St. Louis
Feeder Cattle
Springfield, IL
Thu Jun 1,2000
USDA-IL Market News Service
Farmers Livestock Marketing Assn
auction at Greenville,lL Wed May
31,2000
Cattle and calves; 740 head. Com
pared to last week, slaughter steers and
heifers weak to 2.00 lower, most decline
on Choice grades of both classes. Hol
stein steers fully steady. Supply mainly
Choice and Select and Choice slaughter
steers and heifers. Large supply of hol
stein steers.
Total Receipts this week: 740 Last
week: n/r Last year: 920
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4
1000-1450 lbs 68.00-70.00,1600-1700 lbs
64.00-66.00; Yield Grade 2-3 and Fancy
2-4 1050-1475 lbs 70.00-72.00, Prime 2-4
1250-1475 lbs 72.00-74.00, Select and
Choice 2-3 1000-1425 lbs 65.00-68.00.
Select 2-3 950-1400 lbs 60.00-65.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3
1300-1700 lbs 63.00-66.00. Prime 2-3
1450-1750 lbs 66.00-67.00. Select and
Choice 2-3 1100-1475 lbs 60.00-63.00;
Select 2-3 1150-1500 lbs 54.qp-60.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4
975-1325 lbs 68.00-70.00, YG 2-3 and
Fancy 2-4 1000-1300 lbs 70.00-72.00;
Prime 2-4, 1175-1375 lbs 72.00-74.00.
Select and Choice 2-3 925-1200 lbs
65.00- Select 2-3 900-1200 lbs
60.00-
Good neighbors
in dairy country.
HEIFERETTES: Few Medium and
Large Frame 1025-1650 lbs 46 00-56.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Compared with
last week, feeder steers and heifers fully
steady. Overall quality below last weeks
level. Strong demand for light weight
calves. Large buyer attendance.
FEEDER STEERS: Medium and
Large Frame 1; Thin 150-200 lbs 125.00-
155.00 200-300 lbs 105.00-130.00 300-
400 lbs 96.00-106.00, fancy 106.00-
108.00 400-500 lbs 93.00-103.00, fancy
103.00- 500-600 lbs 86.00- 94.00
600-700 lbs 82.00- 90.00 700-800 lbs
79.00- 85.00 800-900 lbs 75.00- 80.00
Moderately Fleshy:4oo-SOO lbs 84.00-
93.00 500-700 lbs 75.00-85.00 Several
900-11001bs 65.00-68.00 Large Frame 2
Holstcins: 300-400 lbs 80.00-88.00 400-
500 lbs 75.00-80.00 15 head 725 lbs at
71.50 FEEDER HEIFERS: Medium and
Large Frame 1: Thin: 200-300 lbs 100.00-
120.00, fancy 120.00-135.00 300-400 lbs
90.00- fancy 101.00-104.00 400-
500 lbs 87.00- 95.00, fancy 95.00- 98.00
500-600 lbs 82.00- 88.00 Moderately
Fleshy: Several 500-700 lbs 68.00- 71.00
700-900 lbs 64.00- 68.00
Cow/Calf Pairs: Medium to Large
Frame 3-10 yrs old with calf at side
590.00-695.00/pr.
Slaughter Cows and Bulls: 150 head.
Compared to last week, slaughter cows
mostly 1.00 lower. Bulls steady to 1.00
lower.
SLAUGHTER COWS: % Lean
Weight Price Breakers 75-80 % 850-1200
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lbs 37.00-41.00 Boners 80-85 % 850-1200
lbs 39.00-43.00 High Yielding 80-85 %
over 1100 lbs 41.00-44.00 Lean 85-90 %
850-1200 lbs 35.00-38.00 85-90 % 750-
850 lbs 32.00-35.00 85-90 % under 750
lbs 28.00-32.00
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1200-2125
lbs 46.00-51.00, mostly 46.00-50.00; Low
Yield 45.00-46.00. Yield Gr 1 1800-2050
lbs 50.00-52.00. Individual at 53.00.
Four States Livestock
Hagerstown, Maryland
Report Supplied by Auction
Wednesday, May 31,2000
SLAUGHTER COWS: 75 HEAD,
1.00-2.00 LOWER. UTILITY 38.75-
43.00, HIGH DRESSING 43.50-45.00,
CANNERS 36.00-41.00, SHELLY 36.00
DOWN.
BULLS: SCARCE. 1 YG#l 1395 LBS.
AT 52.75.
