Livestock market and auction news
Keister’s Middleburg
Livestock Auction
Middleburg, Pa.
Tuesday, October 28,1986
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 395... PDA. Choice
1050-1700 lbs. slaughter steers
58.00- few 63.85, Good 52.00
58.50, Standard 45.25-50.00, Good
and Choice holsteins 50.00-55,
couple 56.00. Choice slaughter
heifers 55.00-57.35. Breaking
Utility and Commercial slaughter
cows 35.75-40.75, couple 42.00,
Cutter and Boning Utility 34.75-
37.75, Canner and Low Cutter 31.75-
35.00, Shells down to 28.00. In
dividual Choice slaughter bullock
57.75, few Good 52.75-53.75. Yield
Grade No. 1, 1300-2175 lbs.
slaughter bulls 43.00-49.75. Feeder
Cattle: Medium Frame No. 1, 450
650 lbs. steers 50.00-59, few 500-900
1b5.42.00-46.00.
CALVES 221... Choice vealers
70.00- few Good 60.00-70.00,
Standard and Good 70-110 lbs.
49.00- few Utility 60-80 lbs.
40.00- Few Good and Choice
300-400 lbs. slaughter calves 45.00
58.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls
90-130 lbs. 55.00-75.00.
HOGS 409... Barrows and gilts
.25 to .75 lower. US No. 1 220-240
lbs. 56.75-58.25, 1-2 210-240 lbs.
55.50- 2-3 200-250 lbs. 54.25-
55.00,3-4190-270 lbs. 53.00-54.25. US
No. 1-3 280-670 lbs. sows 47.00-53.50,
2-3 300-550 lbs. 38.0047.00. Boars
44.50-
FEEDER PIGS 192... US No. 1-3
20-35 lbs. feeder pigs 32.0045.00,35-
55 lbs. 45.0058.00 all per head.
SHEEP 31... Few Choice 6095
lbs. wool slaughter lambs 59.00
70.00. few Good 50100 lbs. 54.00
60.00. Few Slaughter ewes 19.00
25.00.
GOATS 25... Large 30.0071.00,
Medium 25.0030.00 —all per head.
Farmers Livestock
Auction
Duncansville, Pa.*
Oct. 27,1986
Report supplied by auction
CATTLE 207. STEERS: H.
Choice & Prime 58.50-61.75; Choice
56.00-58.25; Good 51.00-55.50;
Standard 40.00-49.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 55.0056.75;
Good 46.0051.75.
COWS: Utility & Commercial
37.30-40.25; Cutters 33.00-37.25;
Canner & Low Cutter 24.50-34.25.
BULLOCKS: Good & Choice
48.00-51.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade No. 1 39.50-
47.75.
FEEDER CATTLE: Steers
Good 55.0058.75; Standard 39.00
46.00; Bulls Good 44.0051.50;
Standard 36.0043.00; Heifers Good
47.0052.00; Standard3o.so42.oo.
CALVES 281. Prime None;
Choice 69.0073.00; Good 55.00
65.00; Standard & Good 44.0057.00;
90110 lbs. 56.0065.00; 65-90 lbs.
44.00-57.00; Holstein Bulls 90130
lbs. 85.00122.00; Holstein Heifers
90130 lbs. 57.0065.00.
HOGS 50. US No. 1-2 210260 lbs.
54.0055.50; US No. 1-3 210250 lbs.
£*> U.U HO
SOWS: US No. 1-3 46.0049.00.
FEEDER PIGS 11. US No. 1-3 20
35 lbs. 24.0032.00 per head.
SHEEP 15. Slaughter lambs
Choice 90110 lbs. 54.00-60.00; Good
50 lb.-75 lb. 50.0052.50; SI. Ewes
17.0024.00. (5) Goats $19.0036.00
perhd.
3 Loads Mixed Hay 59.0078.00
per ton.
2 Loads Straw 54.00 per ton.
St. Louis Cattle
Thursday, Oct. 30
Report supplied by USDA
Receipts This Week 2,000
Last Week 2,000
Last Year 2,000
Compared to last weeks close,
slaughter steers steady to .50
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, November 1,1986-Al3
lower. Slaughter Heifers .501.00
lower. Cows firm to 1.00 higher.
Bulls steady. Slaughter supply
mainly choice steers and heifers,
around 5% cows.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Mixed
choice and prime 2-4, mostly 2-3
1075-1325 lbs. 59.5060.00. Load 60.25
and 60.50 early, not tested late.
Choice 2-4 975-1300 lbs. 58.5059.50,
closing 58.5060.00. Part load 2-3
1100 lbs. at 61.00. Mixed good and
choice 2-3 9001200 lbs. 57.0059.00.
Good 2-3 9001225 lbs. 55.0057.00.
Standard to good 2-3 11001400 lb.
Holsteins 49.00-53.00. Couple
packages mixed Good and Choice
2-312501400 lbs. 53.0053.50.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Mixed
Choice and Prime 2-4, mostly 2-3
9001125 lbs. 58.5059.00, part load
59.50. Choice 2-4 9001150 lbs. 57.50
58.50. Mixed Good and Choice 2-3
9001050 lbs. 55.5057.50. Good 2-3
9001025 lbs. 53.5055.50; 750900 lbs.
50.5053.50.
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
35.00-37.00. Shelly canner 1-2 33.00
35.00; 600-750 lbs. 30.0033.00.
BULLS; Yield grade 1-2 1100
1900 lbs. 42.00-47.00, couple yield
grade 1 at 48.00.
Belknap Livestock
Auction
Wednesday, October 22,1986
Dayton, PA
Report Supplied by PDA
CATTLE 100...PDA...Compared
with last Wednesday’s market:
Slaughter cows mostly Utility
36.00- Few Breaking Utility
and Commercial slaughter cows
36.00- one 40.25, Cutter and
Boning Utility 32.50-37.00, Canner
and Low Cutter 28.00-32.75, Shells
down to 25.00. Feeder Cattle; Few
Medium Frame No. 1, 300425 lbs.
steers 47.50-52, one 58.50, few 585-
825 lbs. 44.50-51. Medium Frame
No. 1, 300-525 lbs. heifers 42.00
45.50, 540825 lbs. 38.0043, No. 2,
300-600 lbs. 34.0038.50. Few
Medium Frame No. 1, 585-835 lbs.
bulls 37.25-43.50.
CALVES 121... Couple Good
vealers 61.00-62.00, Standard and
Good 90-125 lbs. 30.00-39.50, 6043
lbs. 37.50-52.50, few Utility 50-75
lbs. 25.00-35.00. Farm Calves:
Holstein Bulls 95-135 lbs. 60.00-
97.50. Beef cross bulls and heifers
70-90 lbs. 46.0061.00.
HOGS 84... Barrows and gilts
steady to weak. US No. 1-3 220-240
lbs. 53.25-53.50, few 2-3 250-305 lbs.
47.75-50.50. Sows .50 to $1 lower. US
No. 1-3 235-385 lbs. sows 37.50-46.00,
365-520 lbs. 45 00-49.25. Boars 40.00-
42.00
FEEDER PIGS 37... Lot US No.
1-3 15 lbs. feeder pigs 16.00, 35-45
lbs. 32.00-41 00 all per head.
SHEEP 20...G00d and Choice 60-
100 lbs wool slaughter lamb 53 00-
61.00, one 45.00 Slaughter ewes
20.00-31 00
GOATS 7 15 00-42 50 - all per
nead