Estimated Daily Livestock Slaughter
Under Federal Inspection
Wednesday, July 5,2000
Wednesday 2000-02-09 (est)
Week ago (est)
Year ago (act)
Week to date (est)
Same Period Last Week (est)
Same Period Last Year (act)
Morrison’s Cove
Livestock
Martinsburg, Pa.
Report Supplied by Auction
Monday, July 3,2000
CATTLE: 72 HEAD.
STEERS: CHOICE 68.00-71.00,
GOOD 65.00-68.00.
HEIFERS: CHOICE 67.00-70.00,
GOOD 60.00-66.00, UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL 37.50-48.00, CANNER
AND LOW CUTTER 22.00-36.00.
BULLOCKS: 48.00-55.00.
BULLS: YG#147.00-58.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS 57.50-
69.00, BULLS 55.00-68.00, HEIFERS
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CATTLE
127.000
129.000
129.000
253.000
391.000
261.000
CALVES HOGS
5.000 364,000
4.000 348,000
5.000 359,000
8.000 692,000
12.000 1,034,000
11.000 751,000
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CALVES: 135. PRIME, NO
MARKET TEST, CHOICE 90.00-
105.00, GOOD 80.00-90.00, STAN
DARD 20.00-55.00; HOLSTEIN BULLS
90-130 LBS. 60.00-110.00, HOLSTEIN
HEIFERS 90-130 LBS. 100.00-210.00.
HOGS: 214....U5#1-2 45.50-47.00,
US#l-3 43.00-44.00.
SOWS; US#l-3 33.00-39.00.
BOARS; 13.00-30.00.
FEEDER PIGS: 58. US#l-3 20-50
LBS. 19.00-65.00.
SHEEP: 45 HEAD. CHOICE LAMBS
85.00- GOOD LAMBS 80.00-
85.00, SL. EWES 22.00-38.00.
GOATS: 12.00-81.00.
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CATTLE 265...(SUPPLIED BY THE
AUCTlON)...steers were active.
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4
1185-1425 lbs 65.25-71.00, Select 1-3
62.00- Standard 1-2 53.00-57.50.
HOLSTEINS: Choice 2-3 1150-1550
lbs 60.50-64.00.
HEIFERS: Choice 2-4 1080-1400 lbs
64.75-74.00, Select 1-3 62.00-66.00, Stan
dard 1-2 52.00-59.00.
COWS: Breakers 75-80% lean 43.00-
49.50, one 52.00, Boners 80-85% lean
38.00- Lean 85-90% lean 33.00-
36.75. Shells down to 24.50.
BULLS: Yield Grade 1 965-1650 lbs
52.00- one 65.00, Yield Grade 2
930-1450 lbs 49.00-55.50.
FEEDER CATTLE: STEERS:
Medium 1 360-740 lbs 82.00-109.00;
HEIFERS: Medium 1 320-800 lbs 73.00-
92.00; BULLS: Medium 1 290-550 lbs
87.00- 400-900 lbs 59.00-65.00.
CALVES 101...VEALERS: Good 70-
190 lbs 30.00-65.00.
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Mercer, Pa.
Tuesday, July 4,2000
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FARM CALVES; No 1 Holstein bulls
85-120 lbs 120.00-165.00, No 2 85-110 lbs
85.00-120.00; No 1 Holstein heifers 90-
105 lbs 200.00-275.00.
Beef type bulls and heifers 70-190 lbs
80.00-165.00.
HOGS 20...50W5: one 67.00.
FEEDER PIGS 0...N0 MARKET
TEST!
SHEEP 6... SLAUGHTER LAMBS:
Choice 70-95 lbs 66.00-89.00.
GOATS 0...N0 MARKET TEST!
St. Louis
Feeder Cattle
Springfield, IL
Thu Jul 6,2000
Report Supplied By USDA
USDA-IL Market News Service
Farmers Livestock Marketing Assn
auction at Greenville,lL Wed Jul 5,2000
Cattle and calves: 519 head. Com
pared to last week, slaughter steers and
heifers were steady. Supply mainly
Choice slaughter steers and heifers.
Light supply of holstein steers.
Total Receipts this week: 519 Last
week: 802 Last year: 671
SLAUGHTER STEERS: Choice 2-4
1000-1500 lbs 66.0069.00,1500-1600 lbs
65.00- Yield Grade 2-3 and Fancy
2-4 1125-1500 lbs 69.00-71.00, few up to
71.25; Select and Choice 2-3 975-1375
lbs 64.00-67,00. Select 2-3 950-1275 lbs
60.00-
HOLSTEIN STEERS: Choice 2-3
1300-1700 lbs 61.00-64.00, few up to
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64.25; Select and Choice 2-3 1250-1575
lbs 59.00-62.00; Select 2-3 1150-1600 lbs
54.00-59.00.
SLAUGHTER HEIFERS: Choice 2-4
950-1300 lbs 66.00-69.00, YG 2-3 and
Fancy 2-4 1050-1350 lbs 69.00-71.00, few
up to 71.25; Select and Choice 2-3 900-
1250 lbs 64.00-67.00. Select 2-3 900-1200
lbs 60.00-64.00.
HEIFERETTES: Few Medium and
Large Frame 1150-1400 lbs 45.00-56.00.
FEEDER CATTLE: Compared with
last week not enough of any one class of
feeder steers and heifers to fully estab
lish a market.
Slaughter Cows and Bulls: 160 head.
Compared to last week cows and bulls
fully steady. SLAUGHTER COWS: %
Lean Weight Price Breakers 75-80 %
850-1200 lbs 38.00-42.00 Boners 80-85 %
850-1200 lbs 40.00-45.00 High Yielding
80-85 % over 1100 lbs 42.00-45 00 Lean
85-90 % 850-1200 lbs 36.00-39.00 85-90
% 750-850 lbs 32.00-36.00 85-90 % under
750 lbs 28.00-32.00
BULLS: Yield Grade 1-2 1500-1900
lbs 48.00-53.00, individual YG 2 2150 lbs
45.00. Yield Gr 1 1600-2000 lbs 53.00-
54.00, Individual 1600 lbs at 56.00.
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