Omaha cattle market slips with mixed steer and heifer prices
Slaughter steers ease up to 25 cents. heifers hold steady to 25 cents higher in spots. Cows and bulls trade weaker to steady amid modest feeder demand. Four day receipts total 18 000, with 40 percent steers and heifers and labor disruptions weighing on late trade. Prime and high good groups dominate, with weight ranges 975 1050 and 800 900 pounds for steers and heifers respectively. Average price for slaughter steers 1079 pounds at 328.5 per hundredweight, against prior week and year.
Oklahoma City Feeder Cattle Sale Averages and Sales
Receipts estimate 8,000 with strong attendance as feeders and calves show mostly high good and choice, 350-750 lb offerings. Markets steady to higher than late last week with varied grades including 775-975 and 3150-3175, quotes for cows and bulls across standard to low utility ranges. Feeder steers and heifers trade fully steady, shipments around 1,500 head, demand from buyers steady with high-good and choice fleshy lots.
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Choice
Green Dragon Hay Market offerings and load details
Six loads hay include one load Alfalfa 4500. several loads Timothy 2850 to 4950. one load Mixed hay 3500. Eight loads straw 3000 to 3300. Three loads ear corn 4350 to 4800.
Estimated weekly slaughter under Federal Inspection
For the week ending Thursday August 19 the USDA reports daily livestock slaughter under Federal Inspection. Cattle hogs and sheep were processed at observed rates with totals compiled for the period.
Futures Trading: Cattle Down Hogs Up Potatoes Steady Eggs Weak
Closing bids for August 19 show trend cattle lower while hogs rise and potatoes hold steady. Eggs weaken with market activity led by Reynolds & Company Commodity Dept.
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Commodity Dept. Reynolds & Company
Chicago
New York
Maine
Blight Seen Serious in Southeastern Pennsylvania Corn
Penn State Extension reports indicate Southern Corn Blight severe in parts of Southeastern Pennsylvania with some hotspots and overall expected large losses this year. Early blight start and moist weather contribute, while nationwide outlook is a bumper crop with lower losses. Farmers advised to inspect fields and manage the corn crop accordingly.
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Pennsylvania
USDA
Hay Prices In Pa and Blight Advice For Corn
Market reports show hay and straw prices in southeastern and south central Pennsylvania with alfalfa 30.00 to 38.00 per ton and Timothy 20.00 to 30.00. The article also discusses corn blight management, recommending selective silage of severely blighted corn, aerial spraying programs in Lancaster County, and green chopping to slow disease spread while buying time for crop maturity.
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Seattle
Lancaster County
Gettysburg
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Omaha Cattle
Penna. Ag
Harold R. Brandt
E. High
Elizabethtown
Denver
Parkesburg
W. State St
Quarryville
Oklahoma City
Green Dragon Hay Market
Farmersville Equipment Inc. R. D
Ephrata, Pa
Chas J. McComsey & Sons
Hickory Hill, Pa
Grumelli Farm
N. G. Hershey & Son Manheim
Zook’s Farm
Honey Brook
Nissley Farm Service
Washington Boro
South Central
Bureau of Markets Pa
Dept. of Agriculture
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