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    Central U.S.
Carlot
Beef Report
May 25, 1989
Report supplied by JJSDA
CENTRAL U.S. CARLOT BEEF
REPORT (INCLUDES THE MAJOR
PRODUCTION AREAS IN THE MID
WEST AND TEXAS) AS OF 11:15 A.M.
COMPARED TO WEDNESDAY’S
3:00 P.M. REPORT. CHOICE 3 HEIFER
CARCASSES $l.OO LOWER; OTHER
CARCASS TYPES NOT TESTED.
DEMAND LIGHT. MOVEMENT VERY
SLOW ON MODERATE OFFERINGS.
0 LOADS OF STEER CARCASSES
AND 1 LOAD OF HEIFER CARCASSES
TRADED TO PACKER-PROCESSORS.
SALES REPORTED ON 6 LOADS OF
STEER AND HEIFER CARCASSES.
STEER CARCASSES:
(6 LOADS REPORTED)
FOB OMAHA BASIS
CHOICE 3
600-900# 3 LDS. RANGE
111.00-112.00.
$OO-550# 2 LDS. RANGE 104.00.
400-500# 1 LD. RANGE 103.00.
COW AND BULL
CARCASSES
(5 LOADS REPORTED)
MIDWEST: COW AND BULL CAR
CASSES STEADY IN LIGHT TEST.
DEMAND LIGHT TO MODERATE ON
UGHT TO MODERATE SUPPLIES.
CUTTER 1-2
350 & UP FOB OMAHA 1 LD. 94.00,
FOB E. TX & OK 1 LD. 94.00.
BULLS 500/UP
YG 1 FOB OMAHA 3 LDS. 101.00.
BONELESS PROCESSING
BEEF/BEEF TRIMMINGS
(0 LOADS REPORTED)
FOB OMAHA BASIS
MIDWEST: BONELESS
PROCESSING BEEF NOT FULLY
ESTABLISHED WITH A STEADY
UNDERTONE NOTED.
Friend’s Stockyard, Inc.
Accident, Md. 21520
May 22, 1989
STOCK BULLS & STEERS (200 TO
400 LBS ) 78.00-96.00.
STOCK HEIFERS: 62.00-81.00.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: GOOD TO
CHOICE 71.00-74.25; MEDIUM TO
GOOD 64.00-70.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: HEAVY
5800-64.50; LIGHT 52.00-61.00.
THE CHECKERBOARD OF
HESS MILLS
6 S. Vintage Rd. I Rt.B2
Paradise, PA 17562 IHv v Unionville, PA 18375
(717)442-4183 (Tjß (215)347-2377
(717)768-3301 TLI
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: GOOD TO
CHOICE 68.00-70.00; MEDIUM TO
GOOD 60.00-65.50.
BULLS: HEAVY 55.00-64.50; LIGHT
52.00-64.75.
COWS: FEW HIGH DRESSING 54.50;
UTILITY HOLSTEIN 45.00-53.00; CAN
NERS 41.50-49.00; COMMERCIAL TO
GOOD 40.00-45.50; CULL COWS 40.00.
VEALS: GOOD TO CHOICE
90.00- MEDIUM TO GOOD
80.00-
808 CALVES: 60.00-85.00.
HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES:
RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LB.
120.00-180.00.
HOLSTEIN HEIFER CALVES:
RETURN TO FARM 100-120 LB
85.00-130.00.
HOGS: TOP QUALITY 44.00-46.25;
HEAVY 43.50-45.00; LIGHT
38.00-42.25. ,
SOWS: 26.00-31.50.
MALE HOGS: 24.00-27.00.
LAMBS: 70.00-82.50; FEEDER
LAMBS: NONE AVAILABLE.
SHEEP: 18.00-26.00.
EGGS: (PER DOZEN) LARGE .6S-.75;
MEDIUM AND SMALL, NONE
AVAILABLE.
State Graded
Feeder Pig Sale
at Westminster
Livestock Auction
May 19, 1989
1,396 PIGS. 2 WEEKS AGO 935;
COMPARED TO LAST SALE, PRICES
WERE FULLY 8.00-12.00 PER
HUNDRED LOWER. ALL PIGS
WEIGHED ON ARRIVAL AND SOLD
BY THE HUNDREDWEIGHT.
