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    Al64aacastor Fanning, Saturday, April 12,1986
Four States
Livestock
Hagerstown, Md.
Wednesday, Apr. 9
Report supplied by Auction
SLAUGHTER: Fed steers
stead; prices, Choice 45.50-51.50,
Good 44.00-47.00, Medium 43.00.
Heifers- Good 41.00-45.75, Medium
40.00 down. Cows- $1 lower, High
Yield 33.00-35.00, Average 28.50-
32.00, Big Middle 24.00-28.00, Fatty
Herf. 23.00-27.00, Shelly 25.00 down.
Fat Bulls- $2 lower, Good 39.50-
41.50, Medium 37.00-39.00. Veal
Calves- No Choice Offered, Farm
Calves $5 lower, Medium 2 Good
65.00- Farm Bulls 70.0048.00,
Light Calves 38.00-44.00. Lambs-
Few Offered, Good 65.00-70.00.
STOCKER: Steers- 300550 Ibs.-
Steady to $1 higher, Choice 59.00-
64.00, Good 53.00-58.00, Medium
47.00- Culls 46.00 down.
Steers- 600-850 lbs.- Choice 55.00-
60.00, Good 50.0-54.00, Medium
49.00 down. Heifers- (all weights)-
Choice 52.00-59.00, Good 45.0051.00,
Medium 38.00-44.00. Dairy Cows- to
$4BO. Springing Heifers- to $535.
Pigs, Hd.- Good run, steady prices,
20-35 lbs. 22.0051.00, 4050 lbs.
32.00- Shoats By Lb.- 32.00-
36.00. Slaughter Hogs- 220-240 lbs.
38.0059.25, 250-270 lbs. 37.0058.00.
Bulls- Good 48.0053.00, Medium
42.0047.00. Sows- 500650 lbs. 35.00
39.00. 350450 lbs. 31.0035.00.
Special next week April 16 - 4
Holstein bulls 700900 lbs.
Leesport Livestock
Lcesport, PA
Wednesday, April 9,1986
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 350. SUPPLY IN
CLUDED 72 FEEDER CAT
TLE...Compared with last Wed
nesday’s market: Slaughter steers
50 cents-SI.2S lower; Cows $2-$3
lower; Bulls $2.50-$3.50
lower... Choice 9001500 lbs. steers
49.5054.85, mostly 51.0054, Good
47.5051, Good & Choice 12001550
lbs. holsteins 43.75-46.75, Standard
41.00- Choice heifers 45.50
47.75, few Good 40-45.25, few
Standard 34-37.50...8reaking
Utility & Commercial slaughter
cows 32-33.85, few 34.75, few
Commercial 4-5 26.50-30, Cutter &
Boning Utility 29.85-32.85, few
35.50, Conner & Low Cutter 25.75-
29.60, Shells down to 18...G00d
bullocks 42.6047.25, few 51.25,
Standard 40.25-44.25...Yie1d Grade
No. 112001975 lbs. bulls 40.5044.50,
#2 8001200 lbs. 35.0039... Feeder
Cattle: Medium Frame #1 3-500
lbs. steers 62.0065, few 5-700 lbs.
49.5055, Large #1 500600 lbs. 56.50
50, few Large #2 450700 lbs. 40.50
Livestock market and auction news
46.. Large Frame #2 4-500 lbs.
heifers 38-38.50.. .Few Large
Frame #1 9001100 lbs. bulls 46.00
49, few Medium #1 350-550 lbs.
63.0069, few 550800 lbs. 44.5047.50,
few Large #2 675-850 lbs. 35-39.50.
CALVES 171...Vealers grading
Standard & Low Good $2-$3
lower... Few Choice 85.00104, Good
76.00- Standard & Good (few)
110125 lbs. 45.0066, 90105 lbs. 42-
45.50,7085 lbs. 38.0042, few Utility
90110 lbs. 35.0040, few 5080 lbs.
30.00- Farm Calves: Holstein
Bulls* 90130 lbs. 70.00-86, some
down 55.00, few Heifers 1-110 lbs.
48.0059. 17 head Holstein calves
sold under the Dairy Herd Ter
mination Program; Standard 140
450 lbs. 24.0041, few down 12.00.
HOGS 539...8arr0ws and gilts 50
cents-$l lower...US No. 1-2 215-255
lbs. 40.85-41.85, lot 42.85, No. 1-3 2-
260 lbs. 39.8541.10, some down 38,
No. 24 240285 lbs. 36-39.50...50ws
steady to $1 lower... Few US No. 1-3
3470 lbs. sows 32.5034, couple
39.00. 5-650 lbs. 36.0037, few
Medium 360-485 lbs. 25.00-
30.. Boars 28-30.75, few light
weights 31.50-35.00.
FEEDER PIGS 147... US No. 1-3
35-55 lbs. feeder pigs 79.0095, lot 60
lbs. at 74, few 95-120 lbs. 46.00-55-
all per hundredweight...SHEEP
36.. .Few High Choice & Prime 20
55 lbs. spring slaughter lambs
89.00-105, 65-105 lbs. 79.00
85.. sheep 15.0026.
GOATS 19: Few Large Adults
34.0045, few Medium 20.0028, few
Large Kids 23.0032 per head.
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, April 10
Report Supplied by USDA
Slaughter steers and heifer
prices at the close this week,
figured steady with last week.
Overall finish continued fairly
attractive, although some increase
noted in numbers of Y.G. 4’s and
steers weighing over 1250 lbs.
Slaughter cows 1.00 lower. Bulls
poorly tested.
Estimated 5 day receipts 6950;
actuals last week 5362; year ago
11,185. Steers comprised 42 percent
of the week’s receipts; Heifers 30
percent; Cows 6 percent; Feeders
21 percent.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: at the
close, Choice 24 1075-1350 lbs.
53.0054.25, two loads 54.5054.75.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1060
1200 lb. 52.0053.00. Few Good 51.50
52.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Choice 24 975-1125 lbs. 52.25-53.00,
Upper Range of Choice Grade not
tested. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
9501050 lbs. 51.0052.00. Few Good
50.0051.00.
Average of LS 214 detailed and 1196 lbs. a week ago. Average Cutter and Boning Utility 1-3 32.50-
quotations for 900-1100 ib. Choice coot Heifers 52.34, average weight 34.00, High Dressing to 34.75.
steers 53.20; 1100-1300 lbs. 53.95. 1061 lbs.; as compared 53.80 and Canner and Cutter 29.00-33.00.
Average cost Steers 52.37, average 1041 ibs. a week ago. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Few
weight 1237 lbs.; as compared 54.64 SLAUGHTER COWS: High 1300-1800 lbs. 39.50-16.00.
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