Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Impection
November 26, 1996
CATTLE CALVES HOGS SHEEP
WEDNESDAY 11/26/96 (EST) 132,000 7,000 377,000 14,000
WEEK AGO (EST) 133,000 7,000 365,000 16,000
YEAR AGO (ACT) 131.000 6.000 359,000 17,000
WEEK TO DATE (EST) 258,000 14,000 737,000 26,000
SAME PD LT WK (EST) 251,000 14.000 710,000 32,000
SAME PD LT YR (EST) 245.000 12,000 696.000 33,000
PREVIOUS DAY ESTIMATED TUESDAY. STEER AND HEIFER 92,000. COW
AND BULL 34,000.
St. Louis
Cattle, Hogs
SPRINGFIELD, IL
NOVEMBER 25, 1996
Cattle; 350 head, last week 500, and last
year 500 head. Compared to last Monday,
slaughter steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 low
er. Slaughter cows mostly 2.00 higher.
Bulls steady. Supply mainly Choice and
Select and Choice steers and heifers. Light
supply Holstein steers. Around 20% cows.
Slaughter steers: Choice 2-4 1025-1325
lbs. 69.0071.00; 2-31075-1275 lbs. 71.00,
part load 71.50; Select and Choice 2-3
10001225 lbs. 63.0067.00. Select 2-3
975-1300 lbs. 59.00-63.00. Holstein
Steers: Load mostly Choice 2-3 1400 lbs.
at 64.00; Select and Choice 2-3 11501300
lbs. 53.0058.00. Slaughter heifers: Choice
2-4 925-1200 lbs. 68.00-70.00; 2-3
95013001b*. 70.00; Select and Choice 2-3
875-1150 lbs. 62.00-66.00. Select 2-3
850-1100 lbs. 58.00-62.00. Slaughter
cows: Breaking Utility, Cutter and Boning
Utility 1-4 27.00-30.00, High Yielding
30.00, few up to 32.00, Canner and Low
Cutter 1-2 24.00-27.00, Shelly Canner 1-2
17.00-24.00. Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2
1300-2000 lbs. 30.00-35.00.
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November 23, 1996
Report supplied by auction
STEERS 300-499 LBS. 30.00-62.00,
500-699L85. 35.00-59.00.700-1000 LBS.
30.00- HEIFERS 300-499 LBS.
18.0040.00, 500-699 LBS. 30.00-46.00,
700-1000 LBS. 30.00-48.00; BULLS
300499 LBS. 20.00-52.00,500699 LBS.
22.0050.00. 700-1000 LBS. 30.00-55.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: 3-499
30.00- 5-699 31,00-42.00; 7-1100
46.50.
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BABY CALVES 1.00-45.00; SLAUGH
TER COWS 10.00-43.25; SLAUGHTER
BULLS 30.00-36.00.
SLAUGHTER LAMBS: CHOICE AND
PRIME YIELD GRADE 1-3 BLUE O
SPRING 76.00; GOOD AND FEW
CHOICE YG#l-2 RED O SPRING 88.00.
FEEDER LAMBS 70-84 LBS. RED SH
MED. * LGE. #142 97.00. 60-69 LBS.
RED BK 98.00; SLAUGHTER EWES
16.00-23.50; HEAD EWES 60.00.
HOGS 57.50.
SOWS 54.5060.50.
VEALS 39.00.
SLAUGHTER CALVES 30.00-37.00.
Dewart Livestock
Dewart, Pa.
Monday, November 25, 1996
Report Supplied by Auction
STEERS: 50.00-61.50.
HEIFERS: TOO FEW TO QUOTE.
GOOD COWS: 30.00-36.00.
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pricing systems of hog packers, in
addition to sustainable pork
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• “Hatfield Carcass Value Pric
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HOGS: 53.00-64.00.
SOWS: 44.50-52.00.
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