AiG-Lancastcr Fanning, Saturday, October 18,1986
Omaha Weekly
Thursday, Oct. 16
Report Supplied by USDA
Slaughter steers and heifers met
with good buyer demand this week
and prices for both classes ad
vanced 1.00-L5O over the previous
weeks levels. A primary factor in
this week’s upturn was the higher
prices posted at direct selling
areas of the midwest and high
plains.
Slaughter cows met with sharp
downturns on the close and prices
closed 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter
bulls weak to 1.00 lower.
Estimated 5 day receipts of
cattle this week 7,000 compared to
actuals last week of 7,553 and 8,732
last year. Slaughter steers ac
counted for 36 percent of receipts
this week, slaughter heifers 37
percent, slaughter cows 5 percent
and feeder cattle 20 percent.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Closing
sales choice 2-41100-1350 lbs. 60.00-
61.00, load 61.50. Mixed good and
choice 2-3 1050-1200 lbs. 58.50-60.00.
Few good 56.00-58.50. Few mixed
good and choice 2-3 1250-1400 lb.
Holsteins 52.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS:
Closing sales choice 2-4 975-1100
lbs. 59.00-60.00, couple packages
60.25. Mixed good and choice 2-3
925-1050 lbs. 57.50-59.00. Few good
55.00-
Average of LS 214 detailed price
quotations for choice 900-1100 lb.
slaughter steers this week 59.75,
1100-1300 lbs. 60.46. Average cost of
all slaughter steers this week 59.96,
average weight 1205 lbs. compared
to 58.50 and 1186 lbs. last week.
Average cost of all slaughter
heifers this week 59.37, average
weight 1047 lbs. compared to 58.19
and 1033 lbs. last week.
SLAUGHTER COWS: Breaking
utility and commercial 2-4 35.00-
36.75. Cutter and boning utility 1-3
34.50-38.25. Low to average cutter
32.00-
SLAUGHTER BULLS: 1-2 1600-
2100 lbs. 44.50-48.50.
Grantsville Livestock
Grantsville, Maryland
Saturday, Oct. 11,1986
Large; 50-70.
Med: 42-50.
Top Barrows & Gilts 53.00-55.00;
Heavy Butcher 48.00-54.00; Light
Butcher 40.00-53.00; Butcher Sows
46.00- Feeder Shoats 13.50-
40.50.
VEAL: Good 65.00-80.00;
Standard 55.00-64.00; Utility 45.00-
f'nmwi'. r . M(VL HOGS: 3214. Compared with 4091
head last week and 2896 head a
S S y ear a §°- Steady to mostly 1.00
68.00- Slaughter Ewes 18.00- hlgher; x . 2> 210-245 lb. 54.00-56.75;
„ _ „ 1-3, 215-250 lb. 53.00-55.00; 2-3, 215-
Steers: 2 65 lb. 52.00-53.00 ; 2-4 , 225-285 lb.
Good 58.00-62.00; Standard 52.00- 50.00-52.00; sows uneven mostly
40 -** MB - 00 - steady to 1.00 higher; 1-3, 300-500
HEIFERS: Good 52.00-58.25; lb sows 43.00-48.OO; 500-650 lb.
Standard 45.00-48.00; Utility 30,00- 46.00-50.00 ; 2-3, 300-550 lb. 37.00-
„ , 45.00; boars42.oo-45.00.
COWS: Commercial 35.00-40.50; FEEDER PIGS: 1003. Com-
Utdity 32.00-34.00; Canner & Cutter p are( j wl th 1228 head last week and
„ , 952 head a year ago. Steady to 1.00;
BULLS: Commercial & Good spots 5 M higher; 20-35 lb. 27.00-
44.00- Cutter & Utility 38.00- 40.OO; 35-50 lb. 31.0045.00; few 50-85
40 -°°- lb. 41.00-53.00.
STOCK-FEEDER CATTLE: 2 GRADED FEEDER PIG
(YearlingSixers) G00d54.00-58.50; SALES: 2740 . Compared with 1905
M sSr S SIVES- Good 58 00- head laSt Week and 2746 head 3
year ago. Steady to 15.00 higher;
67.00; Medium 45.00-50.00. 20-30 lb ioo.oo-127.00 ; 30-40 lb.
£ 00d 48 o °' 95.00-137.00 ; 40-50 lb. 90.00-134.00;
60.00; Medium 32.00-38.00. 5060 lb i06.(KM22.00; 60-70 lb.
Wpaltlv 85.00-106,00 ; 70-100 lb. 63.00-90.00;
weeKiy nummary 2 3 lb 90.00-121.00; 40-85 ib.
Harrisburg, PA 76.00-95.00; aU per hundredweight.
