St. Louis Cattle National Stockyard! Thursday, December 10 Report fupplled by USDA Receipt! Thii Week Week Ago Year Ago COMPARED TO LAST WEEK'S CLOSE. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS 1.50 TO MOSTLY 2.00 LOW ER HOLSTEIN STEERS 2.00-2.SOLOW ER. SLAUGHTER COWS FULLY STEADY WITH MID-WEEK. THEN 1.00 TO MOSTLY 2.00 LOWER WITH REDUCTION IN BEEF TRADE. SLAUGHTER BULLS STEADY THROUGHOUT THE WEEK WITH MANY YG 2 OFFERINGS. BULK OF RECEIPTS 60% STEERS, 30% HEIFERS AND 10% COWS. SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-4 1000-1300 LBS. 62.00-63.50, TWO LOADS 63.75, LOAD REPUTATION 1150 LBS. CHOICE 2-3 64.00. MIXED Green Dragon Livestock Sales m Location: Ephrata RD 4. 1 mile N. on North State St, Ephrata. cows SALE EVERY FRIDAY Lots of good Northern Feedfer & Stockers. Slaughter Cows - Bull Steer, Veal-lamb. 11:00 A.M.-Beef Sale 200-300 each week. 1:00 P.M.-Dairy Sale. 7:00 P.M.-Small Animal Sale. For Special Sales and Herd Dispersals on farm or at our barn or other market information call; Office 717-733-2444, Home 717-838-4318. WALTER H. RISSER, Proprietor All out of state and new buyers must have cash or certified check or current letter of credit from bank. BREWERS WET GRAIN A high quality feed ingredient for dairy Anheuser-Busch Inc., Newark, NJ. • Excellent source of protein, energy and fiber • Year around availability • Brewery pickup or local delivery available For additional information call Mr. John Ruhnke at (201) 589-4905 SELECT AND CHOICE 2-3 950-1200 LBS. 61.00-63.00. SELECT 2-3 950-1250 LBS. 59.00-62.00. LOAD OF SELECT GRADE 2 WAY CATTLE 950 LBS. .62.00-62.50 TO RETURN TO COUN TRY. MIXED SELECT AND CHOICE 2-3 1100-1400 LB. HOLSTEINS 54.00- 2 PACKAGES CHOICE 2-3 57.00- 2300 2.700 3.700 SLAUGHTE HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4 900-1150 LBS. 61.00-62.50. TWO PART LOADS 62.75, 2 PART LOADS 2-3 100-1100 LBS. 63.00. PART LOAD CHOICE 3 MOSTLY 4’S 1100 LBS. 60.00. MIXED SELECT AND CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 59.00-61.50. SELECT 2-3 850-1000 LBS. 57.00-59.00. SLAUGHTER COWS: BREAKING UTIL TTY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 40.00- CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 41.00-44.00. HIGH YIELDING CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 44.00-45.00 AFTER 46.00- EARLY IN WEEK. CANNER and beef cattle available from ATTENTION FARMERS The New Way To Market Your Livestock, HATFIELD 0 MOYER [[PACKING CO. PACKING CO. 'Will Receive Hogs Will Receive Cattle At The BLAIR-BEDFORD BUYING STATION RDI Martinsburg. Pa. .Hogs 8 AM to 11:30 AM MONDAYS Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM THURSDAYS- Cattle & Calves 8 AM to 3 PM • No commission or yardage fees deducted from check • Livestock weighed and paid for immediately • You may call our office sale day for prices DALE R. HOOVER - Owner Business 814-793-3077 Residence 814-793-2657 AND LOW CUTTER 1-2 37.00-40.00. SHELLY CANNER 1-2, FEW 32.00-37.00. REPLACEMENT COWS: LARGE FRAME I.MDCED AGES 900-1050 LBS. 43.00-46.00. MEDIUM FRAME 1 850-950 LBS. 42.