Oklahoma Weekly Oklahoma City, Okla. Thursday, February 23, 1989 OKLAHOMA NATIONAL STOCKYARDS -n- i- WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK STOCKER STEER AND STEER CALVES (LARGE SHARE OF WEIGHTS UNDER 650 LB.) STEADY TO FIRM; FEEDER STEERS OVER 650 LB. STEADY TO $l.OO LOWER. FEED ER HEIFERS AND HEIFER CALVES STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER, LARGELY STEADY IN LATE TRADE. STOCKER DEMAND GOOD. MODERATE TO GOOD DEMAND FOR FEEDLOT DES TINED CATTLE. BULK SUPPLY 650-900 LB. STEERS AND 500-800 LB. HEIFERS. VERY GOOD GAINS ON WINTER WHEAT PASTURE THIS YEAR; GOOD PERCENTAGE OF FEEDER OFFERINGS ARE FLESHY. WHEAT PASTURE CATTLE MARKET INGS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY BEGINING NEXT WEEK AND CON TINUE AS SUCH THRU MARCH. APRIL-MAY MARKETINGS EXPECTED LIGHTER THAN NOR MAL. THIS PROBABLE CHANGE IN NORMAL MARKETING HABIT WOULD BE DUE TO POOR CONDI TION OF SOME WHEAT PASTURES AFTER RECENT FREEZING WEATH ER AND MORE FARMERS ANTICI PATING MAKING A GRAIN CROP RATHER THAN GRAZE-OUT. SLAUGHTER COWS $l.OO-$2.00 HIGH ER. SLAUGHTER BULLS $2.00 HIGH ER ON LIMITED TEST. SLAUGHTER CATTLE DEMAND CLOSED GOOD; BROADEST OUTLETS ARE FOR CUT TER COWS. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 10,900 HEAD; LAST WEEK 10,459; LAST YEAR 11,840. YEARLING FEED ER CATTLE COMPRISED 85% OF SUPPLY: FEEDER CALVES 11%; COWS AND BULLS 4%. BULK SALES FOR THE WEEK FOLLOW: FEEDER STEERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1, 300-450 LB. $lll.OO-$113.00; 450-500 LB. $98.00-$ 106.50; 500-550 LB. $97.50-$101.75; 550-600 LB. $90.00-$93.75; 600-650 LB. $89.00-$92.00; 650-700 LB. $84.00-$87.50; 700-800 LB. $82.50-$85.75; 800-900 LB. $BO.OO-$83.00; 900-1000 LB. $76.50-$79.00. HOLSTEINS-LARGE FRAME 2, 570 LB. $78.75; 650-775 LB. $72.00-$73.25; 885 LB. $69.00. FEEDER HEIFERS: MEDIUM AND LARGE FRAME 1, 280 LB. $109.00; 400-500 LB. $85.50-$92.75; 500-600 LB. $84.50-$88.00; 600-700 LB. $79.75-$83.75; 700-800 LB. $78.25-$81.00; 800-875 LB. $76.50-$79.00. SLAUGHTER COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 3-5 $48.00-$54.50. CUTTER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 $49.75-$55.50. CANNER AND LOW DRESSING CUTTER $47.25-$50.00. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Y.G. 1-2 1200-2000 LB. $62.75-$67.75, FLESHY $58.50- $64.00. REPLACEMENT COWS; PRE TESTED FOR BANGS. AGE AND PRE GNANCY SMALL AND MEDIUM FRAME NO. 1-2 MUSCLED COWS: 8 YEAR OLD 775 LB. 7 MONTHS BRED 567.50/CWT. 10+ YEAR OLD 875-1000 LB. 3-7 MONTHS BRED $48.75-$51,75/CWT. Carlisle Livestock Market Carlisle, Pa. Tuesday, Feb. 21, 1989 CATTLE: STEERS- ACTIVE! NO HIGH CHOICE OR PRIME OFFERED. GOOD TO LOW CHOICE 68 00-73 25, MEDIUM 61.00-67.00. HOLSTEINS: STEADY TO 50 HIGH ER CHOICE 66 00-69 00, GOOD 61 00-65.50, MEDIUM 