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December 8-9,2003 Report Supplied Bv USDA Cattle Calves Sheep Goats THIS WEEK 601 864 3 4 LAST WEEK 872 947 1 3 LAST YEAR 674 973 Compared to Thursday, slaughter steers sold fully steady on Tuesday after prices were as much as 1 00 lower on Monday The quality of the run was below average on Monday How ever, the Tuesday supply included a couple groups of hard-fed steers which continue to bring over 100 00 Holstein slaughter steers sold mostly steady on a very light run Slaughter heifers sold steady to weak The western direct feedyards have started to move steers on Tues day morning this week with live sales in the Southern Plains mostly 200 lower at 98 00 Dressed sales in Nebraska are from 3 00-5 00 lower at 157.00 It has been a while since this very good market has seen much weakness, and it‘s hard to remember the last time the western yards were reporting the bulk of their sales below 100.00 Nevertheless, prices are still good for the time being, and still much better than they were a year ago at this time Boxed beef cutout values were not affected to heavily by the lower cash trade, with the Choice cutout still from around 155.00-156 00 The Merc, however, took notice The spot December live cattle con tract closed down-the-limit (1 50) on Tuesday at 95 52, with spot January also 150 points lower at 92 72 Slaughter cows sold weak to 200 lower, with not enough slaughter bulls on offer to test the market The combined two-day run included 232 head of slaughter steers, 13 head of slaughter heifers, 340 head of slaughter cows, 8 head of slaughter bulls, and 8 head of feeder cattle Note. A special feeder sale in scheduled for December 15th at the Vintage Sales Stables set to begin right after the fat cattle sale Slaughter Steers High Choice and Prime 2-4 1165-1445 lbs 106 00-112 00 majority 107 00-110 00 Choice 2-3 1145-1475 lbs 102 00-106 50, mostly 103 00- 105 00, full 98 25-102 00, couple heavy 1510-1525 lbs 10000-102 50 High Select and low Choice 2-3 1145-1485 lbs 99 00-104 00, bulk 100 00-103 00, several full 95 75-99 25, one heavy 1575 lbs Overstock/Clearai POULTR' TREAI Poultry Linir Bl Trnimini Covers 1,1 (32.5 e Ci Wk Ago 104.75 103.00 54.00 47.50 59 50 No Test 118.00 98 75 Select 1-2 1130-1470 lbs 91 50-98 25. mostly 95 00-97 50, high dressing 99 00-103 00 Holstein Steers One high Choice 3 1505 lbs 99 00 Choice 2-3 1285-1585 lbs 9150-94 00 High Select and low Choice 2-3 1275-1515 lbs 88 00-91 25, one heavy 1605 lbs 86 00 Select 1-2 1305-1555 lbs 83 25-85 50 Standard 1-2 1180-1285 lbs 78 00-78 50 Slaughter Heifers Choice 2-3 1130-1300 lbs 100 75-104 00 mostly 101 00- 10200, full 97 75-99.50 Slaughter Cows Percent Lean Weight Bulk Low Dressing Premium White 65-70 over 1600 lbs few 57 00-62 00 54 25-55 25 Breakers 70-75 over 1400 lbs 51 50-55 75, 47.75-50 00 High Dressing few 57 50-59 00 Boners 75-80 over 1200 lbs 44 00-48 50. 41 00-44 00 High Dressing few 48 00-5175 Lean (Hi-Yield) 85-90 over 1200 lbs 42 50-46 00 39 50-41 00 Lean 85-90 over 1000 lbs 40 50-43 00 35 00-39 50 Slaughter Bulls Few Yield Grade 1 1130-1665 lbs 59 25-61 25, couple light bullocks 625 lbs 75 00 Calves Compared to last Tuesday, slaughter calves sold steady to weak Holstein bull calves going into special-fed veal bams sold mixed, with Graded Number One Bulls weighing over 90 lbs a full 20 00 lower while lighter weight calves sold steady to firm Graded Number Two bulls sold mostly steady to firm, with 102-112 pound calves out selling their Number One counterparts Buyer attendance was good with bidding moderately active Holstein heifers sold mostly steady on the bulk of the run, however, several lighter weigh groups sold sharply high er The PA Department of Agriculture graded 729 head of bulls for the graded sale with an es timated 82 percent of the graded run going into veal barns Slaughter Calves Number 3 and Utility 61-109 lbs 27 00-55 00 Standard and Utility in the regular sale 55-125 lbs 40 00-65 00, weaker 10 00-32 00 Calves Going into Special-fed Veal Barns Graded Number 1 Holstein bulls 122 lbs 14000, 102-113 lbs 145 00-152 00, 95 lbs 140.00, 80-90 lbs 110 00- 117 00, few head 70 lbs 37 00 Graded Number 2 Holstein bulls 118 lbs 115 00, 102-112 lbs 150 00-160 00, 95 lbs 105 00-115 00, 83-90 lbs 87 00-92 00, 65-72 lbs 30 00-42 00 Graded Number 3 Holstein bulls 96-113 lbs 67 00-70 00. 