Oklahoma City Feed Cattle Weekly Oklahoma City, Okla. Wednesday, December 7, 1988 OKLAHOMA NATIONAL STOCK YARDS: WEEKLY CATTLE SUM MARY: COMPARED WITH LAST WEEKS CLOSE—FEEDER STEERS AND STEER CALVES UNDER 600 LB. 1 00-3.00 LOWER; OVER 600 LB. STEADY. FEEDER HEIFER CALVES UNDER 500 LB. STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER; HEIFERS OVER 500 LB. STEADY. DEMAND FOR BOTH CALVES, AND YEARLINGS GOOD MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THROUGHT THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK. FOLLOWING MODERAtE TRADE MONDAY MORNING. MOD EST SHOWING OF FEEDERS COMING OFF OF WHEAT PASTURE. SLAUGH TER COWS STEADY TO LOO LOWER. SLAUGHTER BULLS 2.00 LOWER. PACKER COW DEMAND CLOSED GOOD. COW BEEF LOWER, howev er, REPLACEMENT AND FEEDER COW BUYERS ARE PURCHASING THE LIONS SHARE OF TOTAL COW NUMBERS. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE COWS WENT BACK TO THE COUN TRY THIS WEEK. DEMAND FOR BULLS WAS LIGHT; NUMBERS OFFERED MODERATE. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 11,050; LAST WEEK 8,736; LAST YEAR 12,984. CONSIST OF 'X SUPPLY: 44% YEARLING FEEDER STEERS AND HEIFERS: 48% FEEDER STEER AND HEIFER CALVES; 8% COWS AND BULLS. BULK QUOTES FOR THE WEEK FOLLOW: FEEDER STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1, 250-325 LB. 117.00- 325-400 LB. 107.50- 400-450 LB. 100.50- 450-500 LB. 96.25- 103.50; 500-550 LB. 90.50-100.00; 550-600 LB. 88,00-95.00; 600-700 LB. 86.50- 700-800 LB. 83.25-88.50; 800-900 LB. 77.25-82.50; 900- 1000 LB. 74.00- HOLSTEIN STEERS, LARGE FRAME 2. 250-525 LB. 85.00- 600-800 LB. 71.50-74.50. FEEDER HEIFERS; MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1, 300-400 LB. 96.50- 400-450 LB. CLOSED 90.00- 450-500 LB. 85.00-90.25; 500-600 LB. 80.00-86.00; 600-700 LB. 78.75-82.75; 700-800 LB. 75.25-80.25. SLAUGHTER COWS: CLOSING BULK-BREAKING UTILITY, BONING UTILITY. AND CUTTER 1-4 44.00- HIGH DRESSING 47.00- CANNER AND LOW DRESSING CUTTER 39.00-43.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Y.G 1, 1150-1750# 53.00-58.00. REPLACEMENT OR FEEDER COWS: PRE TESTED FOR BANGS. AGE, &/OR PREGNANCY. SMALL THRU LARGE FRAME NO. 1 MUSCLED: 2-6 YEAR OLD 850-1050 LB. 3 TO 7 MONTHS BRED 58.50-67.00/CWT. 6-8 YEAR OLD “All Things Being Equal, Bicep’+ Princep'Cost Less.” Bicep plus Princep herbicides give you the best combination for no-till weeds and grasses. Together, they easily penetrate trash and topsoil to move into the weed germinating zone for season-long control of annual broadleafs and grasses. They even stop late ger minating grasses like crabgrass and fall panicum. So go with Bicep plus Princep. You’ll love the way they work in your cornfield, but the real plus is how they work within your budget. BKEP+PRINCEP They Cost Less. CIBA-GEIGY s 1988CIBA-GElGYCorporalion AgDivision Box IMOO Oiwnstoro NC21418 AlwvxrMdxndlollwlxlnlJnWinii'. 