Alft-Lancastar Farming, Saturday, August 16,1986
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, August 14
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 2,500
Week Ago 2,400
Year Ago 2,400
Compared to last week’s close,
slaughter steers 1.00-1.50 higher.
Slaughter heifers 1.50-2.00 higher.
Cows mostly 1.00 higher. Few bulls
steady. Slaughter supply mainly
choice steers and heifers, around
10% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 1050-1325 lbs.
60.00 early, not tested late. Choice
2-4 975-1350 lbs. 59.00-60.50, closing
59.50-60.50. Mixed good and choice
2-3 900-1250 lbs. 57.50-50.00. Good 2-
3 9001250 lbs. 55.5058.00. Mostly
good 2-3 10501600 lb. holsteins
45.00-51.00. Mixed good and choice
2-3 1125-1150 lbs. 51.5052.00. Load
1400 lbs. late 53.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4 9001125 lbs.
58.0058.50. Couple packages 2-3
1075-1150 lbs. 59.0059.25 early, not
tested late. Choice 2-4 825-1125 lbs.
57.0059.00, dosing sales 58.00
59.00. Mixed good and choice 2-3
8001050 lbs. 55.5058.00. Good 2-3
7501000 lbs. 52.0056.00.
COWS: (Closing week sales)
Breaking utility and commercial 2-
4 36.00-38.00. Cutter and boning
utility 1-2 38.00-39.00. High-yielding
cutter and boning utility 1-2 39.00-
40.00. Canner and low cutter 1-2
34.00-37.00. Shelly canner 1-2 30.00-
34.00.
BULLS: YG 1-2 1150-2200 lbs.
44.0049.00.
Wednesday’s weekly sheep
auction. Receipts around 350 head.
Slaughter lambs 10.00-12.00 higher.
Slaughter ewes 4.00-6.00 higher.
Feeder lambs 5.00-10.00 higher.
Improved quality. Very good
demand.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: Choice
and prime shorn with no. 1-2 pelts
90-110 lbs. 75.50-78.00. Wooled SO
HO lbs. 72.00-77.50.
SLAUGHTER EWES; Utility to
good 26.00-33.00.
FEEDER LAMBS: Choice and
fancy 55-75 lbs. 70.50-76.50.
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FEEDERS: Receipts around 700
head. Feeder steers and heifers
opening steady to 1.00 higher,
closing mostly 2.003.00 higher.
Bulk of the receipts 400-600 lb.
steers and heifers. Overall quality
continues to improve. Good
demand. Holsteins scarce.
FEEDER STEERS; Medium
with a few large frame 1: 300500
lbs. 64.00-69.25, few thin gaunt
70.0074.00; 500600 lbs. 62.0067.75;
600700 lbs. 59.0064.25; 700900 lbs.
few 58.0060.25.
FEEDER BULLS: Medium
frame 1350580 lbs. 55.5060.50.
FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium
with a few large frame 1: 300:500
lbs. 55.0061.00; 500600 lbs. 56.25-
59.50; 600700 lbs. 53.0057.75; 700
900 lbs. 51.00-54.50, package fleshy
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Wednesday, August 13,1986
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 261. Compared with
last Wednesday’s market:
Slaughter steers steady to 1.50
lower. Slaughter cows uneven.
High Choice and Prime 1060-1330
lbs. slaughter steers 62.00-64.85,
Choice 1000-1420 lbs. 57.0001.00,
High Good and Low Choice 53.00
57.25, Good 50.0004.50, Good and
Choice Holsteins 47.00-52.50, one at
54.00, Standard 45.00-49.00. Few
High Choice and Prime slaughter
heifers 57.50-60.50, Choice 51.75-
54.25, Good 47.1051.60, few Stan
dard 41.00-45.00, few Utility 33.35-
37.50. Breaking Utility and
Commercial slaughter cows 37.50-
39.60, Cutter and Boning Utility
33.75-37.75, Canner and Low Cutter
31.25-34.75, Shells down to 25.00.
Few Choice slaughter bullocks
50.50-55.50, Good 47.00-19.25, few
Utility 39.5041.00. Yield Grade No.
1 11402250 lbs. slaughter bulls
47.00-51.25, few Yield Grade No. 2
9001125 lbs. 42.75-44.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: Few Large
Frame No. 2 510640 lbs. feeder
steers 42.50-47.00. Medium Frame
No. 1 500-600 lbs. feeder heifers
45.50-56.50. Few Medium Frame
No. 1400750 lbs. feeder bulls 46.50
48.75.
CALVES 126. One High Choice
vealer 70.00, Choice 62.00-67.00, few
Good 48.0055.00, few Standard
35.0041.00, Standard and Good 90
120 lbs. 40.00-15.00, 65-85 lbs. 38.00
43.00, Utility 50105 lbs. 25.0036.00.
FARM CALVES: Holstein bulls 90
120 lbs. 47.0060.00, mostly 57.50
74.50. Holstein heifers 100125 lbs.
50.00-56.00. Few Beef Cross bulls
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HOGS 306. Barrows and gilts
strong, |l-|1.50 higher. US No. 1-2
200-240 lbs. barrows and gilts 62.85-
64.25, No. 1-3 210-250 lbs. 61.00
62.35, No. 2-3 205-260 lbs. 60.00
60.85, No. 24 205-300 lbs. 51.00
54.50. Sows fully sos 6 higher. US
No. 1-3 330500 lbs. sows 46.0050.00,
500710 lbs. 50.0053.50. Boars 37.00
41.00, one 1030 lbs. at 27.00.
FEEDER PIGS 163. US No. 1-3
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US No. 1-3 2035 lbs. 100.00123.00,
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75.0086.00, all cwt.
SHEEP 58. High Choice and
Prime 50100 lbs. spring slaughter
lambs 68.0088.00, Choice 7090 lbs.
78.0084.00, Good 55-75 lbs. 71.00
75.00, Good and Choice 25-50 lbs.
feeder lambs 80.00-100.00.
Slaughter ewes 29.0052.00, with
yearlings to 66.00.
GOATS 46. Large 45.0063.00,
Medium 31.0047.00, Kids 19.00
31.00—a1l per head.