80 lbs 52 00 Graded Number 1 Holstein heifers 83-112 lbs 430 00-470 00. 73 lbs 210 00 Graded Number 2 Holstein heifers 92-104 lbs 385 00-43000, 81 lbs 31000, 73 lbs 140 00, 63 lbs 120 00 Few Beef-type calves 75-130 lbs 13000 175 00 THURSDAY LAST WEEK LAST YEAR Compared to last Thursday, slaughter steers sold mostly 2 00-3 50 lower throughout all of the quality grades It did not come as much of a surprise though, as the western trade set the tone mid-week when their live cattle were 3 00-5 00 lower from 96 00-98 00 Dressed sales in Nebraska were from 5 00-7 00 lower at 155 00 The Board has not been farmer-fnendlv as of late either, as the current spot December live cattle contract closed at 93 57 on Thursday (holding a 2 00-4 00 discount to the cash trade) Most local producers have become accustomed to receiving 100 00 or more for their fats, and even though sales have begun to move below that magic number both local and national fin ished prices are still very good at these levels A lot of the cattle at the Thursday New Holland run are still carrying some fill, with buyers pur chasing the belhed-up steers around 3 00-5.00 lower than the bulk However, full weigh-ups can be expected now as temperatures are drop ping, and snow and rain will become a perma nent fixture in our forecasts as we move through the winter months Prices were not the only thing that were lower late in the week, re ceipts were nearly 100 head lighter than last Thursday's, and the overall quality of the run was lower as well. Slaughter Holstein steers sold mostly 1 00-2 50 lower on an uneven test as there were not very many higher quality Hol stems available Slaughter heifers sold 2 00-2 50 lower, although there was a fairly nice selection on offer Lean slaughter cows sold 2 00-3 00 lower, with fleshier cows trading steady to 1 00 lower Cow receipts high for the second week in a row, with over 675 head on offer at this Thursday's run Slaughter bulls sold mostly steady The Thursday supply included 353 head of slaughter steers, 68 head of slaughter heifers, 678 head of slaughter cows, 152 head of slaugh ter bulls, with 259 head of feeder cattle Yr Ago 73.00 69.50 40.00 36 50 49.50 34 50 108.00 Slaughter Steers High Choice and Prune 2-4 1305-1505 lbs 103 00-109 00, mostly 105.00-107 00, couple YG 4-5 1255 lbs 97 25 Choice 2-3 1195-1480 lbs 9900-102 50, mostly 10000-101 00, several full 95 25-97 75, YG 3-4 1130-1445 lbs 94.00-95.50, heavy 1505-1595 lbs 93.50- couple fancier 100 00-103 00. High er yielding Choice 1-2 Charolais-crosses 1125-1480 lbs 99 50-104 00, majority 101 00-102 00 High Select and low Choice 2-3 1110-1490 lbs 95 50- 98 50, bulk 96 00-97 50, full 91 00-95 00, few Charolais-crosses 98 00-10100, few heavy 1535-1585 lbs 89 50-90 50 Select 1-2 1075-1460 lbs 89.50- 25, mostly 91 00-93 00, few higher dressing 95 00-97 00 Standard 1-2 1125-1465 lbs 79 00-88 50, mostly 83 00-86 00, blacks re turning to feed 1065-1225 lbs 84 50-90 50 Holstein Steers Few Choice 2-3 1250-1545 lbs 90 00-94 00 High Select and low Choice 2-1 1310-1505 lbs 84 00-89 00, mostly 84 50-86 00 Select 1-2 1295-1600 lbs 76 00-83 75, bulk 78 00-81 50 Standard 1-2 1190-1450 lbs 69 00- 74 50 Slaughter Heifers High Choice and Prime 2-4 1310-1480 lbs 103 00-10400 Choice 2-4 1200-1425 lbs 99 50-102 50, full 1060-1445 lbs (Turn to Page A 42) 1510 618 365 215 1542 786 210 132 674 274 425 1473