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS; YG 2 1200-2100 LBS. 52.00-56.00. HIGH DRESSING INDIVIDUAL 57.00. WEDNESDAY’S WEEKLY SHEEP AUCTION. RECEIPTS AROUND 150 HEAD. SLAUGHTER LAMBS STEADY IN LIGHT TEST. SLAUGHTER EWES AND FEEDER LAMBS SCARCE. SLAUGHTER LAMBS: CHOICE AND PRIME WOOLED 95-120 LBS. 69.50-73.50. FEW SHORN 115-125 LBS. 71.00-71.50. SLAUGHTER EWES: FEW UTILITY 21.00-26.00. CULL 11.00-19.00. FEEDER LAMBS; CHOICE AND FANCY 70-90 LBS. 70.50-74.00. Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 12, 1987-Al3 Oklahoma Cattle Oklahoma National Stockyards Thursday, December 10, 1987 WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY: COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK FEEDER STEERS AND STEER CALVES 2.00-4.00 LOWER; FEEDER HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES 2.00- LOWER. STEER & HEIFER DEMAND JUST MODERATE AS AN AIR OF UNCERTAINTY PERMEATES THE MARKET. LAST WEEK’S SHARP DROP IN FUTURES PRICES, WHICH LINKED CLOSER TO THE DOW JONES THAN THE CATTLE SITUA TION, AND RESULTING PRESSURE —ON SLAUGHGER CATTLE TOOK ITS TOLL THIS WEEK AND LATE LAST WEEK ON FEEDER CATTLE. SLAUGHTER COWS 3.00-4.00 LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS 2.00 LOWER. WELL OVER 60% OF THE COW SUPP LY RETURNED TO COUNTRY. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 13,000 HEAD; LAST WEEK 7,922; LAST YEAR 8,809. SUPPLY INCLUDED 63% YEARLING FEEDERS: 25% FEEDER CALVES; 12% COWS AND BULLS. QUOTES FOR THE WEEK FOLLOW: MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1: FEEDER STEERS FEEDER HEIFERS RANGE BULK RANGE BULK : 295# THIN 92.75 300-400# 99.50-108.00 99.50- : 300-400# 82.25-90.50 84.25-90.50 400-500# 90.00-102.50 95.00- : 400-500# 80.00-87.50 82.00- 500-600# 82.00-89.75 83.00- : 500-600# 71.00-80.00 73.00- 600-650# 79.25-84.75 79.50- : 650-700# 78.00-82.25 78.00- : 600-700# 70.00-75.50 71.00- 700-800# 74.00-80.75 75.00- : 700-800# 66.00-69.50 69.00- 800-900# 70.50-75.00 71.00- : 800-825# 62.00-65.00 62.00- FLESHY 66.50-69.50 66.50- : 900-1000# 65.00-68.75 65.00- SLAUGHTER COWS: BRK UTILITY & COMMERCIAL 2-5 41.50-49.00 41.50- CUTTER & BONING UTILI TY 1-241.00-47.0042.00-47.00 CANNER & LOW DRESSING CUTTER 37.00- 38.00-40.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS: YIELD GRADE 1 1000-1500 lb. 48.75-53.00 48.75- 1500-2000 lb. 52.75-58.00 52.75- UNGLEY TOUGHS FARM AND OUTDOOR mOTWBM I #l5OO Knee Boot Sm-6 M-8 Med. - 8 - 9Vt Lg.-9 , /2-ll X Lg. -11 -13 Giant-13-15 •15.25 • Button Boot (2700 Series) " ■ A-6VW j M D-11 -13 Order $20.00 Or More And We Pay The Freight Key-Aid Distributors 225 Wood Corner Rd., Lititz, PA 17543 717-738-4241 CtUUsMM 1-800-453-9243 In PA Call 1-800-253-9243 Penns Valley Livestock Centre Hall, Pa. Tueaday, Dec. S Report Supplied by Auction BEEF COWS: UTILITY AND COM MERCIAL 43.50-49.75; CUTTERS 38.50-43.00; CANNERS 34.00-38.00; SHELLS 28.00. HEIFERS; GOOD 54.00-56.50; STAN DARD 50.00-52.50; COMMERCIAL 40.00- STEERS: GOOD 57.00-62.00; STAN DARD 48.50-54.00. BULLS: GOOD 50.00-56.00; STAN DARD 45.00-48.00. FEEDER CATTLE: 300-500 LBS. LARGE FRAME SS.OO-65.00; SOO-700 LBS. LARGE FRAME 50.00-55.00. VEAL CALVES: GOOD 79.00-86.00; STANDARD 70.00-77.00; UTILITY 52.00- FARM CALVES: BULLS 95.00- HOGS: 38.00-42.50. 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