65.0067.00.
Central U.S.
Carlot
Beef Report
Wednesday, Jan. 22
Report supplied by USDA
Central U.S. Carlot Beef Report
Includes The Major Production
Areas In The Midwest, Texas, And
Oklahoma. As Of 4; 00 P.M.
Compared to Tuesday’s 4:00
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v SwvJ, vs
P.M. report: Choice 3 steer and
heifer carcasses mostly $l.OO
lower, good and YG-4 not
established. Demand and
movement light on moderate
supplies.
The gross boxed beef carcass
cutout value declined $.OB to an
estimated $93.99 per cwt, 423 loads
boxed cuts reported. "
Sales reported on 51 loads of
steer and heifer carcasses.
Steer carcasses 23 loads in
cluding 7 to packers, and 16 to
chain stores.
Steer Beef
23 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Choice 3 600-900 lbs. 88.00-90.00,
mostly 89.00.
Choice 3 600-700 lbs. 89.00, late
Tuesday.
Choice 2 600-700 lbs. 90.00-90.50,
late Tuesday.
Gd 2 & Lo 3 600-700 lbs. 88.00-
88.50, late Tuesday.
Heifer Beef
28 Loads
FOB Omaha Basis
Choice 3 550-700 lbs. 87.00-09.00,
mostly 88.00.
Choice 3 500-550 lbs. 85.01K86.00,
late 85.00.
Choice 3 400-500 lbs. 83.00-84.00,
late 83.00.
Choice 2 600-700 lbs. 88.50-89.00,
% Stockmix (Rm)
icated with Rumensiif
10% Stockmix (Rm) medicated contains
Rumensm It is designed to improve average
lady gam in dairy heifers weighing more than
100 pounds body weight
esearch at the Agway Farm Research Center,
ig Rumensm to dairy heifers improved feed
icy by about 12%, tended to increase average
lam by more than 9% and reduced feed cost
iund of gam by nearly 80
managing your dairy heifers for faster growth
■)her profits with 10% Stockmix (Rm)
ited.
it Agway stores
ile in 50 pound sacks in any quantity.
FARM \
ENTERPRISE |*OW*YJ
SERVICE
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, January 25,1986-Al3
late Tuesday.
Good 2-3 550-700 lbs. 85.00.
Gd 2 & Lo 3 600-700 lbs. 86.00.
Steer and Heifer
Primal Cuts
FOB Omaha Basis
6 Loads
Arm Chucks 75-120 lbs. 73.00-
74.00.
Cow Carcasses:
29 loads
Midwest; Thin test steady.
Eastern Texas and Oklahoma;
Price generally steady with week
ago.
Sales in the Midwest Production
Area:
FOB Omaha Basis
Cutter 1-2 400&up lbs. 70.50.
Sales in Eastern Texas and
Oklahoma Production Area:
FOB Plant
Delivered Plant
Bng Utlty 1-3 400&up lbs. 65.50-
66.00; 66.50-67.00.
Cutter 1-2 350&up lbs. 70.50-72.00;
71.50-73.00, mostly 73.00.
Boneless Processing Beef
Beef Trimmings
113 loads
Omaha Basis
90% Chem Lean Fresh 94.00.
85% Chem Lean Fresh 85.00.
75% Chem Lean Fresh 74.00-
76.00.
75% Chem Lean Frozen 75.00
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Production Areas:
FOB Plant
90% Chem Lean Fresh 95.00.
90% Chem Lean Frozen 97.00.
85% Chem Lean Fresh 88.00.
50% Chem Lean Fresh 41.00.
Leinbach Farm
Market
Shippensborg, Pa.
Sat&Tnes., Jan. 11*14,1986
44 Loads Hay, 10 Loads Straw & 6
Ear Com.
Alfalfa 55.00-89.00; Mixed 35.00-
85.00, mostly 40.00-75.00; Timothy
Hay 46.00-54.00; Orchard Grass 2
loads 37.00 & 50.00; Straw 47.50-
61.00, one load 40.00; Ear Com
65.00-71.00, one load 56.00; Com
Fodder one load 35.00.
144 Loads Hay, 41 Lds. Straw &
11 Ear Com.
Alfalfa 53.00-140.00 mostly 68.00-
105.00; Mixed Hay 43.00-100.00
mostly 50.00-90.00; Timothy Hay
43.00-101.00, mostly 61.0007.00;
Clover 2 loads 47.00 & 71.00; Or
chard Grass one load 50.00; Straw
50.0005.00; Ear Com 63.00-72.00;
Oats 8 loads 1.00-1.80 per bushel.
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New Holland
Sales Stables
New Holland, Pa.
Monday, Jan. 13