800-1100 LB. 3 TO 7 MONTHS BRED 48.75-57.50/CWT. 8-10 YEAR OLD 800-1100 LB. 3 TO 7 MONTHS BRED 42.25-48.00/CWT. Eighty-Four Livestock Auction Eighty-Four, Pa. Monday, December 5, 1988 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 443... PDA ..Few Choice slaughter steers $7.00-69.50, few Select 63.00- Standard 55.00-60.50, Utility 49.00- Few Choice si. heifers 64.00- few S(fleet 62-64.50, Utility 47.00- Breaking Utility & Commer cial si. cows 46.00-49, few to 50.00, Cutler & Bon. Utility Canncr & Low Cutler 37.75-44, Shell* down to 30.00. Couple Select si. bullocks S9.00&61.00. Yield Grade No. 1.1200/2000 lbs. si. bulls 55.00- No. 2, 900/1300 lbs. 49.50-53.00. Feeder Cattle; Medium & Large Frame No 1, 300/450 lbs. steers 74.00- 500/750 lbs. 64.00-75.00, few Large #2, 690 lbs. 56.00. Medium Frame No. 1, 350/550 lbs. heifers 65.00- Medium Frame #l. 400/650 lbs. bulls 64.00-78.00. CALVES 231... Few Choice vealers 95.00- few Good 84.00-94.00, Standard and Good 90/120 lbs. 70.00- 60/85 lbs. 64.00-74.00, few Utility 50/70 lbs. 38.00-50.00. Farm Calves; Holstein bulls 90/125 lbs. 100.00- Good & Choice 220/350 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 10,1988-Al3 lbs. slaughter calves 60.00-71.00. HOGS 171... US No. 1-3 220/275 lbs. bar rows and gilts 37.00-38.00, 2-3 216/270 lbs. 36.75-37.00, 1-3 140/195 lbs. 30.00- US No. 1-3 380/600 lb*, sows 28.00- 2-3 300/550 lbs. 22.00-28.00. Pew Boars 23.00-25.00. FEEDER PIGS 28... US No. 1-3 20/35 lbs. feeder pigs 8.00-14.00, 40/45 lbs. 15.00- lot Utility 24 lbs. 7.00 all per head. SHEEP 240... High Choice & Prime 90/97 lbs. Wool slaughter lambs 75.00- 100/120 lbs. 65.00-70, Choice 110/135 lbs. shorn lambs 55.00- Choice 80/95 lbs. 71.00- Good & Choice 45/80 lbs. 75.00- Slaughter sheep 20.00-30.00. GOATS 10... Large 38.00-44.00, Medium 27.00-34.00 all per head. Lebanon Valley Livestock Auction Fredericksburg, Pa. Tuesday, December 6, 1988 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 208...PDA...Compared with last Tuesday's market; Slaughter cows $2 to $3 lower. One Choice slaughter steer 67.75, few Select 59.25-65.00, few Stan dard 52.00-58.00. Choice holsteins 61.00-65.75, one 67.25. Couple Choice si. heifers 68.25&71.25, couple Select 59.50663.75. Breaking Utility & Com mercial si. cows 45.50-49, one 50.50, Cut ter & Boning Utility 43.75-47.75, Carmer & Low Outer 39.15-43, Shell! down to 36.50. One Choice si. bullock 61.25. Yield Grade No. 1, 1000/1680 Ibi. >l. built 54.25-58.75. CALVES 211... Few Choice vealert 91.00- Standard & Good 70/100 lbs. 62.00-70.00, few to 72.00, Utility 60/90 lbs. 50.00-60.00. Farm Calves; Hoi. Bulls 90/125 lbs. 74.00-138, mostly 85.00- Hoi. Heifers 90/125 lbs. 76.00- HOGS 157,..8»rr0ws and gilts $1.50 higher. US No. 1-2 220/245 lbs. 88.60-39.50,1-3 225/240 lbs. 38.50-39.00. US No. 1-3 350/650 lbs. sows 25.00-28.50. Two Boars 24.00&28.50. FEEDER PIGS 2...N0 Market Test SHEEP 10... Few Choice 75/105 lbs. wool slaughter lambs 60.00-67.00. Few Slaughter ewes 18.00-30.00. GOATS 0...N0 Market Test North Jersey Livestock Hackettstown, NJ Tues., Dec. 6, 1988 Report supplied by auction CALVES .30-1,37’/.. COWS .36-.51’/,. EASY COWS .16-.44V,. HEIFERS .40-.65. BULLS .3714 -.64. STEERS .46’/. -.67. 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