A2O-Lancnter Farming, Saturday, May 6, 2000 St. Louis Feeder Cattle Springfield, IL Thu Apr 27,2000 USDA-IL Market News Service Farmers Livestock Marketing Assn auction at Greenville,lL Wed Apr 26,2000 Cattle and calves: 1050 head. Com pared to last week, slaughter steers and heifers fully steady. Supply mainly Select and Choice slaughter steers and heifers. Moderate supply of holstein steers. Total Receipts this week: 1050 Last week: n/r Last year: 1080 SLAUGHTER STEERS; Choice 2-4 950-1450 lbs 69.00-73.00, mostly 70.00- 73.00, 1450-1550 lbs 67.00-70.00; Yield Grade 2-3 and Fancy 2-4 1150-1450 lbs 73.00-75.00. Few Prime 2-4 1150-1475 lbs 74.00-76.00. Select and Choice 2-3 975-1350 lbs 66.00-70.00. Select 2-3 1000-1425 lbs 62.00-66.00. Lebanon Valley Livestock Fredericksburg, Pa. Report Supplied by Auction Tuesday, May 2,2000 STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1375 LBS. 77.00, SELECT 1-3 67.00-68.00, STAN DARD 1-2 64.00-66.00. HOLSTEIN STEERS; CHOICE 2-3 1225-1620 LBS. 64.00-69.25,'SELECT 1-2 60.00-63.00, STAN DARD 1-2 56.50-58.00. HEIFERS: CHOICE 2-4 1085-1215 LBS. 72.00-74.50, SELECT 1-3 65.25, STAN DARD 1-2 HOL. 55.50. COWS: BREAKERS 75- 80% LEAN 43.50-46.50; BONERS 80-85% LEAN 41.75- LEAN 85-90% 38.75- SHELLS DOWN TO 20.00-38.00. BULLS: YG#l 1925-2845 LBS. 50.50-54.25; YG#2 1370-2030 LBS. 45.25-49.50. FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS, 640-1070 LBS. 54.50-72.00; HEIFERS BLACK 355-435 LBS. 90.00; HOLSTEINS 160- 190 LBS. 92.00-145.00; BULLS, HOLSTEINS 275- 325 LBS. 76.00; BEEF 205- 265 LBS. 85.00-92.00; BULL BEEF 5.00-59.00. CALVES: UTILITY 75- 80 LBS. 40.00-45.00. FARM CALVES: #1 95- 115 LBS. 200.00-227.00, #2 95-115 LBS. 120.00-195.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 85-100 LBS. 310.00-382.50, #2 70-90 LBS. 182.00- 305.00; BEEF TYPE BULLS AND HEIFERS 85- 125 LBS. 142.00-182.00. HOGS: 40-45 % 210 LBS. 39.00. SOWS: #l-3 500-550 LBS. 40.00-41.25; #l-3 1059 LBS. 42.00; MED. 430-605 LBS. 35.00-39.50. BOARS: 510 LBS. 19.50; 560 LBS. 18.00. GOATS: LARGE NAN NIES 90.00. WE BUY CORRUGATED SCRAP Loose or Baled RELIABLE INDUSTRIES, INC. 21 Prestige Lane, Lancaster (717) 397-7695 HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3 1250-1700 lbs 62.00-66.00, mostly 62.00- 65.00. Select and Choice 2-3 1275-1450 lbs 59.00-62.00; Select 2-3 1075-1400 lbs 53.00-59.00. Low Yielding 45.00-53.00. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; Choice 2-4 950-1250 lbs 69.00-73.00, mostly 70.00- 73.00; YG 2-3 and Fancy 2-4 1000-1300 lbs 73.00-75.00; Few Prime 2-4 1100- 1350 lbs 74.00-76.00, Pkg 76.25. Select and Choice 2-3 900-1225 lbs 66.00-70.00; Select 2-3 925-1225 lbs 62.00-66.00. HEIFERETTES: Few Medium and Large Frame 900-1325 lbs 45.00-56.00. FEEDER CATTLE: Compared with last week, feeder steers fully steady. Feeder heifers firm to 2.00 higher, most advance on 500-600 lbs. Overall quality above last weeks level. Large buyer at tendance. FEEDER STEERS: Medium and Large Frame 1: Thin 200-300 lbs 112.00- 126.00 300-400 lbs 100.00-118.00, fancy 118.00-128.00 400-500 lbs 95.00-104.00, fancy 104.00-112.00 500-600 lbs 90.00- 100.00 600-700 lbs 85.00-92.00 700-800 lbs 79.00-87.00 800-900 lbs 74.00-80.00 900-1000 lbs 70.00-76.00 Moderately Fleshy:4oo-600 lbs 85.00-95.00 900- 1 IOOIbs 64.00-70.00 Large Frame 2 Hol steins: 150-200 lbs 100.00-120.00 200- 500 lbs 90.00-100.00 FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and Large Frame 1; Thin: 200-300 lbs 100.00-115.00 300-400 lbs 92.00-100.00, fancy 100.00-110.00 400-500 lbs 90.00- 97.00, fancy 97.00- 100.00 Several 500-600 lbs 85.00- 92.00, fancy 92.00- 98.00 600-700 lbs 78.00- 86.00 700-800 lbs 72.00- 79.00 Moderately Fleshy:4oo-600 lbs 78.00- 88.00 Cow/Calf Pairs; Large Frame 2-7 yrs old with calf at side 700.00-790.00/pr. Medium to Large Frame 7-10 yrs old 450.00-700.00/pr. Bred Cows: Large Frame 2-10 yrs old in 2nd and 3rd stage 500.00-610.00/hd. 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