Joliet Cattle
Thursday, June 12
Report Supplied by USDA
Sales This Week;
Last Week;
A Year Ago
Trading moderate.
Slaughter steers and heifers
ended the week steady to .50 lower.
Slaughter steers Choice 2-4 1200-
1350# 53.00-55.00.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 1000-
1300# 52.00-53.75.
Slaughter heifers Choice 2-4 950-
1100# 51.5053.50.
Mixed Good and Choice 2-3 900-
1050# 50.00-52.50.
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, June 12
Report Supplied by USDA
Slaughter steer and heifer prices
turned lower at close at midweek
after registering advances early.
Closing price levels on slaughter
steers steady with the previous
week, slaughter heifers steady to
.50 lower. Declines in dressed beef
prices was again the major factor
in determining changes in live
price levels. Slaughter cows steady
to 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls firm.
Estimated 5 day receipts this
week 5,600 head compared to
actual total last week of 9,226 and
10,373 last year. Slaughter steers
accounted for 48 percent of the
weeks receipts, slaughter heifers
40 percent, slaughter cows 8
percent and feeder cattle 2 per
cent.
SLAUGHTER STEERS; closing
sales choice 2-3, few 4’s, 1075-1300
lbs. 53.00-54.50. Mixed good and
choice 2-3 1050-1250 lbs. 51.50-53.50.
Good 48.50-52.00. Few mixed good
and choice 2-3 1100-1400 lb.
holsteins 41.00-42.00.
825
1326
1297
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
closing sales choice 2-3 950-1150 lbs.
51.50-53.00. Mixed good and choice
2-3 950-1050 lbs. 50.00-51.50. Good
47.00-50.00.
Average of L 5 214 detailed price
quotations for choice 900-1100 lb.
steers this week 53.08, 1100-1300
lbs. 54.33. Average cost of all
slaughter steers this week 53.24,
average weight 1,180 lbs. com
pared to 53.45 and 1,204 lbs. last
week. Average cost of all slaughter
heifers this week 52.65, average
weight 1.053 lbs. compared to 53.24
and 1,055 lbs. last week.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Few
breaking utility and commercial 2-
4 36.50-39.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-3 36.00-41.25. Canner to
average cutter 33.00-37.50.
SLAUGHTER BULLS* Few 1-2
1350-2050 lbs. 46.25-50.75, low
dressing 41.50-45.00.
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of Grain-Fuel Ethanol Program
WASHINGTON - Acting
Secretary of Agriculture Daniel G.
Amstutz today ruled out the
compounding of benefits for
producers of fuel ethanol who take
advantage of the Commodity
Credit Corporation’s grain-fuel
ethanol program.
Under the program producers
can earn a commodity certificate
equal to one bushel of CCC-owned
grain for every 2% bushels of grain
removed from the marketplace.
“Fuel-ethanol producers who
acquire grain with a CCC cer
tificate or buy grain with the
proceeds of a CCC certificate
cannot use that grain to generate
more assistance,” said Amstutz.
After ruling out this form of
compound benefits, Amstutz an
nounced the following additional
details of the program, which uses
surplus grain to aid the financially
distressed fuel ethanol industry.
• Producers must submit proof
that they bought grain and turned
the grain into fuel ethanol during
an eligible processing month to
qualify for certificates.
USDA Announces Details
• Producers may accept <CCC’s
offer by presenting evidence of
grain acquisitions and ethanol
production as provided in CCC’s
“Announcement and Offer,” an
agreement form, which will be
sent to all eligible producers.
• Producers must submit proof
of the previous month’s fuel
production on or before the last
day of the following month. For
example, proof of all grain-based
ethanol production for May 1966
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 14,1956-Al7
must be submitted to CCC on or
before June 30,1986.
• Producers may submit proof of
all bushels used to produce fuel
ethanol during an eligible
processing month.
• Regardless when a producer
receives notice of eligibility, all
grain removed from the market
and used to produce ethanol bet
ween May 10 and September 30,
1986, is eligible for commodity
certificates.
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