56 25-60 00 HEIFERS; GOOD 68.50-69 00, MEDIUM-GOOD HOLSTEINS TO 63 75 COWS- STRONG DEMAND' 100 HIGHER. HIGH YIELD 53 50-57 00, GOOD 50 00-53.25, MEDIUM 46 00-49 85, BIG MIDDLE 44 00-44)-50, SHELLY 45 00 DOWN. STEERS: 450-850 LBS GOOD 72 00-75.00, MEDIUM GOOD HOLS TEINS 5800-69.00 HEIFERS: ALL WEIGHTS, MEDIUM TO HEAVIES 62 00-67 00. BULLS- ALL WEIGHTS, MEDIUM 10 HEAVIES 62 00-66 00 VEAL CALVES ACTIVE' FULLY SIEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER CHOICE 101 00-115 00; GOOD 92 00-100 00, MEDIUM 80 00-91 00, LIGHT/WEAK 79.00 AND DOWN. FARM BULLS. 125 00-166 00. HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS MOSTLY STEADY. US#l-3 210-260 LBS. MOSTLY 40.25-41.00, FEW TO 42 25; OVER 260 LBS 40.00-42 00, 2'S AND 3’S ALL WEIGHTS 37 50-39 50 SOWS 2 00 HIGHER. OVER 450 LBS 32 00-34.50; UNDER 450 LBS. 33.00-39 00; 2’S AND 3’S 31 00 DOWN BOARS. HEAVY 25 25-26 75, UNDER 300 LBS TO 39.00. FEEDER PIGS: BY THE HEAD. 20 LBS. 16 00, 25-40 LBS. 27.00-36 00 Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 25,1989-Al7 SHEEP; LAMBS ACTIVE. CHOICE 60-75 LBS. 100.00-13000, GOOD AND CHOICE 80-110 LBS. 70.00-79.00; MEDIUM 69.00 DOWN; EWES 25.00-35.00. GOATS: NANNYS 60.00-87.50; SMALL/MEDIUM 37.50-58.00. NOTES: SALE EVERY TUESDAY EVE, 7 P.M. LIVESTOCK. 5-30 PM RABBITS. POULTRY AND EGGS. EARLYBIRD PENS CLOSE 2 PM Frederick Livestock Auction Frederick, Md. February 20, 1989 Report Supplied by Auction BUTCHER COWS; UTILITY 46 00-51 00; CANNERS 42 00-46 00, SHELLY 42.00 DOWN. BULLS; YG#l UP TO 62 25,MEDIUM TO STANDARD 50 00-54 00 STEERS- STANDARD UPTO 58 50 HEIFERS DAIRY CULLS 52 00-58 25 BUTCHER HOGS: US#l&3 220-255 LBS 40.00-41 50; 190-205 LBS 37 75-39 25. SOWS 300-600 LBS 31.00-38 50, MAINLY 31 00-34 00; 700-900 LBS 28 00-29.00; HEAVY BOARS 27 00-27 25. VEAL CALVES; CHOICE 180-300 LBS. UPTO 107 00; GOOD 130-180 LBS 85 00-98 00; 85-120 LBS. 75 00-80 00, A FEW TO 85 00. CULL CALVES 50 80 LBS 70 00-78 00; WEAK & ROUGH 65 00 DOWN CALVES RETURNING TO FARM GOOD DEMAND BEEF X BULLS 100 00-110 00, HOLSTEIN HEIFERS 90-120 LBS 85.00-11000, HOLSTEIN BULLS 85-90 LBS. 8000-110 00, 95-120 LBS. 110.00-142.00 LAMBS: 1 LOT CHOICE WOOLED 110 LBS. 65.00; YEARLINGS 35.00- HEAVY SHEEP 17.00- STOCK CATTLE: STEERS 400 LBS AT 89.50, 900 LBS. 64.00, HOLSTEINS 300-500 LBS. 67.00-72.00; 500-700 LBS 58.00- 00; BULLS 200-300 LBS 93.00- 00; 500-700 LBS 70 00-80 00; SPRINGING HEIFERS 600 00-700 00, SMALL UP TO 500.00. PIGS AND SHOATS: BY THE HEAD, UNDER 25 LBS 10.00-14.00, 30-50 LBS 16 00-25 00. OVER 50 LBS. UP TO 28 00, BY THE LB. 115-150 LBS. 32 00-34 00, STOCK BOARS 140-220 LBS 26.00-30 00 Leesport Livestock Auction Leesport, Pa. Wednesday, February 22, 1989 Report Supplied by PDA CATTLE 216...PDA... Supply included 12 head feeder cattle ...Compared to last Wednesday's