Friday, Oct. 17 SHEEP. 910. Compared with
Report supplied by PDA 1073 head last week and 660 head a
10 Livestock Markets
CATTLE: 5283. Compared with
5834 head last week and 4505 head a
year ago. Steers steady to 1.00;
spots 2.00 higher; heifers steady to
1.00 higher; cows mostly steady;
spots 1.00 higher; bulls and
bullocks .50-1.00 higher; High
Choice & Prime 2-4, 63.50-66.60;
Choice 60.50-63.85; Good 55.00-
59.00; Standard 45.00-51.25; Choice
heifers 54.50-60.00; Good 49.00-
55.50; Standard 43.00-49.00;
Breaking Utility & Commercial
cows 36.50-40.50; Cutter & Boning
34.25-38.00; Canner & Cutter 31.00-
35.50; shells 28.00; Choice bullocks
51.00-54.00; Good 48.00-51.00;
Standard few 45.00-48.25; YG No. 1,
1000-2350 lb. 46.75-52.50; No. 2, 900-
15501 b. 38.50-49.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers Med.
No. 1, 300-650 lb. 50.00-60.00; heifer
Med. No. 1, 350-750 lb. 44.00-51.00;
bulls Med. No. 1, 350-750 lb. 44.50-
57.50.
CALVES: 3045. Compared with
3626 head last week and 3158 head a
year ago. Mostly steady to 5.00
lower; few Prime 95.00-99.00;
Choice 72.00-85.00; Good 57.00-
75.00; few 110-130 lb. 49.00-59,00; 90-
110 lb. 50.00-58.00 ; 65-85 lb. 40.00-
48.00; hoi. bulls 90-135 lb. 52.00-
125.00; heifers 90-125 lb. 54.00-76.00.
year ago. Weak to 8.00 lower; High
Choice & Prime 75-120 lb. 62.00-
70.00; Choice 60-115 lb. 52.0062.00;
few Good 60-90 lb. 45.00-52.00; Good
& Choice 50-70 lb. feeder lambs
55.0060.00; si. sheep 18.00-38.00.
Hort Show Today At Penn State
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Homecoming at Penn State offers
visitors more than football. The
Weekend also features the popular
Hort Show at the Ag Arena,
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18 and
19.
This year’s exhibits focus on
“Horticulture and You”
illustrating ideas for indoor and
backyard gardening. Visitors will
see dried and cut flowers and
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Poultry Nutrition
Short Course Offered
The first session of the 1986
Delmarva Poultry Nutrition Short
Course will be held Wednesday,
October 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the
University of Delaware Research
& Education Center in
Georgetown.
Spnsored by the University of
Delaware, the Delaware
Cooperative Extension System and
the Delmarva Poultry Industry,
the course will consist of four
weekly meetings featuring
speakers from industry and
university research programs.
Three of the sessions will be held
at the Georgetown Center and the
fourth will be at the Holiday Inn at
Salisbury, Md. Registration is $2O,
and the course is open to everyone
regardless of race, color, sex,
handicap, age or national origin.
The opening program will
feature a talk on nutrition and
physiology of broiler breeder
males by Dr. Gayner R. McDaniel
of Auburn University. Dr. Paul
Marini of Arbor Acres Farm will
also speak on live, dressed and
foliage plants for the home, patio
plants and hanging baskets, a
nature walk with shade-loving
plants, and a landscaped garden
gazebo.
The Hort Show is managed,
organized and constructed by Penn
State students in the Horticulture
Club. Proceeds from plant and
food sales support club activities,
trips to regional gardens and
student scholarships. Last year,
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deboned costs as they effect
decision making.
On November 5, Dr. Larry Vest
of the University of Georgia will
speak on monitoring ingredient
quality control, and Mike Ber
nhardt of Prince Agri-Product will
discuss nutrient sources and trace
minerals.
The November 12 meeting will
focus on body fat. James Chamb
ers of Agricultural Canada will
speak on genetics and body fat;
Dr. Gene Pesti of the University of
Georgia will discuss nutritional
control of body fat.
The final meeting, November 19,
will begin with a social hour
followed by dinner. The guest
speaker will be Bill Roenigk,
director of economic research for
the National Broiler Council. He
will speak on future marketing and
consumption trends.
To register for the short course,
send a check payable to Delmarva
Poultry Industry, Inc., to Ex
tension Poultry Specialist George
Chaloupka, R.D. #2, Box 48,
Georgetown, DE19947.
more than 28,000 visitors attended.
The Hort Show is open from 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 18
and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sunday, Oct. 19.
Display plants and sod from the
exhibits will go on sale from 5 p.m.
to 8 p.m. on Sunday. Price lists will
be available in the sales area and
buyers may reserve some plants
before display sales begin.