1&2: 71 HD. 20-35 LBS. 55.00-66.00;
146 HD. 32-39 LBS. 63.00-76.00; 327 HD.
40-48 LBS. 67.00-75.00; 156 HD. 40-49
LBS. 53.00-65.00; 288 HD. 50-59 LBS.
62.00- 86 HD. 50-59 LBS.
54.00- 98 HD. 61-69 LBS.
50.00- 51 HD. 71-78 LBS.
49.00-
GRADE 2: 31 HD. 23-35 LBS.'
55.00- 78 HD. 39-52 LBS.
45.00-
GRADE 2&3: 46 HD. 45-47 LBS.
45.00-49.00.
NEXT SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1:30
P.M.
*Rejl tiered trademark of Ralston Purine Company
PURINA CHOWS
(Continued from Page A 3)
a range from $3.92-1/4 to
$3.99-1/2.
ACRES CATTLE UPDATE:
Feeder and live cattle prices
erased yesterday’s gains with fats
losing from 10 points to 110
points while feeders settled from
3S to 65 lower. Selling pressure
was attributed to expectations for
lower dressed beef and cut-out
values along with light demand
and slow movement Additional
selling was linked to a weaker
tone in the fed cattle cash and beef
markets. Feeders mirrored live
cattle activity with further pres
sure linked to a slight slippage in
the cash index.
CME FEEDER CATTLE SET
TLEMENT PRICE - 5/22/89 -
$77.00 dn $ .10.
ACRES NEXT DAY OUT
LOOK: CASH - steady to weak
FUTURES - steady to lower.
ACRES HOG UPDATE: Live
hog futures closed out today’s ses
sion lower from IS to 62 points
after enduring session long pres
sure exerted by larger kill figures
and weakening cash prices. Los
ses were compounded by weaker
midday product quotes and spil
lover from sharply lower bellies.
Short-covering late in the session
boosted prices off session lows
with today’s closes at or near ses
sion highs. Losses in the July
option were pared by the rolling
Lancaster Firming, Saturday, May 27,1989-Al9
forward of long June positions.
Bellies closed from 117 to limit
down under pressure from bearish
fundamentals.
Jersey Shore
Livestock Market, Inc.
Auction every Thursday
at 4:00 p.tn.
Jersey Shore, Pa.
Report supplied by Auction
Thursday, May 25,‘1989
RETURN TO FARM CALF
130.00-182.00.
GOOD VEAL 90.00-120.00.
COMMON VEAL 40.00-89.00.
CHOICE STEERS 74 00-78.50.
SELECT STEERS 70.00-75.00.
COMMON STEERS 54.00-69.00.
COMMERCIAL COWS 48 00-55 00
CANNERS-CUTTERS 44.00-52 00.
SHELLS 38.00-43.00.
CHOICE HEIFERS 70.00-75.00.
SELECT HEIFERS 66 00-71.00.
COMMON HEIFERS 53.00-65.00.
GOOD FEEDERS 70.00-90 00.
COMMON FEEDERS 50.00-69.00.
BULLS 53.00-62 00
GOOD HOGS 44.00-47 00.
Indiana
Livestock
Homer City, Pa.
Thursday, May 25
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 133. COMPARED WITH
LAST THURSDAY’S MARKET, SL.
STEERS WEAK .50 LOWER: SL. COWS
STEADY: FEW CHOICE 71.00-73.00;
SELECT 66.50-70.75; FEW, STANDARD
61.00- FEW SELECT 65.00-67.00;
FEW STANDARD 58.00-64.00; BREAK
ING UT. & COMMERCIAL SL. COWS
47.00- COUPLE 53.75; CUTTER
AND BONING UT. 45.50-49.50, CAN
NER & LOW CUTTER 40.00-45.50;
SHELLS DOWN TO 22.00; FEW YIELD
GRADE NO. 1 1400-2000 LBS. SL.
BULLS 55.25~-62.75; COUPLE YG NO. 2
1100-1200 LBS. 54.00-56.50. FEEDER
CATTLE STEERS: FEW LARGE
FRAME NO. 1 900-1000 LBS.
60.00-
HEIFERS: MEDIUM & LARGE
FRAME NO. 1 400-600 LBS. 63.00-68.00,
FEW LARGE FRAME NO. 1 800-1000
LBS. 58.00-63.00.
BULLS: MEDIUM FRAME NO. 1
600-900 LBS. 64.00-67.00.