market: Slaughter steers $1 to $1.50 higher; Cows $2 to $3 higher Choice 1250/1385 lbs. si. steers 73.75-75.75, couple 77.25, few Select 68.25- Choice 1200/1600 lbs. hols tems 67.75-71, Select 1150/1470 lbs 63.50- few Standard 58.00-64.50 Couple Choice si. heifers 70.00&77.25, few Select 6000-70.25. Breaking Ut. & Commercial si. cows 51.00-55.00, few 56.50, one 59.25, Cutter & Bon. Utility 49.50- few 55.50, low dresing 45.50- Canner & Low Cutler 46.50- few low dressing 42.25- Few Choice si. bullocks 54.25- few Select 61.25-66.75, few Select & Choice holstems 62-65.75, few Standard 55.50-63.50. Few Yield Grade Vo. 1,1400/1770 lbs. si. bulls 61.50-63.75. CALVES 127... Few Choice vealers 100.00-105.00, one 112.50, one Good 14.00, few Standard & Good 110/125 lbs. /5.00-79, few 90/95 lbs. 72.00-75, few 75/85 lbs. 65.00-71.00, few Utility 55/80 lbs. 51.00-66.00. Farm Calves: Holstein Bulls 90/125 lbs. 140.00-164.00, some down to 85.00, few 85/90 lbs. 85.00100.00; few Hoi. Heifers 90/115 lbs. 92.50110.00. Few beef cross bulls & heif ers 70/140 lbs. 80.00-130, couple to 147.50. HOGS 422...8an0ws and gilts .50 to $1.50 lower. US No. 1-2 225/255 lbs. 41.75- 1-3 210/255 lbs. 40.50-41.85, few 205/210 lbs. 4040.50, 2-3 225/250 lbs. 39.75-41, few 2-4 295/325 lbs. 39.75- few 1-3 Iss/185 lbs. 35.0036.00. Sows steady to $1 higher. US No. 1-3 330/700 lbs. sows 32.00-34.75, few 2-3 500/735 lbs. 28.0032.00. Few Boars 22.50-25.00. FEEDER PIGS 284... US No. 1-3 20/30 lbs. feeder pigs 73.0093.00,1-3 35/45 lbs. 60.0079, few 80/90 lbs. 54.0057.00; 2-3 30/55 lbs. 50.0058.00, few Utility 20/35 lbs. 59.0060.00 all per hundredweight SHEEP 45... Choice 75/105 Ibi. wooled il. lambt 84.00-89.00, few Choice 2Q/4S lbs. new crop 170.00-205.00, 45/65 lbs. 100.00- one 240.00, few Good 55/65 lbs. 97.00-100.00. Few Slaughter sheep 19.00- one at 36.00. GOATS 12... Few Large 39.00-65.00, few Kids 17.00-34.00 all per head. St. Louis Cattle, Hogs Thursday, February 23, 1989 OPENING MID-SESSION CLOSE WEEKLY CATTLE AND CALVES: 800 ( 50 SLTR, 750 FDRS). BULK OF RECEIPTS FEEDER CATTLE AND COWS FOR THURS DAY’S AUCTION. LIGHT TERMINAL SALES OF COWS FULLY STEADY. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: COWS: CUTT, UTIL. COMM BULK SALES HI DRESS % LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4 45.00-48.00. BONING 1-2 48.0050.00 50.0052.00. CANN & CUTT 1-2 43.00-47.00. SHELLY CANNER 1-2 39.00-43. 00 DS RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 1,800: WEEK AGO 1,900- YEAR AGO 3,000. FOR THE WEEK. SLAUGHTER STEERS ANFD HEIFERS MOSTLY 1.00 HIGHER EXCEPT HOLSTEIN STEERS STEADY TO .50 HIGHER. COWS UNEVENLY 2.00-4.00 HIGHER. BULLS 2.00-3.00 LOWER. SLAUGH TER SUPPLY MAINLY CHOICE STEERS AND HEIFERS, AROUND 15% COWS. 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