COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Eastern Cornbelt Daily Direct Summary from Thursday as reported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Marketing Service:
Barrows and gilts on a carcass basis: 0.93 higher.
BASE MARKET
On a carcass basis plant delivered (54-62 pct. lean)
76.00-87.50, weighted average 84.76.
Actual pricing with lean premiums added:
0.8-0.9 inches backfat: 76.00-89.79.
0.6-0.7 inches backfat: 79.00-92.80.
Total prior day negotiated sales: 5,090.
Thursday's total movement: 74,491.
RESULTS FROM UNITED PRODUCERS AUCTION
Market trends for Friday:
Hogs steady, cattle steady, sows steady.
Summary of Thursday's auctions at Bucyrus:
Hogs
Market 63.00-65.25, light 59.00-64.50, heavy 60.25-64.25.
Sows
Light 55.75-57.75, heavy 60.25-62.75.
Boars
Light 44.00-45.75, heavy 29.25 and lower.
Pigs
By head 17.50-42.50.
Cattle
Choice: steers 122.00 -137.75, heifers 121.00-138.00.
Select: steers 115.00-122.00, heifers 115.00-121.00.
Holsteins: steers 115.00-123.00, heifers 105.00-112.00.
Cows
Commercial and utility 75.00-88.00, canner/cutter 60.00-75.00.
Bulls
All bulls 80.00-98.00.
Feeder cattle
Yearlings: steers 115.00-125.00.
Calves: steers 135.00-198.00, heifers 125.00-187.00.
Holstein steers
550 lbs. and down 90.00-107.00, 550 lbs. and up 85.00-100.00.
Sheep and lambs
Choice: wools 176.00-179.00, clips 182.00-185.00.
Lite fats 178.00-194.00.
Roasters 195.00 and lower.
Feeder lambs 112.50-185.00.
Aged slaughter sheep 80.00-119.00.
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