CALVES: 72. CHOICE FEW
100.00- FEW GOOD 90.00-96.00;
STAND. & GOOD 90-120 LBS.
86.00- 60-85 LBS. 78.00.91.00;
HOLSTEIN BULLS 90-125 LBS.
106.00177.00.
HOGS 199. BARROWS & GILTS $1
TO $1.50 HIGHER. US NO. 1-2 225-260
LBS. 46.25-47.00, 1-3 215-255 LBS.
45.5046.50; US NO. 1-3 300-550 LBS.
SOWS 30.00-33.00. BOARS FEW
26.0027.50.
FEEDER PIGS: 7. FEW US NO. 1-3
30-35 LBS. FEEDER PIGS 20.0022.00
PER HD.
SHEEP; 54. HI CH. & PR. 80100 LBS.
68.0075.00. SL. SHEEP 16.0022.00.
GOATS: 5. 3 MEDIUM @ 46.00, 2
SMALL 31.0036.00 PER HEAD.
Greencastle
Livestock
Greencastle, Pa.
Thursday, May 25
Report supplied by PDA
CATTLE: 219. COMPARED WITH
LAST THURSDAY’S MARKET. SL.
COWS .75 TO $2 HIGHER. FEW
SELECT 64.00-67.75. FEW SELECT
59 00-60 25, FEW SELECT-CHOICE
1100-1500 LBS. HOLSTEINS
56 75-62.25, FEW SELECT 58.00-63.75,
FEW STANDARD 55 00-57.00 BREAK
ING UT & COMMERCIAL SL. COWS
49 00-52 60, FEW 54.85, LOW YIELD
ING 44.00-48.10 CUTTER & BONING
UT. 47 85-52.00, FEW 53.50, CANNER &
LOW CUTTER 46.00-48 75 SHELLS
DOWN TO 35.00 FEW YIELD GRADE
NO. 1 1150-1750 LBS. SL BULLS
58.10-64.00, SEVERAL YG NO 2
885-920 LBS. 50.85-54.35.
CALVES- 310. VEALERS STEADY $5
HIGHER. FEW CHOICE 92 00-10100,
STAND & GOOD 80-105 LBS.
96 00-104.00, 70-80 LBS. 87.00-95 00,
FEW UTILITY 90-100 LBS. 89 00-96.50,
UTILITY 50-85 LBS 52.00-75.00. HOLS
TEIN BULLS #1 FEW 120-135 LBS
135.00- 90-1 15 LBS.
178 00-201.00,80-85 LBS 155.00-188 00,
75-80 LBS. 95 00-112 50. #2 90-120 LBS
130.00- 00. FEW 96.00 HOLS. HEIF
ERS 90-110 LBS. 100.00-130 00, FEW
168.00, FEW 70-85 LBS. 96.00-101 00.
BEEF CROSS BCB&H 70-110 LBS.
BULLS & HEIFERS 102.00-159.00
HOGS: 39 BARROWS & GILTS FEW
1-3 125-195L85. 34.50-39.00, US NO 1-3
300-600 LBS. SOWS 30 50-36 00, MOST
LY 31.75-35.00. BOARS FEW
28 00-31.00.
FEEDER PIGS; 8.
SHEEP: 17. CHOICE 85-95 LBS.
68.00- GOOD 40-60 LBS
52.00- FEW SL. SHEEP
15.00- 00.
GOATS: 26. FEW LARGE ADULT
41.00-65 00, KIDS 15 00-26.00 PER
HEAD.
Penn State Sponsors
Landisville
Crops Day
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The Penn State Crops Day
at Landisviilc will be held June 21
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event
will be held at the Southeast Field
Research Laboratory on Auction
Road in Lancaster County, two
miles northwest of Landisville.
This year’s Crops Day will fea
ture research and educational
programs related to small grains
and forage crops. Penn State Pro
fessor of Agronomy Dr. Elwood
Halley will chair the event.
The small grains programs will
include a session on recently
released and upcoming grain var
ieties such as Hercules and Pennu
da spring oats and Pcnnco winter
barley. Another section will focus
on managing diseases like mil
dew, leaf rust and net blotch.
There also will be sessions on nit
rogen management for winter
grains and the response of winter
wheat varieties to row spacing and
seeding rates.
Programs on forages will
include discussions of alfalfa dis
ease, alfalfa weed control, annual
forages, nitrogen management and
forage-ruining insects.
For more information on the
Crops Day in Landisville, contact-