Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter Under Federal Inspection Aug. 22, 1990 WED, 08/22/90 (EST) , WEEK AGO (EST) YEAR AGO (ACT) WEEK TO DATE (EST) SAME PD LT WK (EST) SAME PD LT YR (ACT) St. Louis Cattle, Hogs August 23, 1990 CATTLE AND CALVES. 300 ( 0 SLTR, 300 FDRS) SUPPLY MAINLY FEEDER CATTLE AND COWS FOR REGULAR THURS DAY AUCTION. NO SALES SLAUGHTER CATTLE REPORTED. SLAUGHTER CLASSES; COWS: CUTT, UTIL, COMM BULK SALES HI DRESS % LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4 BONING 1-2 LOW TO AVG. CUTTER RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 1,000: WEEK AGO 900: YEAR AGO 1,500 FOR THE WEEK, SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS MOSTLY 1.00 LOWER. COWS AND BULLS STEADY. SLAUGHTER SUPPLY MAINLY CHOICE STEERS AND HEIFERS, AROUND 10% COWS. CATTLE 128,000 128,000 125.000 375.000 378.000 360.000 CALVES 6,000 7.000 7.000 20,000 20,000 24,000 HOGS 300.000 302.000 306.000 870.000 874.000 927,000 North Jersey Livestock Hackettstown, NJ Tuesday, Aug. 21, 1990 Report supplied by auction CALVES .40-1,92!/ . COWS ,43’A -62. HEIFERS .51.-.65. BULLS .57-.71. STEERS .61'/i -.74’/.. HOGS .48-51. ROASTING PIGS. EACH 30.00-44.00. BOARS .41*/.. SHEEP .26-52. LAMBS. EACH 19.00-61.00. LAMBS PER LB. .40-83. GOATS EACH 18.00-112.50, KIDS EACH 5.00-62.00. EASY COWS .44V4 -.49’/.. TOTAL 1,115. Oklahoma City Feeder Cattle August 22, 1990 •SHEEP* 21,000 20,000 24.000 60.000 57.000 61.000 COMPARED WITH LAST WEEK’S CLOSE; FEEDER CATTLE OVER 600 LB $2.00-$3.00 LOWER; 400-600 LB STEERS $2.00-$5.00 LOWER; 350-600 LB. HEIFERS $l.OO- $3.00 LOWER LIGHTER WEIGHT CALVES LOST LAST WEEKS MAJOR ADVANCE AND NOW NEAR SAME PRICE STRUCTURE AS TWO WEEKS AGO DEMAND FAIR TO GOOD FOR FEED ERS. GOOD FOR CALVES. BUYERS MORE SELECTIVE FOR GRADE AND QUALITY THAN IN PAST COUPLE WEEKS. FIRST HOT & HUMID WEATHER SINCE EARLY JULY HAS HAD SOME AFFECT ON CALF PRICES. FEEDER CATTLE MARKET HELD TOGETHER FAIRLY WELL IN WAKE OF LAST FRIDAY’S BEARISH ON FEED REPORT. SLAUGHTER COWS & BULLS STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER. COUNTRY BUYERS VERY AGGRES SIVE. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 10,250; LAST WEEK 9,854; LAST YEAR 8,484. RUN CONSISTED OF 63% YEAR LINGS; 29% CALVES: AND 8% COWS & BULLS. BULK RANGES FOR WEEK FOLLOW: FEEDER STEERS: MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1, 200-300 LB. J127.00-J134.00, 300-400 LB. $115.00-J123.00; 400-500 LB. $104.50-J115.00, 500-600 LB Lancaster Farming, Saturday, August 25,1990-Al7 $97 00-$106.00; 600-700 LB. $92 00-$99.50, 700-750 LB $9O 25-$93.50, 750-800 LB $BB 00-$92 50, CLOSING $9O 25 UP, 800-900 LB $B5 00-$BB 75, 900-925 LB $84.00-$B6 00 LARGE FRAME 2 HOLSTEINS, 325-475 LB $92 00-597.00, 500-600 LB $B5 50- $B9 00, 600-675 LB $83.00-$B5 00, 675-800 LB $75 00-$BO 00, 850-900 LB $72.75 FEEDER HEIFERS: MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1, 200-250 LB $119.00-$126.00, 250-300 LB $ 109.00-$ 121.00, 300-350 LB. $llO.OO-5113.50; 350-400 LB. $ 102.00-$ 107.50; 400-500 LB. $93.00-$99.50; 500-600 LB. $89.00-$95.50; 600-700 LB. $87.00-$91.50; 700-800 LB. $84.50-$88.00; 800-875 LB. $81.50- $84.25. SLAUGHTER COWS: CUTTER, UTILITY. & COMMERCIAL Y.G. 1-5 AVERAGE DRESSING $53.00-$55.75, HIGH DRESSING $55.50-$59.50, WITH VERY HI DRESSING $59.75- $61.00; LOW DRESSING $48.50-$52.75. CAN NER & LO CUTTER $45.00-$49.50. SLAUGHTER BULLS: Y.G. 1 1200-1950 LB. AVERAGE DRESSING J64.50-J68.00: HIGH DRESSING J68.00-J72.25. LOW DRESSING, THIN OR FAT J58.00-J63.75. REPLACEMENT COWS; PRE TESTED FOR BANGS, PREGNANCY, AND AGE. MEDIUM & LARGE FRAME 1 MUSCLED AVERAGE TO NICE QUALITY COWS: 3-7 YR OLD 850-950 LB 2-3 MONTHS BRED $69.00-$77 00/CWT Isennock Auction New Park, PA Monday, Aug. 20, 1990 Report supplied by auction SLAUGHTER COWS GOOD 53 50-56 50, LOW TO GOOD 50 00-53 50. LOW AND SHELLS 49 00 AND DOWN VEAL CALVES 290-360 LBS 89 00-90 00, 13a 150 LBS, 79 oai2s 00, liai2oLßS 120 oaiss 00.95-105 LBS 105.00-18000; 80-90 LBS 80 oai37 00, 70-75 LBS. 68.00-137 00, WEAK 79 00 AND DOWN FEEDER STEERS. 1160-1175 LBS. 70 5a72.75. SOWS: GOOD 575-655 LBS. 47.0a48.00; 435-555 LBS. 45 00-47 00; OTHERS 44 50 AND DOWN HOGS- 200-210 LBS, SOOaSlOO; LIGHTS 18ai90 LBS. 45.00, HEAVIES 30a390 LBS. 43.00-49 00. FEEDER PIGS: 45 LB AVG. 3000 HEAD. COMPARED WITH LAST MONDAY SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS 1 00 TO 200 LOWER AT THE AUC TION COWS 100 TO 200 HIGHER BULLS STEADY TO 200 LOWER NOT ENOUGH FEEDER CATTLE FOR A MARKET TEST. SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH ABOUT 7% COWS FOR AFTER NOON AUCTION. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 1300 AS COMPARED WITH 916 A WEEK AGO AND 1490 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER STEERS: CHOICE 2-4 1050-1350 LBS. 73.50-75.00 COUPLE PART LOADS 75.25 MIXED SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1000-1300 LBS. 70.00-73.50 SELECT 2-3 900-1200 LBS. 66.00-70.00 SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4 950-1150 LBS. 72.00-74.00 LOAD 1160 LBS. 64.50 MIXED SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 69.00-72.00 SELECT 2-3 800-1050 LBS. 65.00-69.00 COWS: BREAKING UTILITY AND COMMERCIAL 2-4 52.50-57.00 CUT TER AND BONING UTILITY 1-2 53.00-58.00 FEW HIGH DRESSING 58.50-62.00 CANNER AND LOW CUT TER 1-2 46.50-50.00 BULLS: YG 1-2 1300-2200 LBS 65.00-69.75 VEAL GROWERS: Susquehanna Industries, Inc., the manufacturer of QUANTOCK VEAL FEEDS is taking a major step toward helping veal growers become more independent Quality veal growefs seeking a line of credit to expand or reach an independent status are invited to contact Susquehanna Industries for further details. S T * I E S I N 0 U Rt. 171 Box 41-C, Susquehanna, PA 18847 1 •800-232-8325 or (717) 853-4000 Pat Fallon, VP, home, 1-800-223-8325 Peoria Cattle Peoria, 1L August 23, 1990 I N C