FED STEERS: 31 HEAD, 2.00-3.00
LOWER. HIGH CHOICE TO PRIME
1200-1450 LBS. 70.50-72.75, 1500-1600
LBS. 67.50-69.00; CHOICE #2-3 1100-
1450 LBS. 68.00-71.00,1 LOW CHOICE
HOLSTEIN 1150 LBS. AT 58.50.
FED HEIFERS: 15 HEAD. HIGH
CHOICE TO PRIME 1100-1400 LBS.
69.00- SELECT TO LOW
CHOICE HOLSTEIN 900-1150 LBS.
50.00-
CALVES: 108 HEAD. 1 PRIME 296
LBS. AT 113.00; CULLS 100 LBS. TO
40.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS RETURN
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95-128 LBS. 170.00-193.00, 80-94 LBS.
120.00- #2 95-120 LBS. 130 00-
170.00, 75-95 LBS. 75.00-115.00; HOL
STEIN HEIFERS GOOD DEMAND.
#1 90-120 LBS. 300.00-350.00, 75-90
LBS. 200.00-275.00; #2 90-125 LBS.
125.00- HOLSTEIN JERSEY X
80-100 LBS. 180.00-230.00; BEEF X
BULLS 95-125 LBS. 120.00-175.00, 1
140 LB. AT 112.00.
BUTCHER HOGS: FEW OFFERED.
250-280 LBS. 40.00-42.50.
SOWS: 23 HEAD. 300-475 LBS.
34.00- 500-650 LBS. 33.00-38.00.
STOCK CATTLE: 75 HEAD,
STEERS, FEW OFFERED. 200-400
LBS. TO 102.00,400-600 LBS. TO 99.00,
600-800 LBS. 68.00-74.00, 800-900 LBS.
67.00- HOLS. 300-550 LBS. 81.00-
92.00.
HEIFERS: 300-500 LBS. 74.00-85.00,
500-700 LBS. MED. TO 65.00, 700-900
LBS. 64.00-70.00.
BULLS: 300-400 LBS. 85.00-99.00,
400-600 LBS. 75.00-90.00,4 HEAD 800-
900 LBS. 62.00-67.50.
DAIRY REPLACEMENTS: LARGE
SPRINGING HEIFERS 1100.00-
1325.00; 1 FRESH AT 775.00, SM. HOL
STEIN HEIFERS 300.00-525.00; 1
JERSEY AT 300.00; MED. HOL
STEINS TO 650.00; HOLSTEIN BULL
800 LBS. 360.00-415.00.
SHEEP: 25 HEAD 25.0fr48.00.
LAMBS: 22 HEAD. HIGH CHOICE
TO PRIME 100-132 LBS. 95.00-98.00,
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, June 3, 2000-Al7
60-95 LBS. 90.00-99.00, GOOD TO
CHOICE 30-80 LBS. 86.00-97.00.
GOATS: 9 HEAD MED. TO LARGE
NANNIES S 3 00-64 00; SMALL 27 00-
40.00.
PIGS AND SHOATS. ALL CULLS
SOLD FOR SLAUGHTER. BY THE
HEAD 8 HEAD 80-100 LBS. 43 00-
49.00, 5 HEAD 56 LBS. AT 26 00, BY
THE LB. 1115 LB. AT 49.00
Lebanon Valley
Livestock
Fredericksburg, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Tuesday, May 30,2000
STEERS: SELECT 1-3 65.00.
HOLSTEIN STEERS; CHOICE 2-3
1530-1640 LBS. 63.75-64.25, SELECT 1-
2 61.75-63.50, STANDARD 1-2 55.00-
58.25.
HEIFERS: SELECT 1-3 57.25-57.75.
COWS: BREAKERS 75-80% LEAN
43.00-44.75, BONERS 80-85% LEAN
39.75- LEAN 85-90% LEAN
36.75- SHELLS DOWN TO 26.00-
35.50.
BULLS: YG#l 1540-2025 LBS. 53.00-
54.25, YG#2 1515-1670 LBS. 50.00-
51.25.
FEEDER CATTLE: HOL. 4XO-945
LBS. 53.00-55.50; HEIFERS, HOL. 505
LBS. 56.00; BULLS 430 LBS. 65.00.
CALVES; UTILITY 70-80 LBS.
30.00-
FARM CALVES: #1 95-115 LBS.
200.00- #2 80-115 LBS. 115.00-
195.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS #1 90-
130 LBS. 300.00-317.00, #2 70-85 LBS.
200.00-
HOGS: BARROWS AND GILTS 45-
50% 226 LBS. 41.50.
SOWS: #l-3 405-710 LBS. 35.00-
36.00, MED. 430-470 LBS. 32.50-33.00.
BOARS: 705 LBS. .08.
GOATS: SMALL 30.00-44.00,
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