Livestock
SOUTH ST. PAUL (AP) (USDA) -- Monday cattle estimate: 400. Last Monday: 555. Year ago Monday: 385. Friday actual: 1719.
Compared to late last week, slaughter steers and heifers sold steady, instances .50 lower on a light run. Holstein steers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls lightly tested. Direct feedlot trade 1.00 lower, 62.00 to 63.00 in Iowa/Minnesota, 64.00 in the South Plains and 99.00 in the beef.
Steers: Choice 2-3 pkg 1318 lbs. 62.60. Select and Choice 2-3 1086-1245 lbs. 61.75-62.50. Select 1-2 1300-1422 lbs. 59.75-60.00.
Holsteins: Choice 2-3 1250-1520 lbs. 55.00-56.50, crossbred 1300-1520 lbs. 58.50-59.50. Select and Choice 2-3 1325-1500 lbs. 53.00-54.50. Select 1-2 1325-1520 lbs. 50.00-52.00.
Heifers: Choice 2-3 1127-1130 lbs. 62.10-62.60. Select and Choice 2-3 1123-1242 lbs. 61.30-61.80.
Cows: Premium White 70-80 percent lean; Breaking 70-80 percent lean 36.25-39.00; Boning 80-85 percent lean 34.00-37.00; Lean 85-90 percent lean 32.00-35.00.
Bulls: Yield Grade 1-2 1845-2075 lbs. 43.75-44.00.
Hog estimate: 1100, includes 300 pigs. Last Monday: 665. Year ago Monday: 1547. Friday actual: 531.
Barrows and Gilts: Compared to Friday, sold .50 lower. 47-50 percent lean 220-270 lbs. 31.00-31.50; 44-48 percent lean 270-290 lbs. 29.50-30.50; 43-46 percent lean 290-300 lbs. 27.50-28.50.
Sows: Steady.
U.S. 1-2: 300-500 lbs. 20.00.
U.S. 1-3: 500-600 lbs. 21.00; over 600 lbs. 22.00.
Boars: Steady. 270-300 lbs. 16.00; 300-700 lbs. 6.00.
Sheep estimate: 250. Last Monday: 303. Year ago Monday: 552. Friday actual: 165.
Compared to Friday, all classes steady. Supply near 45 percent slaughter lambs, 10 percent slaughter ewes and 45 percent feeder lambs.
Slaughter Lambs: Shorn: Choice, end Prime 2-3 125-145 lbs. 74.00-76.00. Wooled: New Crop: Choice, end Prime 2-3 110-125 lbs. 70.00-72.00; 125-145 lbs. 72.00-74.00.
Slaughter Ewes: Utility and Good 17.00-22.00. Cull 14.00-17.00.
Feeder Lambs: Medium and Large 1-2: 60-80 lbs. 68.00-78.00; 80-100 lbs. 60.00-68.00.